On the morning of June 11, Xiaomi's MiMo tech team officially released and open-sourced MiMo Code V0.1.0 — Xiaomi's first entry into the Coding Agent space.
It's an experimental AI programming assistant that runs in the terminal. It ships with an original persistent memory system — a triple mechanism of project memory, session checkpoints, and task progress — that solves the problem of long-running sessions "forgetting everything the longer you use them." Even across hundreds of turns in a marathon session, it maintains output quality and never drops key information. SWE-Bench Pro score: 62%, five points higher than Claude Code.
Xiaomi's official statement: MiMo Code starts with programming, but it doesn't stop at programming. It's not just a handy AI coding assistant — it's an intelligent development partner that lives in your terminal and gets smarter the more you use it.
But if you think this is the Xiaomi AI team's first move into the Agent space, you'd be wrong.
1. Eight Days Ago, Xiaomi Released Something Even Bigger
Rewind eight days. On June 3, Xiaomi open-sourced a project called SoloEngine.
No launch event, no press release, no Lei Jun retweet. It quietly appeared on GitHub.
But look closely, and you'll see its ambitions are far bigger than MiMo Code's.
MiMo Code is a terminal-based coding assistant for developers. SoloEngine is a low-code Agentic AI development platform for every industry.
MiMo Code lets developers code efficiently in the terminal with persistent memory and Compose mode. SoloEngine lets lawyers, accountants, operations staff, doctors — anyone who can't write code — drag and drop their own Agentic AI systems in a browser.
Same AI team, same week, two products. One for developers, one for everyone.
2. SoloEngine: The Agent Play That Came Before MiMo Code
SoloEngine is the first low-code Agentic AI development platform.
It packages the ReAct architecture, tool calling, the MCP protocol, Skills, and SubAgents all behind the scenes. Users don't need to understand any of these technical terms — open a browser, drag an Agent onto a canvas, wire up collaboration relationships, configure the tools you need, and click run. The backend automatically compiles everything into a dedicated Agentic AI system.
This system is not a Workflow. It doesn't follow a preset path. Each Agent runs a ReAct loop — think → act → observe → repeat — making real-time judgments based on the current situation. When it hits something unexpected, it adjusts its own strategy. When it finds a better approach, it switches paths on its own.
| Dimension | Dify/n8n | LangChain/CrewAI | SoloEngine |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Agentic AI support | ✗ Workflow only (preset paths) | ✓ ReAct / multi-Agent | ✓ ReAct / multi-Agent |
| Coding required | No | ✗ Must know Python | No |
| Visual orchestration | ✓ Full canvas experience | ✗ None | ✓ Full canvas experience |
| Domain experts can build independently | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-Agent collaboration | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Progressive disclosure cuts Token consumption by over 85%. A unified adapter layer covers all major models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, MiMo, DeepSeek, Qwen, Zhipu, and more. One-click packaging lets you bundle a finished Agent team into a standalone product — deploy it for internal use or distribute it for sale.
MiMo Code is the Xiaomi AI team's debut in the Coding Agent space. But SoloEngine is their real trump card in the Agent space.
3. Why SoloEngine Came First, Then MiMo Code
This sequence is no accident.
June 3: SoloEngine. June 11: MiMo Code. First the platform for everyone, then the tool for developers.
There's a clear strategic logic behind it: the Xiaomi AI team isn't trying to solve "how developers write code" — they're trying to solve "how every industry uses Agents."
87% of enterprises claim to have deployed AI at scale, but only 10% have actually gotten value from it. The gap isn't because models aren't powerful enough, and it's not because compute isn't cheap enough — MiMo-V2.5-Pro already ranks first on the global open-source model Agent index, and after a 99% API price cut, costs have dropped to "pennies."
The real problem: the ability to build Agents is locked inside the hands of developers.
A lawyer can't use LangChain. An accountant can't configure a ReAct Agent. An operations manager can't write Python. But they all need Agentic AI to handle long-running tasks — lawyers need to repeatedly review case files, search statutes, and compare precedents; accountants need to cross-check hundreds of vouchers and verify data; operations teams need to collect data, analyze trends, and write reports.
SoloEngine was built for them.
MiMo Code is the Xiaomi AI team's gift to developers. SoloEngine is their gift to everyone.
4. From SoloEngine to MiMo Code: The Same Technical Philosophy
Though they target different users, SoloEngine and MiMo Code share the same underlying technical philosophy: real Agentic AI is not a preset Workflow.
MiMo Code uses a persistent memory system to solve long-session "amnesia" — the main Agent focuses on the work, and logging is entirely handled by an independent SubAgent.
SoloEngine uses multi-Agent collaboration to solve context pressure on complex tasks — the main Agent acts like a smart manager, deciding on its own when to call in which specialist SubAgent. Each SubAgent has its own independent context window, loading only the instructions and tools it needs.
MiMo Code uses Compose mode to go from idea to code in one click.
SoloEngine uses topological compilation to go from visual design to a runnable Agent team in one click.
Different entry points, same philosophy. Different products, same team.
The Xiaomi AI team is telling the market with two products: we're not building a single tool — we're building a complete Agent ecosystem. MiMo Code covers developers; SoloEngine covers every other industry. Both lines share the same model foundation — MiMo — and the same technical philosophy — real Agentic AI.
5. Xiaomi AI's Agent Map
From SoloEngine on June 3 to MiMo Code on June 11, the Xiaomi AI team completed a two-pronged layout in the Agent space in a single week:
- MiMo LLM — the Agent's "brain," trillion-parameter, ranked first globally among open-source models
- MiMo SoloEngine — a low-code Agentic AI platform for every industry (open-sourced June 3)
- MiMo Code — a terminal-based AI coding assistant for developers (released June 11)
- miclaw — a system-level AI Agent for mobile
- Agent Ecosystem Platform — a marketplace for Agent distribution and sales
MiMo Code starts with programming, but it doesn't stop at programming. SoloEngine starts with Agents, but it doesn't stop at Agents.
Together, they reveal the Xiaomi AI team's full ambition in the Agent space: making Agentic AI accessible to every industry and every person.
Developers already have MiMo Code. For everyone else — it's time to meet MiMo SoloEngine.
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