Codewhale vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Codewhale	Qwen Code

Tagline	Community-driven coding agent that runs a different model per role	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://codewhale.net/	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	rust	typescript
Release Date	January 19, 2026	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 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	Editors via ACP (registry submission pending)	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	30+ providers: DeepSeek, Claude, GPT, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Grok, Mistral, Xiaomi MiMo, Alibaba Model Studio, SiliconFlow, OpenCode Zen, Hugging Face; local via vLLM, SGLang, Ollama	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT SuperGrok	—
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active