AutoHand vs. Qwen Code

Feature	AutoHand	Qwen Code

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	March 21, 2026	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	Model dependent
Supported Models	200+ via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / Paid (commercial >$5M ARR)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active