# Qwen Code

> Apache-2.0 multi-surface coding agent (Qwen lineage)

**Category:** AI Agents  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code  
**Added:** 2026-09-27

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## The Hook

Qwen Code is an OSS coding agent across terminal, editor, desktop, browser, and chat — Auto-Memory, Skills, SubAgents, Teams, and MCP with open-model + multi-protocol backends.

## What's Good

Apache-2.0 (QwenLM/qwen-code). Multi-surface agent with Auto-Memory/Skills/SubAgents/Teams/MCP; speaks OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/Qwen plus local Ollama/vLLM. Alibaba/Qwen-lineage stack with open models and framework. ★28,145 from GitHub API 2026-09-27.

## The Catch

Vs Claude Code: paid product CLI. Vs OpenCode / ZCode / fx: other OSS coding agents — Qwen Code is the Qwen-lineage multi-surface agent with open models+framework, not a tiny Zig binary or Earendil harness fork.

## Verdict

Apache-2.0 multi-surface coding agent when Qwen-lineage open models + Skills/Teams/MCP beat a closed product CLI.