# MiMo 2.6 Flash

10 Hacker News commenters recommended MiMo 2.6 Flash and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a fast, decent model that is worth trying. Critics report it sometimes loops endlessly and often barely thinks before answering.

## Why people recommend it

- Decent model overall (2 comments): "They’ve definitely polluted their training data with claudeslop, but looking past the slop there is a decent model." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49793173)) "the Xiaomi MiMo - Flash model did well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220395))

## What people warn about

- Gets stuck in loops (2 comments): "mimo v2.5 flash (tended to loop real hard)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326827)) "it ends up in infinite loops" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49800129))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude Opus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-opus.md): 3331 recommend
- [OpenAI GPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gpt-5-5.md): 1205 recommend
- [Claude Sonnet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-sonnet.md): 854 recommend
- [DeepSeek V4 Flash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-v4-flash.md): 828 recommend
- [Fable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fable.md): 823 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MiMo 2.6 Flash", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mimo-2-6-flash/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).