{"slug": "qwen-code", "title": "Qwen Code", "summary": "Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen Code v0.1.20, an open source terminal-based AI coding agent licensed under Apache-2.0 that has drawn 28,502 GitHub stars. Qwen Code began as a fork of Google's Gemini CLI v0.8.2 but has been developed independently since v0.1, supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Qwen APIs plus local models through Ollama or vLLM, with IDE plugins for VS Code, Zed and JetBrains, a desktop app, a web UI and SDKs. The project is optimized for Qwen's open-weight models, letting developers run both the agent and the model on their own hardware as a vendor-neutral Claude Code alternative.", "body_md": "Open Source Alternative to:\n\n- Stars \n28,502\n- Last commit \n58 minutes ago\n- Repository age \n1 year\n- Version \nv0.1.20\n- License [Apache-2.0](https://openalternative.co/licenses/apache-2)\n- Repository [qwenlm/qwen-code](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code)\n\nQwen Code is an open source AI coding agent from the Qwen team at Alibaba. It runs in the terminal and reads your codebase, edits files, runs shell commands, and works through multi-step tasks on your local repository.\n\nThe project started from Google's [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli?utm_source=openalternative.co) v0.8.2. Since v0.1 it has been developed independently, with its own features and support for many model providers.\n\n**Key capabilities:**\n\n- **Multi-provider models:** works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Qwen APIs, any compatible third-party provider, and local models through[Ollama](https://openalternative.co/ollama) or vLLM. You can switch models at runtime.\n- **Agent features:** subagents, agent teams, skills, auto-memory and MCP server support.\n- **More than a terminal:** IDE plugins for VS Code, Zed and JetBrains, a desktop app, a web UI, and SDKs for building on top of the agent.\n- **Chat integrations:** run the agent from Telegram, DingTalk, WeChat or Feishu.\n\nQwen Code is optimized for Qwen models, and many of those are open-weight, so you can run both the agent and the model on your own hardware. It is a good fit for developers who want a [Claude Code alternative](https://openalternative.co/alternatives/claude-code) without being tied to one model vendor.\n\nInstall it with the standalone script, npm (`@qwen-code/qwen-code`, Node.js 22+) or Homebrew.\n\nEvery Sunday we deconstruct one proprietary app and pick the best open source alternatives worth switching to.\n\n- Stars\n- Last commit\n- License\n\nAI\n\nAI coding agent for terminal, IDE, and desktop\n\n- Stars \n213,615\n- Last commit \n11 hours ago\n- License \nMIT\n\nOpen source AI coding agent that works in your terminal, IDE, or desktop app, supporting 75+ LLM providers with no code storage.\n\nCompare with\n\nAI coding agent that works inside your terminal\n\n- Stars \n129,378\n\nMinimal terminal coding agent you can fully customize\n\n- Stars \n115,284\n\nAutonomous coding agents that complete real engineering tasks\n\n- Stars \n90,934\n\nOpen-source AI coding agent for your editor and terminal\n\nCoding agent that runs on local and open-weight models\n\n- Stars \n68,580\n\nGeneral-purpose AI agent for code, workflows, and more\n\n- Stars \n55,295\n\nAI coding agent and CLI for complex terminal workflows\n\n- Stars \n27,380\n\nAI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud\n\nTerminal coding agent with full model and data control\n\n- Stars \n1,736\n\nLast commit\n\n59 minutes ago\n\nLicense\n\nApache-2.0\n\nTerminal-based AI coding agent that inspects files, edits code, runs commands, and integrates into CI pipelines using OpenAI's Codex models.\n\n13 hours ago\n\nMIT\n\nTerminal-based coding agent with a minimal core, 15+ LLM providers, tree-structured session history, and a TypeScript extension system for building your own workflows.\n\n15 hours ago\n\nAI agent platform that runs autonomous coding agents to plan, write, and ship changes across codebases end-to-end, with support for any model and self-hosted deployment.\n\nStars\n\n70,345\n\n11 hours ago\n\nAI coding agent that runs inside VS Code and the terminal, supporting multi-file edits, bash execution, and any LLM provider via bring-your-own-key.\n\n5 days ago\n\nCoding agent that lets LLMs write and execute code, manage files, and control your computer using local or low-cost models.\n\n12 hours ago\n\nLocal AI agent with a desktop app, CLI, and API that connects to 15+ LLM providers and 70+ extensions for code, research, automation, and data tasks.\n\n16 days ago\n\nTerminal-based coding agent powered by Grok 4.5 that plans, builds, tests, and deploys across any codebase with parallel subagents and plugin support.\n\n27,610\n\nOpen source AI coding agent with 500+ models, bring-your-own-key support, and specialized modes for writing, debugging, and planning code across IDEs and CLI.\n\nOpen-source AI coding agent for the terminal that works with 25+ model providers, keeps sessions on your disk, and ships as a single Go binary with no telemetry.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen-code", "canonical_source": "https://openalternative.co/qwen-code?utm_source=openalternative.co&utm_medium=rss", "published_at": "2026-10-15 18:05:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-15 18:58:43.699991+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "large-language-models", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Qwen Code", "Alibaba", "Qwen", "Google", "Gemini CLI", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Ollama"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen-code", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen-code.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen-code.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/qwen-code.jsonld"}}