Plandex vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Plandex	Qwen Code

Tagline	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	go	typescript
Release Date	March 14, 2024	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	June 11, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	No	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	2M tokens effective	Model dependent
Supported Models	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (self-hosted)	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	inactive	active