# Qwen Code shipped an update

> Source: <https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/qwen-code>
> Published: 2026-09-23 08:22:29+00:00

# Qwen Code

An open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, editors and desktop, from the Qwen team.

## Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

A Claude Code-style terminal agent that works well with open-weight Qwen models or local inference.

## About Qwen Code

Qwen Code is the Qwen team's open-source coding agent for the terminal, with IDE plugins, a desktop app, a web UI, SDKs and chat integrations. It includes auto-memory, auto-skills, subagents, agent teams and MCP, and supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Qwen APIs, third-party providers and local models through Ollama or vLLM, switchable at runtime.

Qwen Code is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 28k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.

```
npm install -g @qwen-code/qwen-code@latest
```

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