How did Moonshot AI Kimi CLI do on X?
Moonshot AI posted the Kimi CLI launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Oct 31, 2025. The post has 199,636 views, 1,202 likes, 142 reposts, 50 quotes and 39 replies, an engagement rate of 0.72%. It ranks #1347 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Kimi CLI Technical Preview & Kimi For Coding! Kimi CLI powers your terminal: - Shell-like UI + shell command execution - Seamless Zsh integration - MCP support -Agent Client Protocol (now compatible with @zeddotdev) More features incoming!
- 1.1xthe median launch175K median views
- #1347of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.5xits own following393,899 followers
- Views
- 199.6K
- Likes
- 1.2K
- Reposts
- 142
- Quotes
- 50
- Replies
- 39
- Bookmarks
- 398
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 199.6K views would cost $20K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 5.0x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.5 views for every follower of @Kimi_Moonshot.
What launched?
Moonshot AI introduced Kimi CLI technical preview and Kimi For Coding, a terminal tool with Zsh integration, MCP support and Agent Client Protocol support.
How does it compare with other launches?
Moonshot AI Kimi CLI has more views than 53% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.1x the median launch's 175K views.
- Moonshot AI Kimi CLI199.6K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Moonshot AI Kimi CLI | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 199.6K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.72% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 50 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 19.9 | 14.2 |
Other Moonshot AI launches we track: Moonshot AI Kimi K3 (25.6M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 (7.6M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1 Pro (4.3M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API (771.2K views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 Agent Swarm (620.5K views), Moonshot AI Kimi Agentic Slides (575.6K views). All 17 Moonshot AI launches, or every developer tools launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 1.8x | #238 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 79% | #503 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 1.4x | #277 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.1x | #1347 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 393.9K followers, the post reached 0.5 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 52% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 503 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 50 quote posts, 2.5 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing Kimi CLI Technical Preview & Kimi For Coding!". The post runs 38 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 184.9K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 162.2K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Moonshot AI?
- In its own words on X: "Built by Moonshot AI to empower everyone to be superhuman. PR: globalpr@moonshot.ai" Moonshot AI posted the Kimi CLI launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Oct 31, 2025.
- How many views did Moonshot AI Kimi CLI get on X?
- 199,636 views. Moonshot AI posted it from @Kimi_Moonshot on Oct 31, 2025, and the post has 1,202 likes, 142 reposts, 50 quotes, 39 replies and 398 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Moonshot AI Kimi CLI a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1347 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 53% of them and 1.1x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.72%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 199.6K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 199.6K views would cost $20K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 5.0x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/moonshot-ai-kimi-cli, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.