kimi-cli and Warp, fact by fact
| Fact | kimi-cli | Warp |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | not tracked for kimi-cli | 65,396Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Newest commit | not tracked for kimi-cli | 8 Oct 20260 days old when we read itVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Contributors | not tracked for kimi-cli | 170Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| License | not tracked for kimi-cli | AGPL-3.0Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Latest stable release | not tracked for kimi-cli | v0.2026.06.03.09.49.stable_00published 3 Jun 2026Verified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Homebrew installs | not tracked for kimi-cli | 3,546 in 30 dayswarpVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
| Repository | not tracked for kimi-cli | warpdotdev/warpRustVerified 8 Oct 2026 |
What our catalogue holds
These are curated rows, not readings. We state no difference between the two columns because we have not checked either of them.
| Catalogue field | kimi-cli | Warp |
|---|---|---|
| Category | CLI Tool | CLI Tool |
| Where it runs | Terminal | Terminal |
| Pricing string, uncheckedWrong on 43 of our 190 rows. Not a price of ours. | Open Source | Free (individuals) / Team |
| Vendor page | github.com | warp.dev |
What we know about Warp
Warp replaces the terminal itself rather than running inside one, and ships that client as open source — AGPL v3, with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT.
“Warp's UI framework (the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates) are licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE-MIT). · The rest of the code in this repository is licensed under the [AGPL v3](LICENSE-AGPL).”
Keep the CLI agent you already use and change only the terminal: Warp runs Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI beside its own agent.
“[Warp](https://www.warp.dev) is an agentic development environment, born out of the terminal. Use Warp's built-in coding agent, or bring your own CLI agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and others).”
Budget one developer's agent spend to a flat $20 a month: the Build plan includes 1,500 credits, which Warp prices at $20 of agent usage at API rates.
“1,500 credits ($20 of included agent usage at API rates)”
Roll out to a team of up to 25 with SAML single sign-on and admin data controls, at $50 per user per month.
“For teams scaling AI-powered development (up to 25 seats)”
On the free plan you cannot switch telemetry off and keep the AI; only paid plans can opt out and still use it.
“Telemetry must be enabled to use AI features on the Free plan, while paid plans can opt out at any time and continue using Warp, including AI.”
Warp still will not talk to a local model: the request to support Ollama has been open since 2024-02-26 and carries 1,427 reactions, the most of any issue across these twelve tools.
“Make Warp work with Local Language Models (like Ollama models)”
It is heavy for a terminal you leave open: the memory-usage issue has been open since 2023-02-05 with 126 comments.
“High Memory Usage”
A developer who wants a small binary and a local model should pick Crush or goose; Warp is a full desktop terminal with a cloud account behind it.
“A native desktop app for macOS, Linux, and Windows. A full CLI for terminal workflows. An API to embed it anywhere. Built in Rust for performance and portability.”
What Warp costs
Warp is $0 on Free, $20 per month on Build, $200 per month on Max and $50 per user per month on Business; annual billing takes Build to $18 and Max to $180.
“Start free and scale as your team grows. Simple, transparent pricing with no surprises.”
The Max plan includes 18,000 credits, 12 times the usage included with Build.
“18,000 credits (12× the included usage of Build)”
What this page does not answer
We have researched Warp and we have not researched kimi-cli. That means the judgments above answer for one tool and not for the other, and we publish no price for kimi-cli because we have not read its pricing page. Nothing on this page about kimi-cli is our opinion; there is not enough evidence yet for one.
Questions people ask
- Are kimi-cli and Warp still maintained?
- kimi-cli has no repository we track. Warp committed to warpdotdev/warp (master) on 8 Oct 2026. Both readings come from the default branch of each repository, on the date shown beside them.
- What does Warp cost?
- kimi-cli: we have not read its pricing page, so we publish no price for it. Warp: Warp is $0 on Free, $20 per month on Build, $200 per month on Max and $50 per user per month on Business; annual billing takes Build to $18 and Max to $180. The Max plan includes 18,000 credits, 12 times the usage included with Build. Every figure here is quoted from the vendor's own page and linked beside the claim.
- Is kimi-cli or Warp open source?
- We have not read a licence for kimi-cli. Warp's repository warpdotdev/warp reports the AGPL-3.0 licence. We read the licence GitHub reports for the repository, which is not the same question as whether the hosted product is free.
How we check this page
- Machine facts. Stars, contributors, the newest commit on the default branch, the licence GitHub reports and the latest stable release come from the GitHub API, and download counts from npm, PyPI, Homebrew and the VS Code Marketplace. Each value carries the day it was last confirmed, never the day this page was built. The line under each label is arithmetic on those two values.
- Judgments. Every claim about what a tool suits, what it is bad at and what it costs is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where there is no link, we wrote no claim.
- Index status. Warp carries claims we read, quoted and linked; kimi-cli does not. So this page is offered to search engines.
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