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July 1, 2026: GitHub announced Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot — the first open-weight model selectable in Copilot's model picker. @GitHub reposted the news on X July 2 with a demo video; early community reaction framed it as "the moat keeps getting cheaper" and "open weight in a Microsoft product is like a stray cat becoming a service dog."
This is not a new model release. Moonshot AI shipped Kimi K2.7-Code on June 12, 2026 — the same day the US suspended Fable 5 globally. GitHub's move is distribution: bringing an open-weight 1T-parameter MoE coding model into the same picker where developers already choose Claude, GPT, and Gemini variants.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What's new? | Kimi K2.7 Code in Copilot model picker |
| First of what? | First open-weight model in Copilot |
| Who gets it first? | Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max (gradual rollout) |
| Business / Enterprise? | Off by default — admin must enable policy |
| Hosting | Microsoft Azure (GitHub-managed) |
| Billing | Provider list pricing under usage-based billing |
| VS Code minimum | 1.127.0 or later |
| Not in Copilot yet | GLM-5.2 — community asking on X |
From the July 1 changelog:
Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weight model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This is the first open-weight model offered as a selectable option in the Copilot model picker, giving you more choice and a lower-cost option for your coding workflows.
Key details:
The @Kimi_Moonshot account co-promoted the launch. For model architecture, benchmarks, and API pricing outside Copilot, see our full guide: Kimi K2.7-Code: 1T-Parameter Open Coding Model.
GitHub Copilot historically routed requests to closed models — OpenAI GPT family, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini. Developers who wanted Kimi K2.7 or GLM-5.2 used separate APIs, IDEs, or self-hosted stacks.
Copilot adding Kimi K2.7 changes the default workflow for millions of VS Code users:
| Before July 2026 | After Kimi K2.7 GA |
|---|---|
| Open-weight models = external tooling | Selectable in Copilot picker |
| Frontier coding = closed API moat | Modified MIT model inside Microsoft product |
| Post–Fable 5 alternatives = self-serve | One dropdown for Kimi in Copilot |
@SlopToSignal on X: "open weight AND in the copilot picker is lowkey a big deal — the moat keeps getting cheaper." The Fable 5 ban accelerated open-weight adoption; GitHub just productized that trend inside Copilot.
Important nuance: "Open-weight in Copilot" means the model weights are public — not that inference runs on your laptop. GitHub hosts on Azure. You get model choice and potentially lower cost; you do not get offline/air-gapped inference unless you self-host separately.
Rollout started with Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max. GitHub Students on Copilot Pro saw questions on X about whether limits changed — GitHub did not announce a separate student tier change in this changelog; check your plan's premium request quota in account settings.
| Surface | Minimum version |
|---|---|
| Visual Studio Code | 1.127.0+ |
| Visual Studio | 17.14.6+ |
| Copilot CLI | Current |
| GitHub Copilot cloud agent | Current |
| GitHub Copilot App | Current |
| github.com | Current |
| GitHub Mobile (iOS/Android) | Current |
| JetBrains | 1.9.1-251+ |
| Xcode | Supported |
| Eclipse | Supported |
For a broader Copilot vs Claude Code vs Cursor comparison, see Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot — note that guide predates Kimi in the picker; Copilot's model line is now wider.
Off by default. Plan administrators must:
Until enabled, the model does not appear for anyone in the org. @gsemetfr on X summed up Business-plan frustration: "Damned we want this on business plan!!" — GitHub says Business and Enterprise expansion is coming over the coming weeks.
GitHub states Kimi K2.7 is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. That means:
Outside Copilot, Kimi K2.7-Code API pricing from Moonshot is $0.95/M input (cache miss), $4/M output — see the full Kimi pricing table. Copilot routing may differ from direct API calls; treat GitHub's billing docs as authoritative for in-IDE usage.
@Tommi_Lindfors asked on X what "lower cost" means in practice — GitHub has not published a Copilot-specific price sheet alongside the changelog. Run your own A/B on representative tasks (refactors, tests, MCP-style tool loops) and compare premium request consumption against Claude Sonnet or GPT defaults.
X replies on GitHub's post repeatedly asked: "Where is GLM 5.2?" (@NoNameTokens, @strugglercss, @RodrigoVie52602)
Both models emerged in the post–Fable 5 ban window:
| Model | Lab | Copilot status | Open weights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi K2.7-Code | Moonshot AI | GA in Copilot (July 2026) | Modified MIT |
| GLM-5.2 | Zhipu AI | Not announced | Fully open |
GLM-5.2 tops BridgeBench Reasoning at 42.8; Kimi K2.7 leads on MCP Mark Verified (81.1% vs Opus 76.4%) in Moonshot's tables. GitHub likely chose Kimi first for agentic/MCP alignment with Copilot's cloud agent and CLI surfaces — but GLM's coding-plan ecosystem (ZCode 3.0 integration) makes it the obvious next ask.
GitHub claims early testing shows performance comparable to highly popular frontier models at lower cost. Community skepticism focuses on edge cases — @bullbear_info asked whether Kimi handles 2k-line legacy files without hallucinating types.
From Moonshot's published benchmarks (see Kimi K2.7 guide):
Copilot's managed prompt wrapper may behave differently from raw API calls. Benchmark your repo, not the leaderboard.
GitHub explicitly recommends administrators review open-weight models before enabling Kimi for Business/Enterprise:
Teams already evaluating Claude Code vs Copilot for compliance should add open-weight policy review to the checklist when Kimi appears in Business plans.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| June 12, 2026 | Fable 5 suspended; Kimi K2.7-Code and Kimi K2.7-Code open-sourced same day |
| June 13, 2026 | GLM-5.2 launches |
| July 1, 2026 | Kimi K2.7 Code GA in GitHub Copilot |
| July 2, 2026 | @GitHub X post promotes picker availability (~94K views) |
| Coming weeks | Business, Enterprise, additional surfaces |
Same week GitHub also retired Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash from Copilot and shipped Copilot CLI improvements — model lineup churn is active. Kimi arrival is the headline for open-weight adoption.
Kimi K2.7 Code in GitHub Copilot is the first open-weight model in the picker — hosted on Azure, rolling out to Pro plans first, off by default for Business and Enterprise. Select it in VS Code 1.127.0+ if your account has received rollout access.
For most developers this is a cost and choice upgrade inside an existing Copilot subscription. For the industry it is a signal: frontier open-weight coding models are now default IDE options, not side projects. GLM-5.2 in Copilot is the obvious next question — GitHub has not answered it yet.
Last updated July 3, 2026. Copilot rollout, policies, and pricing change frequently — verify against GitHub's changelog and your organization's Copilot settings.
