Qwen Code is a powerful command-line AI workflow tool adapted from Gemini CLI, specifically optimized for Qwen3-Coder models. It enhances your development workflow with advanced code understanding, automated tasks, and intelligent assistance.

📌 Why Qwen Code？

🎯 Free Access Available: Get started with 2,000 free requests per day via Qwen OAuth.
🧠 Code Understanding & Editing - Query and edit large codebases beyond traditional context window limits
🤖 Workflow Automation - Automate operational tasks like handling pull requests and complex rebases
💻 Terminal-first: Designed for developers who live in the command line.
🧰 VS Code: Install the VS Code extension to seamlessly integrate into your existing workflow.
📦 Simple Setup: Easy installation with npm, Homebrew, or source for quick deployment.

👉 Know more workflows

📦 The extension is currently in development. For installation, features, and development guide, see the VS Code Extension README.

❓ How to use Qwen Code?

Prerequisites

Ensure you have Node.js version 20 or higher installed.

curl -qL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh

Install from npm

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

🚀 Quick Start

# Start Qwen Code
qwen

# Example commands
> What does this project do?
> Explain this codebase structure
> Help me refactor this function
> Generate unit tests for this module

Usage Examples

If you want to learn more about common workflows, click Common Workflows to view.

🔍 Explore Codebases

cd your-project/
qwen

# Architecture analysis
> Describe the main pieces of this system's architecture
> What are the key dependencies and how do they interact?
> Find all API endpoints and their authentication methods

💻 Code Development

# Refactoring
> Refactor this function to improve readability and performance
> Convert this class to use dependency injection
> Split this large module into smaller, focused components

# Code generation
> Create a REST API endpoint for user management
> Generate unit tests for the authentication module
> Add error handling to all database operations

🔄 Automate Workflows

# Git automation
> Analyze git commits from the last 7 days, grouped by feature
> Create a changelog from recent commits
> Find all TODO comments and create GitHub issues

# File operations
> Convert all images in this directory to PNG format
> Rename all test files to follow the *.test.ts pattern
> Find and remove all console.log statements

🐛 Debugging & Analysis

# Performance analysis
> Identify performance bottlenecks in this React component
> Find all N+1 query problems in the codebase

# Security audit
> Check for potential SQL injection vulnerabilities
> Find all hardcoded credentials or API keys

📚 Understand New Codebases

> What are the core business logic components?
> What security mechanisms are in place?
> How does the data flow through the system?
> What are the main design patterns used?
> Generate a dependency graph for this module

🔨 Code Refactoring & Optimization

> What parts of this module can be optimized?
> Help me refactor this class to follow SOLID principles
> Add proper error handling and logging
> Convert callbacks to async/await pattern
> Implement caching for expensive operations

📝 Documentation & Testing

> Generate comprehensive JSDoc comments for all public APIs
> Write unit tests with edge cases for this component
> Create API documentation in OpenAPI format
> Add inline comments explaining complex algorithms
> Generate a README for this module

🚀 Development Acceleration

> Set up a new Express server with authentication
> Create a React component with TypeScript and tests
> Implement a rate limiter middleware
> Add database migrations for new schema
> Configure CI/CD pipeline for this project

Commands & Shortcuts

Session Commands

/help - Display available commands
/clear - Clear conversation history
/compress - Compress history to save tokens
/stats - Show current session information
/exit or /quit - Exit Qwen Code

Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+C - Cancel current operation
Ctrl+D - Exit (on empty line)
Up/Down - Navigate command history

👉 Know more about Commands

💡 Tip: In YOLO mode (--yolo), vision switching happens automatically without prompts when images are detected. Know more about Approval Mode

Benchmark Results

Terminal-Bench Performance

Agent	Model	Accuracy
Qwen Code	Qwen3-Coder-480A35	37.5%
Qwen Code	Qwen3-Coder-30BA3B	31.3%

Development & Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md to learn how to contribute to the project.

For detailed authentication setup, see the authentication guide.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues, check the troubleshooting guide.

Acknowledgments

This project is based on Google Gemini CLI. We acknowledge and appreciate the excellent work of the Gemini CLI team. Our main contribution focuses on parser-level adaptations to better support Qwen-Coder models.

License

LICENSE

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