Xiaomi's Mimo Code Outshines Claude Code in AI Coding Tasks

WHO:

Techmeme - Xiaomi's MiMo AI team

VentureBeat - Xiaomi, Anthropic, Claude Code, 576 developers

WHAT:

Techmeme - Xiaomi released MiMo Code V0.1.0, an open-source AI coding assistant.

VentureBeat - MiMo Code outperformed Claude Code on agentic coding benchmarks, especially on tasks with over 200 steps.

VentureBeat - MiMo Code scored 82% on SWE-bench Verified, 62% on SWE-bench Pro, and 73% on Terminal Bench 2.

VentureBeat - MiMo Code is available on GitHub under an MIT license and installs with a single terminal command.

VentureBeat - MiMo Code includes a cross-session memory system and a "checkpoint-writer" subagent.

VentureBeat - MiMo Code offers free access to MiMo-V2.5, a multimodal model with a million-token context window.

WHERE:

VentureBeat - MiMo Code is available on GitHub.

WHEN:

VentureBeat - The release was announced on June 10, 2026.

WHY:

VentureBeat - Xiaomi aims to address the degradation of AI coding agents over long sessions by implementing a memory and state-management architecture.

HOW:

VentureBeat - MiMo Code uses SQLite FTS5 full-text search for its memory system, which includes project memory, session checkpoints, scratch notes, and per-task progress logs.

VentureBeat - The tool operates directly in the terminal, requiring zero configuration and automatically connecting to "MiMo Auto."

(UPDATED June 12, 2026 01:48 UTC)

Xiaomi has launched MiMo Code V0.1.0, an open-source AI coding assistant that has already outperformed Claude Code on complex coding tasks. This new tool, which is available on GitHub under an MIT license, scored 82% on SWE-bench Verified and includes features like a cross-session memory system and a "checkpoint-writer" subagent. Designed to enhance the performance of AI coding agents over extended sessions, MiMo Code utilizes SQLite FTS5 full-text search for efficient memory management and operates seamlessly in the terminal with no configuration needed.