Qwen Code vs. Zot

Feature	Qwen Code	Zot

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://qwen.ai/qwencode	https://zot.sh
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	August 1, 2025	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	low
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	None
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	active	active