# Kimi vs Manus: UI comparison

- Week: week of October 19, 2026 (2026-10-19)
- Page: https://ai-portal-library.dev/compare/kimi-vs-manus
- Open in Compare: https://ai-portal-library.dev/#compare?view=table&mode=portals&week=2026-10-19&portals=kimi,manus&device=desktop

How Kimi (Moonshot AI) and Manus (Manus AI) compare on a desktop screen in the week of October 19, 2026: 6 differences and 2 similarities, measured from each product's weekly screenshot.

## Differences

- Kimi shows 14 menu items outside the sidebar; Manus shows 5.
- Manus shows more clickable items than Kimi (~33 vs ~18).
- Manus's sidebar takes 4% of the screen width, Kimi shows no sidebar.
- Kimi uses 2 text sizes; Manus uses 3.
- Kimi shows a note about the AI's limits; Manus does not.
- Kimi's message box sits in the middle third of the screen, Manus's in the bottom third.

## Similarities

- Both message boxes cover about 9% of the screen.
- Both were captured in dark mode.

## Latest menu changes

### Kimi

Week of October 19, 2026, compared with the week of October 12, 2026:

- A new 3D Make item appears in the input area.

### Manus

No menu changes have been recorded for Manus yet.

## Portal pages

- Kimi: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/kimi
- Manus: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/manus

## Screenshots

- Kimi, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/kimi.local.png?v=1792784010585
- Manus, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/manus.local.png?v=1792783952441