Qwen Code vs. VT Code

Feature	Qwen Code	VT Code

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal	Semantic AI coding agent with LLM-native code understanding
Website	https://qwen.ai/qwencode	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	August 1, 2025	September 12, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, Zed, Cursor, Windsurf
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model dependent	Model-dependent; auto-summarization
Supported Models	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.	API compatible models for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Z.AI, Ollama, LM Studio and 400+ models on OpenRouter
Pricing Model	Free	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Development State	active	active