Instructions to use mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- MLX
How to use mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit with MLX:
# Make sure mlx-lm is installed # pip install --upgrade mlx-lm # Generate text with mlx-lm from mlx_lm import load, generate model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit") prompt = "Write a story about Einstein" messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}] prompt = tokenizer.apply_chat_template( messages, add_generation_prompt=True ) text = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt=prompt, verbose=True) - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps
- LM Studio
- Pi new
How to use mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit with Pi:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit"
Configure the model in Pi
# Install Pi: npm install -g @mariozechner/pi-coding-agent # Add to ~/.pi/agent/models.json: { "providers": { "mlx-lm": { "baseUrl": "http://localhost:8080/v1", "api": "openai-completions", "apiKey": "none", "models": [ { "id": "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit" } ] } } }Run Pi
# Start Pi in your project directory: pi
- Hermes Agent new
How to use mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit with Hermes Agent:
Start the MLX server
# Install MLX LM: uv tool install mlx-lm # Start a local OpenAI-compatible server: mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit"
Configure Hermes
# Install Hermes: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash hermes setup # Point Hermes at the local server: hermes config set model.provider custom hermes config set model.base_url http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1 hermes config set model.default mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit
Run Hermes
hermes
- MLX LM
How to use mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit with MLX LM:
Generate or start a chat session
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Interactive chat REPL mlx_lm.chat --model "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit"
Run an OpenAI-compatible server
# Install MLX LM uv tool install mlx-lm # Start the server mlx_lm.server --model "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit" # Calling the OpenAI-compatible server with curl curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "mlx-community/Kimi-K2-Thinking-3bit", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Hello"} ] }'
| {%- macro render_content(msg) -%} | |
| {%- set c = msg.get('content') -%} | |
| {%- if c is string -%} | |
| {{ c }} | |
| {%- elif c is not none -%} | |
| {% for content in c -%} | |
| {% if content['type'] == 'image' or 'image' in content or 'image_url' in content -%} | |
| <|media_start|>image<|media_content|><|media_pad|><|media_end|> | |
| {% else -%} | |
| {{ content['text'] }} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endmacro -%} | |
| {% macro set_roles(message) -%} | |
| {%- set role_name = message.get('name') or message['role'] -%} | |
| {%- if message['role'] == 'user' -%} | |
| <|im_user|>{{role_name}}<|im_middle|> | |
| {%- elif message['role'] == 'assistant' -%} | |
| <|im_assistant|>{{role_name}}<|im_middle|> | |
| {%- else -%} | |
| <|im_system|>{{role_name}}<|im_middle|> | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endmacro -%} | |
| {%- macro render_toolcalls(message) -%} | |
| <|tool_calls_section_begin|> | |
| {%- for tool_call in message['tool_calls'] -%} | |
| {%- set formatted_id = tool_call['id'] -%} | |
| <|tool_call_begin|>{{ formatted_id }}<|tool_call_argument_begin|>{% if tool_call['function']['arguments'] is string %}{{ tool_call['function']['arguments'] }}{% else %}{{ tool_call['function']['arguments'] | tojson }}{% endif %}<|tool_call_end|> | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| <|tool_calls_section_end|> | |
| {%- endmacro -%} | |
| {# Find last non-tool-call assisitant message #} | |
| {%- set ns = namespace(last_non_tool_call_assistant_msg=-1) -%} | |
| {%- for idx in range(messages|length-1, -1, -1) -%} | |
| {%- if messages[idx]['role'] == 'assistant' and not messages[idx].get('tool_calls') -%} | |
| {%- set ns.last_non_tool_call_assistant_msg = idx -%} | |
| {%- break -%} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {# split all messages into history & suffix, reasoning_content in suffix should be reserved.#} | |
| {%- set hist_msgs = messages[:ns.last_non_tool_call_assistant_msg+1] -%} | |
| {%- set suffix_msgs = messages[ns.last_non_tool_call_assistant_msg+1:] -%} | |
| {%- if tools -%} | |
| <|im_system|>tool_declare<|im_middle|>{{ tools | tojson(separators=(',', ':')) }}<|im_end|> | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- if messages|length == 0 or messages[0]['role'] != 'system' -%} | |
| <|im_system|>system<|im_middle|>You are Kimi, an AI assistant created by Moonshot AI.<|im_end|> | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- for message in hist_msgs -%} | |
| {{set_roles(message)}} | |
| {%- if message['role'] == 'assistant' -%} | |
| <think></think>{{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- if message.get('tool_calls') -%} | |
| {{render_toolcalls(message)}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif message['role'] == 'tool' -%} | |
| {%- set tool_call_id = message.tool_call_id -%} | |
| ## Return of {{ tool_call_id }} | |
| {{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- elif message['content'] is not none -%} | |
| {{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| <|im_end|> | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- for message in suffix_msgs -%} | |
| {{set_roles(message)}} | |
| {%- if message['role'] == 'assistant' -%} | |
| {%- set rc = message.get('reasoning_content', '') -%} | |
| <think>{{rc}}</think>{{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- if message.get('tool_calls') -%} | |
| {{render_toolcalls(message)}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| {%- elif message['role'] == 'tool' -%} | |
| {%- set tool_call_id = message.tool_call_id -%} | |
| ## Return of {{ tool_call_id }} | |
| {{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- elif message['content'] is not none -%} | |
| {{render_content(message)}} | |
| {%- endif -%} | |
| <|im_end|> | |
| {%- endfor -%} | |
| {%- if add_generation_prompt -%} | |
| <|im_assistant|>assistant<|im_middle|> | |
| {%- endif -%} |