The Alibaba Qwen team recently released a new product called Qwen Code an open-source command-line tool whose most compelling feature is that it offers developers up to 2,000 free invocations per day. This initiative is designed to dramatically lower the barrier to use for advanced AI coding tools, enabling a broader range of developers to integrate powerful AI coding capabilities into their daily workflows at no cost.
Core value: free access to powerful smart body coding capabilities
The 2,000 daily free credits mean that developers have enough to handle most of their daily development, debugging, and codebase maintenance needs. This free offer is not a simple code fix, but a free code base maintained by the Qwen3-Coder Model-driven "intelligent body coding" tools.
Unlike traditional tools, Qwen Code specializes in performing complex, multi-step tasks such as:
- Code base level analysis: Ability to handle entire project code for full performance optimization or security audits.
- Automated maintenance: Automatically write Git commits and generate project changelogs.
- intelligent reconfiguration: Structural refactoring of large code files based on directives.
Driven by Qwen3-Coder's new generation of models
Behind Qwen Code is the powerful Qwen3-Coder family of code models. Designed for long contexts and complex programming tasks, the flagship model has a 256K Token s extra-long context window, enabling it to understand and manipulate the complete code repository.
One-touch start, instant experience
To match its power, Qwen Code provides an extremely easy way to get started. Instead of installing it, developers can simply run the following command in a terminal to get started:
npx @qwen-code/qwen-code@latest
The command is passed through the npx
Running the latest version of the package directly, as well as the tool's built-in Qwen OAuth support ensures that the entire authentication process is secure and smooth.
By offering a generous amount of free credits and powerful intelligentsia features, Qwen Code is expected to accelerate the popularity of AI coding tools in the developer community.
Interested developers can visit their official GitHub repository for more details:
Github: https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code