Blackbox AI CLI vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Qwen Code

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	September 20, 2025	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	Yes	No
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model Dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	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) / $10-40/mo	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active