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Meet Your New AI Coding Sidekick

MiniMax-M2 is a blazing-fast AI model that edits entire codebases, debugs your bugs, and builds full-stack apps. All while being completely free and open source. 🎉

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Open Source Model
10B
Active Parameters
69%
SWE-bench Score
FREE
API (Limited Time)
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minimax-demo.py
# Ask MiniMax-M2 to build your app
response = minimax.chat("Build me a TODO app with React")
# Watch it create multiple files, set up routing, add styling...
print(response) # ✨ Full working app in seconds

What Makes MiniMax-M2 Special?

Think of it as your personal senior developer who never sleeps, never complains, and works for free.

🎯

Multi-File Mastery

Edits entire projects at once. Changes your React components, updates your API routes, and refactors your utils—all in one go.

Works across 10+ files simultaneously
🐛

Auto-Debug Loops

Runs your code, sees the error, fixes it, and tries again. Keeps going until everything works. It's like having a rubber duck that actually fixes your bugs.

Iterative compile-run-fix cycles
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Lightning Fast

Only 10B active parameters means blazing speed. Get responses in seconds, not minutes. Perfect for rapid iteration and staying in the flow.

2-5x faster than GPT-4

How It Stacks Up

Benchmark MiniMax-M2 Claude Sonnet 4 GPT-4 DeepSeek-V3
SWE-bench Verified 69.4% 72.7% — 67.8%
Multi-SWE-Bench 36.2% 35.7% — 30.6%
Terminal-Bench 46.3% 36.4% — 37.7%
Cost (1M tokens) FREE* $3 $5 $0.14
Open Source ✓ MIT ✗ ✗ ✓

* API free for limited time. Model weights free forever under MIT license.

Let's Get You Set Up

Three ways to run MiniMax-M2. Pick what works for you! 🚀

Option 1: Use the Free API 🎉

The fastest way to get started. MiniMax is offering their API completely free for a limited time. Just sign up and start coding!

1

Sign up for an API key

Head to MiniMax's platform and create a free account:

platform.minimax.io
2

Install the Python SDK

terminal
$ pip install minimax-sdk
3

Write your first script

Create a file called hello_minimax.py:

hello_minimax.py
import os
from minimax import MiniMax
# Set your API key (get it from platform.minimax.io)
client = MiniMax(api_key="your-api-key-here")
# Ask MiniMax to help you code!
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python function that generates Fibonacci numbers"}
]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
4

Run it!

terminal
$ python hello_minimax.py
✨ Watch the magic happen!
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Pro Tip!

Store your API key in an environment variable instead of hardcoding it: export MINIMAX_API_KEY="your-key-here" Then use: os.getenv("MINIMAX_API_KEY")

Multi-File Code Editing The Superpower

This is where MiniMax-M2 really shines. Give it your entire codebase and watch it refactor, add features, and fix bugs across multiple files at once.

Real Example: Add Authentication to Your App

Let's say you have a basic React app and want to add user authentication. MiniMax-M2 can update your entire project structure:

📁 Files it will create/modify:

  • + src/components/Login.jsx
  • + src/components/Signup.jsx
  • + src/contexts/AuthContext.jsx
  • ~ src/App.jsx
  • ~ src/routes/index.jsx
  • + src/utils/auth.js
  • ~ package.json

⚡ What it handles:

  • • Creates login/signup forms with validation
  • • Sets up React Context for auth state
  • • Adds protected route wrapper
  • • Updates navigation with login/logout
  • • Adds JWT token management
  • • Includes error handling
  • • Updates dependencies in package.json
your_script.py
# Tell MiniMax what you want
prompt = """
Add user authentication to my React app.
Include login, signup, and protected routes.
Use JWT tokens and React Context.
Make it look good with Tailwind CSS.
"""
# Point it to your project
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": prompt
}
],
temperature=0.7
)
# It returns code for ALL the files!
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pro Tips for Multi-File Requests

✅

DO

  • • Be specific about the tech stack
  • • Mention file/folder structure you want
  • • Ask for error handling explicitly
  • • Request code comments for complex logic
  • • Specify styling frameworks (Tailwind, etc.)
❌

DON'T

  • • Be vague ("make my app better")
  • • Ask for everything at once
  • • Forget to mention your current setup
  • • Skip testing instructions
  • • Assume it knows your project structure

What Can You Build?

🛍️

E-commerce Site

Product listings, cart, checkout, admin dashboard

📱

Social Media App

Posts, likes, comments, user profiles, DMs

📊

Analytics Dashboard

Charts, data tables, real-time updates, exports

🎮

Browser Game

Game logic, leaderboards, animations, sounds

🤖

AI Chatbot

Conversation UI, API integration, chat history

🎨

Portfolio Site

Projects showcase, blog, contact form, CMS

Fun Projects to Try Right Now

Copy these prompts and watch MiniMax-M2 build entire applications for you. Each one is a great learning experience!

🎵

Spotify Clone

A music player with playlists, search, and audio controls.

Build me a Spotify-like music player using React and Tailwind CSS.
Include: search bar, playlists sidebar, now playing bar at bottom,
play/pause/skip controls, volume slider, and a grid of album cards.
Use mock data for songs. Make it fully responsive and animated.
🍕

Food Delivery App

Order food, track delivery, and rate restaurants.

Create a food delivery app with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind.
Features: restaurant listings with filters, individual restaurant
pages with menu items, shopping cart with add/remove, checkout flow,
and order tracking with status updates. Include animations and
a map component placeholder. Use mock data.
💬

Real-time Chat App

Slack-style chat with channels, DMs, and threads.

Build a Slack-clone chat application using React and Socket.io.
Include: channel sidebar, message list with timestamps, message
input with emoji picker, user list, thread replies, file uploads,
and real-time typing indicators. Style with Tailwind CSS.
Add user authentication and persistent chat history.
🎯

Habit Tracker

Track daily habits with streaks, stats, and insights.

Create a habit tracker app with React, Chart.js, and Tailwind.
Features: add/edit/delete habits, daily check-ins with calendar view,
streak counting, progress charts, habit categories with colors,
reminder notifications, and analytics dashboard showing completion
rates. Use LocalStorage for data persistence.

🏆 The Challenge

Pick one of these projects and have MiniMax-M2 build it tonight. Share your results on Twitter with #MiniMaxM2 and tag us!

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MiniMax-M2 is waiting for you. Free API, open source weights, and a community of builders who can't believe how good this model is.

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