Claude Code vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Claude Code	Qwen Code

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	VS Code, JetBrains	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active