Kimi desktop client — 2M-token context, no API key.
Drop in a whole repo, a 600-page contract, or a year of research notes — Kimi K2 reads it all in one shot inside Floatboat. No kimi.com login, no VPN, no Chinese phone number, and the same model picker holds GPT, Claude, and Gemini for the rest of your work.
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Ask Kimi K2 anything — runs through Floatboat, no API key, no VPN.
Ask Kimi K2 — drop in repos, books, or a year of notes…
Mock picker — the real desktop app shows the same selector with live availability. Local-first: your prompts stay on your machine.
Two-million-token context, agentic by default.
Pick the best-fit model for the job, and switch any time without re-wiring keys or projects.
Kimi K2
FlagshipTrillion-parameter MoE — agent-tuned, strong on tool-use, planning, and long-horizon work.
- Context
- 2M
- Architecture
- MoE · agent-tuned
- Best at
- Whole-repo reasoning
Kimi K1.5
ReasoningLong chain-of-thought reasoning model — math, code, and structured analysis.
- Context
- 200K
- Mode
- Long-CoT
- Best at
- Math, code, planning
Kimi-Researcher
AgentAutonomous research agent — browses, cites, and synthesizes a brief from sources.
- Tools
- Browser + search
- Output
- Cited brief
- Best at
- Deep research
Kimi's long context, plus everything Floatboat adds.
Most overseas users hit the same wall: Chinese phone numbers, regional payments, API key plumbing, proxies. Floatboat removes all of that — and gives you more than a chat box.
| Capability | Floatboat | Web playgrounds | DIY API + proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop in 2M tokens (whole repo / book) at once | Yes | Yes | No |
| Switch Kimi ↔ GPT ↔ Claude in one chat | Yes | No | No |
| Reuse a research agent run as a Combo Skill | Yes | No | No |
| Works outside China without VPN | Yes | Yes | No |
| No Chinese phone / payment required | Yes | Yes | No |
| No kimi.com login required | Yes | No | No |
Mechanism
Three steps from download to first Kimi answer.
01
Download Floatboat
Free for macOS and Windows. Sign in with one click — no credit card, no API key, no setup.
02
Pick Kimi in the model picker
Kimi K2, K1.5, 2M-context, and Researcher appear next to GPT, Claude, and Gemini. Choose one and start.
03
Hand it your whole repo or book
Kimi reads everything in one shot — no chunking, no manual RAG, no proxy, no Chinese phone number.
Kimi, multiplied by the rest of Floatboat.
A chat tab is the floor. Inside Floatboat, every model plugs into your tacit memory, your reusable skills, your custom tools, and your agent group chat.
Tacit Engine
Kimi inherits your reading habits, your highlights, and your house style.
Learn more →Combo Skills
Wrap a Kimi-Researcher run into a reusable, parametrized brief generator.
Learn more →Selfware
Let Kimi scaffold a tiny tool — a contract diff viewer, a repo navigator.
Learn more →FloatIM
Drop a Kimi-powered research agent into a group chat with humans and other agents.
Learn more →Kimi on Floatboat — FAQ
Use Kimi K2, with two million tokens to spare.
Download Floatboat for Mac or Windows and pick Kimi from the model picker. No login, no VPN, no Chinese phone number.