Agentic out of the box — Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills, SubAgents, Agent Teams, and MCP. Dynamic workflows, zero setup.
Open-source, inside and out — The framework and the Qwen models are open-source. They evolve together. No vendor lock-in.
Multi-protocol — Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Qwen APIs. Any third-party provider or local model (Ollama / vLLM). Switch at runtime.
Beyond the terminal — IDE plugins, Desktop app, daemon mode, SDKs, and IM bots (Telegram / DingTalk / WeChat / Feishu).
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Qwen Code is actively iterating on itself — using its own agent and models to file issues, submit PRs, review code, and run tests. Powered by the community, driven by AI.
import asyncio
from qwen_code_sdk import is_sdk_result_message, query
async def main() -> None:
result = query(
"Summarize the repository layout.",
{
"cwd": "/path/to/project",
"path_to_qwen_executable": "qwen",
},
)
async for message in result:
if is_sdk_result_message(message):
print(message["result"])
asyncio.run(main())
Capabilities
If you know Claude Code, you already know Qwen Code — and then some. We’ve put significant effort into bringing Qwen Code to feature parity with Claude Code, improving both breadth and reliability across the board.
IM Channels (Telegram / DingTalk / WeChat / Feishu)
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Ecosystem
Qwen Code Desktop — Official desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
AionUi — A modern GUI for command-line AI tools including Qwen Code
Gemini CLI Desktop — A cross-platform desktop/web/mobile UI for Qwen Code
🦞 Qwen Code Claw — Let other agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) delegate coding tasks to Qwen Code via ACP. Paste this prompt into your agent:
Use Qwen Code as a coding agent. First, fetch and read this skill reference:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/refs/heads/main/.qwen/skills/qwen-code-claw/SKILL.md
Then follow the instructions inside to install, authenticate, and use Qwen Code via acpx for all coding tasks.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Acknowledgments
This project was originally based on Google Gemini CLI v0.8.2. We gratefully acknowledge the Gemini CLI team’s excellent work. Starting from Qwen Code v0.1, we stopped syncing with upstream and began independent development as a multi-protocol, multi-platform agent framework with deep integrations for Qwen models and beyond.
The open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.
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Why Qwen Code?
Installation
Linux / macOS:
Windows:
NPM / Homebrew
NPM (requires Node.js 22+):
Homebrew (macOS / Linux):
Quick Start
See the Authentication Guide and Settings Reference for detailed setup.
How to Use Qwen Code
qwen@filereferences, slash commandsqwen -p "..."qwen serveqwen channelSDK example (Python)
Capabilities
If you know Claude Code, you already know Qwen Code — and then some. We’ve put significant effort into bringing Qwen Code to feature parity with Claude Code, improving both breadth and reliability across the board.
qwen serve(multi-client shared agent)Ecosystem
Qwen Code Desktop — Official desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux
AionUi — A modern GUI for command-line AI tools including Qwen Code
Gemini CLI Desktop — A cross-platform desktop/web/mobile UI for Qwen Code
🦞 Qwen Code Claw — Let other agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) delegate coding tasks to Qwen Code via ACP. Paste this prompt into your agent:
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Acknowledgments
This project was originally based on Google Gemini CLI v0.8.2. We gratefully acknowledge the Gemini CLI team’s excellent work. Starting from Qwen Code v0.1, we stopped syncing with upstream and began independent development as a multi-protocol, multi-platform agent framework with deep integrations for Qwen models and beyond.