Developers using GitHub Copilot can now pick Kimi K2.7 Code from the model dropdown. GitHub made the open-weight coding model generally available on July 1, 2026, rolling it out to Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max plans and hosting it on Microsoft Azure.

Try It: Switch to Kimi K2.7 Code in Copilot

Open the Copilot model picker in a supported IDE and select Kimi K2.7 Code. It works in VS Code 1.127.0 or later, Visual Studio 17.14.6+, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. If you are on a Business or Enterprise seat, an admin has to enable the model first because it ships off by default. GitHub's guide to choosing a model is worth a read before you route long agentic tasks to it.

Why It Matters for Creators

Kimi K2.7 Code is built by Moonshot AI and ships under a Modified MIT license, so it is one of the few open-weight options inside Copilot alongside the usual closed models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. For anyone building apps, sites, or automations, having a coding specialist in the same picker means you can test a task against Claude or GPT without leaving your editor.

Moonshot also trimmed reasoning-token usage by about 30 percent versus K2.6, which lowers the cost of every agentic run under Copilot's usage-based billing.

Key Details

Model: Kimi K2.7 Code, a trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model with a 256K context window and an Anthropic-compatible API.

Benchmarks: Moonshot reports a SWE-bench Pro score of 58.6, ahead of some frontier closed models on that test. These are vendor-reported numbers that have not yet appeared on an independent leaderboard, so treat them as directional.

Availability: Live now on Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max, with Business and Enterprise following in the coming weeks. See GitHub's supported models list for the current lineup.

What to Do Next

Point Kimi K2.7 Code at a real refactor or a multi-file bug and compare its output against your current default model. Because it is a coding specialist, keep it for engineering work and switch back for writing or analysis. Check the models and pricing reference to see how its usage-based rate affects your monthly Copilot spend.