Using Minimax M2.5 in OpenCode for free
These days I am mainly using Claude Code and Codex CLI, but I have also had OpenCode CLI installed for some time. And yesterday, my friend sends me this post from Dax announcing that the new Minimax M2.5 model is now generally available and completely free to use for 7 days. While I have used the Moonshot's Kimi K2.5 model, I did want to use Minimax M2.5 as well because it was being claimed as slightly better than K2.5.
And here was my opportunity to use it... so I did.
For the last ~24 hours or so, I have consistently used the M2.5 model inside OpenCode spending at least a million tokens. I am enjoying the model a lot and can confidently say that Minimax M2.5 is an Opus 4.6 level model. Yes.
I asked it to visit my current website and then do a clean-minimal redesign in 11ty, and as you can see in the screenshot, it did a great job. It visited my existing website, took content from there, and then the new site is so ready that I can migrate to it in minutes (but I won't, for now). Apart from this, I also tested the model with a bunch of really complex tasks in a few of my existing projects, and it did fairly well, and I am very satisfied with this.
By the way, you should also know that the Minimax M2.5 model is available for free in Kilo Code as well. And even if it's not free, it will just cost you a dollar to use the model extensively for an hour.
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