OpenHands CLI vs Qwen Code

Feature	OpenHands CLI	Qwen Code

Tagline	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	python	typescript
Release Date	October 18, 2025	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench	#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ¹
Supported Models	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	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/OpenHands/OpenHands	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active