Bolt.new Adds Open Models (GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi) via Bolt Forge

Melvin Vivas · X video post · 2026-09-15 · 0:36 · 486 views · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, LLM Fundamentals, Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: beginner

Summary

A short X post by Melvin Vivas sharing bolt.new's announcement of Bolt Forge. Bolt Forge adds the open models GLM, DeepSeek and Kimi to the model picker of bolt.new, an AI app builder. The announcement says the models are free until October 14 with up to 50x more usage and no usage charges. The video has no spoken content, so the only lesson is that open models now compete inside mainstream AI coding tools.

Key points

• Bolt Forge is a new bolt.new offering that adds open models to its model picker.
• The models offered are GLM, DeepSeek and Kimi, which bolt.new calls 'the new frontier'.
• The announcement says it is free until October 14 with zero usage charges.
• It also claims up to 50x more usage than before.
• It is available now in the model picker on bolt.new.
• Takeaway: open-weight models are becoming a cheap, high-volume option inside AI app-building and coding tools.

Resources mentioned

• bolt.new · tool · x.com · free
  The official X account of bolt.new, which posts product updates such as the Bolt Forge launch.
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• Bolt Forge · tool · bolt.new · free
  A bolt.new offering that brings open models (GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi) into the app builder with higher usage limits.
• GLM (Zhipu AI / Z.ai) · tool · huggingface.co · free
  A family of open-weight large language models from Zhipu AI (Z.ai), strong at coding and agent tasks.
• DeepSeek · tool · deepseek.com · free
  Open-weight large language models from DeepSeek, known for strong reasoning and coding at low cost.
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• Kimi · tool · github.com · free
  Open-weight large language models from Moonshot AI, aimed at agent and coding tasks.
  Also in: OpenCode Go: Open Coding Models (DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM) for $10/mo (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Orchestrator + Subagents in opencode with Open Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Chinese AI Models Are Mostly Open Source (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)

Try this

• Try GLM, DeepSeek and Kimi in the bolt.new model picker while Bolt Forge is free (until Oct 14).
• Compare how the open models do against proprietary models on the same app-building prompt.