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Qwen Code

★ 18k

Alibaba's terminal coding agent tuned for Qwen3-Coder, with a generous free tier and open weights.

Qwen Code does the job of Claude Code and Gemini CLI paid tiers, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Claude Code bills $20 for it. 18k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Claude Code, Gemini CLI paid tiers.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$20
GitHub stars
18k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Qwen Code runs

Where it runs

Qwen Code runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Qwen Code questions

Is Qwen Code open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can Qwen Code replace Claude Code?

Our verdict on Claude Code is YES. OpenCode (192k stars), DeepSeek Harness (175k stars), Gemini CLI (106k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Claude Code — self-host in one command and stop paying $20/mo.

Can I self-host Qwen Code?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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