Gemini CLI vs Qwen Code

Feature	Gemini CLI	Qwen Code

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	June 24, 2025	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	August 19, 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	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)	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	#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active