Qwen Code
ActiveDescription
An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal, built by Qwen team with support for code generation, editing, debugging and multi-file operations.
Key Features
- Multi-protocol multi-provider — supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini-compatible APIs with Alibaba Cloud, OpenRouter and more
- Qwen3-Coder co-evolution — both framework and Qwen3-Coder model are open-source and ship together
- Built-in Skills and SubAgents — rich built-in tools for full agentic workflow with Claude Code-like experience
- Terminal-first IDE-friendly — designed for CLI developers with optional VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains IDE integration
- Multi-language docs and auth — supports Chinese, English, German, French, Japanese with API Key and Coding Plan auth
- Centralized settings management — unified model, API key, and default behavior configuration via ~/.qwen/settings.json
Use Cases
💡 Terminal AI coding: use Qwen3-Coder in the command line for code generation and understanding
💡 Codebase navigation and refactoring: understand large codebase structure and automate refactoring operations
💡 Automated unit test generation: generate test cases for existing code modules
💡 Multi-file batch editing: make code changes across multiple files with synchronized updates
💡 Team development workflow integration: provide unified AI coding capabilities via Coding Plan subscription
Strengths & Limitations
✅ Strengths
- • Actively maintained, recent updates
- • High community interest (27.6k stars)
- • Permissive open-source license (Apache-2.0)
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Quick Start
```bash
curl -fsSL https://qwen-code-assets.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/installation/install-qwen-standalone.sh | bash
qwen
/auth
```