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.
Keep on getting the following error in the cli when trying to use GLM 5 model : ProviderInitError: ProviderInitError
I am doing a little test on the agentic capabilities of this,, and man, is it a Beast. In so far what i have seen, it easily matches the frontier models 90%. For a power user, i don't feel like i need the frontiers anymore with this. This from a little bit of testing in a day. Let me run it through a week of stress tests and post back ltr