Qwen Code · Alibaba (QwenLM)
Alibaba's Apache-2.0 terminal agent (originally a Gemini CLI fork) optimized for Qwen3-Coder models, distinguished by broad provider flexibility (OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/Qwen APIs plus Ollama/vLLM local models), skills/subagents primitives, headless mode, and TypeScript/Python/Java SDKs.
Identity
| Homepage | https://qwen.ai/qwencode |
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| Repository | https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code |
| License | open-source |
| Domain | coding |
| Form factor | cli · tui · ide-extension · sdk · ci-step |
Model support
| Model-agnostic | ✓ yes |
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| Native models | Qwen3-Coder (480B MoE) · Qwen3-Coder-Next |
| Local models | ✓ yes |
| Pricing | freemium |
Extensibility
| MCP client | ✓ yes |
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| Agent Skills support | ✓ yes |
| Plugins / hooks | ? unknown |
Execution & safety
| Sandboxing | unknown |
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| Autonomy spectrum | supervised → semi-autonomous → autonomous-local |
| Subagents | ✓ yes |
| Parallel sessions | ? unknown |
| Context management | compaction · persistent-memory |
Integration & evidence
| Headless / API | ✓ yes |
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| GitHub integration | ? unknown |
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✓ profile last verified 2026-07-08 · benchmark figures are vendor-reported unless a source states otherwise