Kimi K3 has been open-sourced as scheduled and is expected to be available on major platforms' Token Plans tomorrow. The overseas open-source community is anticipated to respond positively.
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Hugging Face has set up a countdown teaser page for the open-source release of Kimi K3, hinting at an imminent release, but specific details remain undisclosed.
On July 27, 2026, X user 歸藏(guizang.ai) posted that Hugging Face had created a countdown teaser page for the open-source release of Kimi K3. The page is hosted under Hugging Face's official domain at huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kim….
This move is interpreted as a clear signal that Kimi K3 will soon be open-sourced, but the page itself does not disclose the specific release time, model parameters, or performance details.
As a mainstream AI model hosting platform, Hugging Face setting up a countdown page for a specific model typically indicates an imminent public release. However, all current information comes from a repost by a third-party X user; neither Kimi nor Hugging Face has issued an official announcement.
The existence of the countdown page is a confirmed fact, but the page content (such as countdown duration, model introduction, etc.) has not been disclosed, making it impossible to determine the specific open-source timeline. Additionally, key information such as whether Kimi K3 will be fully open-sourced and the type of open-source license remains unknown.
This report is based solely on screenshots and links from a single third-party X user and has not been confirmed by Kimi or Hugging Face. The existence of the countdown page can be considered factual, but all interpretations regarding open-source intent are speculative.
The Kimi K3 open-source countdown page is the first public signal, but official details are lacking; further announcements are needed for confirmation.
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