fx (by Vercel) vs. Qwen Code

Feature	fx (by Vercel)	Qwen Code

Tagline	Tiny, open, embeddable, native coding agent by Vercel.	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://fx.sh	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	zig	typescript
Release Date	August 17, 2026	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 12, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	minimal	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration		VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	All Vercel AI Gateway supported models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, z.AI, Moonshot, etc	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK, Usage Based	Free
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	0 - $20 / mo / Custom (Vercel AI Gateway)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/vercel-labs/fx	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active