kimi term Subcommand

The kimi term command launches the Toad terminal UI, a modern terminal interface built with Textual.

kimi term [OPTIONS]

Description

Toad is a graphical terminal interface for Kimi CLI that communicates with the Kimi CLI backend via the ACP protocol. It provides a richer interactive experience with better output rendering and layout.

When you run kimi term, it automatically starts a kimi acp server in the background, and Toad connects to it as an ACP client.

Options

All extra options are passed through to the internal kimi acp command. For example:

kimi term --work-dir /path/to/project --model kimi-k2

Common options:

Option	Description
--work-dir PATH	Specify working directory
--model NAME	Specify model
--yolo	Auto-approve all operations

For the full list of options, see kimi command.

System requirements

Note

kimi term requires Python 3.14+. If you installed Kimi CLI with an older Python version, you need to reinstall with Python 3.14:

uv tool install --python 3.14 kimi-cli