Qwen Code
Open-source coding agent for terminal, IDE and desktop
About Qwen Code
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent built by the Qwen team, whose GitHub organization describes Qwen as Alibaba Cloud's general-purpose AI models. Its documentation calls it Qwen's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. You describe a task in plain language and it plans the work, edits files, runs commands and creates commits, rather than only suggesting the next line. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and the project notes that both the framework and the Qwen models are open source.
You install Qwen Code with a one-line script on Linux, macOS or Windows, or through npm (Node.js 22 or later) or Homebrew, then run qwen inside your project.
- •Agentic Workflows - SubAgents, Agent Teams, dynamic workflows, Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills and hooks, plus built-in skills such as /review, /batch, /loop and /bugfix for common jobs.
- •Bring Your Own Model - Connect Qwen models through a Qwen subscription, QwenCloud or Alibaba ModelStudio, use DeepSeek, Grok, MiniMax, Kimi, OpenRouter and other providers with an API key, or point it at a local model.
- •Agent Arena - Runs several models head-to-head on the same task so you can compare their results before choosing one.
- •Tools and Context - MCP support for external tools and data sources, LSP integration for language-aware navigation, Git worktrees for isolated changes, plus Computer Use and a Chrome extension for Browser Use.
- •Daemon Mode and Channels - qwen serve starts a long-lived service with a web shell and an HTTP and SSE interface, so several clients can share and reconnect to agent sessions.
Qwen Code suits developers who want a terminal coding agent they can inspect and modify, without being tied to one model vendor. The tool itself is free, so the main cost is model access, which makes it a natural fit for people who already pay for a Qwen subscription or use Alibaba Cloud, and for anyone who prefers to bring their own API key.
Pricing
Usage based, no flat monthly plan
- Free$0/mo
