GLM-5 is free on Kilo Code/CLI (for a limited time)

GLM-5 is out, and the entire internet can’t stop talking about it. The model matches Opus 4.5 on many tasks at a fraction of the cost.

We’re making GLM-5 free on our CLI (we recently upgraded our CLI to 1.0 and forked OpenCode) and in our VS Code extension (which has over 700,000 downloads on the VS Code Marketplace).

How to get GLM-5 for free

Download the CLI and then pick GLM 5 (free) from the list of models:

If you’re using the VS Code extension, choose GLM 5 (free) from the model picker:

If you want to read more about GLM-5, check out our earlier post.