ToolsAlibaba (Qwen)
Qwen Code
OpenRouter rank
#14
of 15 tracked tools
Tokens / day
3.6B66.8%
snapshot Aug 20, 2026
Requests / day
28,896
OpenRouter, summed
Usage
OpenRouter token volume
latest Aug 20, 2026
source: OpenRouter app rankings · summed across the tool's apps · daily
3.6B on Aug 20, 2026
Pricing
Subscription plans
| Plan | $/mo | Notes |
|---|---|---|
plan tracking pending — first pricing-page capture lands with the next crawl (no public pricing page on file) | ||
source: vendor pricing page
awaiting first capture
Change history
no plan changes detected yet — changes appear here the day the pricing page moves
Changelog
Releases
- dsw-eas-full-20260821-r1DSW EAS SWE 500 + Terminal-Bench 89 full 2026-08-21 r1Aug 21, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.15
- End-to-end full benchmark: SWE-bench Verified 500 followed by Terminal-Bench 2.0 89, including verifier-backed result and trajectory writeback.
- dsw-eas-tb-smoke-20260821-r1DSW EAS SWE + TB smoke 2026-08-21 r1Aug 21, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.15
- End-to-end 1 SWE + 1 Terminal-Bench smoke for release-trigger, DSW Harbor execution, and GitHub Release result writeback validation.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- v0.21.14-nightly.20260821.9f2342d323Release v0.21.14-nightly.20260821.9f2342d323Aug 21, 2026
- <!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at release/v0.21.14-nightly.20260821.9f2342d323 -->
- ## What's Changed
- feat(review): tell the author why a review loop is not settling by @wenshao in https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9461
- v0.21.15Release v0.21.15Aug 20, 2026
- <!-- qwen-release-notes:v2 -->
- ## Highlights
- Web Shell now supports inserting file attachments via composer or @ selection, with improved streaming performance and immediate sidebar synchronization. ([#9405](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9405), [#9477](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9477), [#9570](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9570), [#9533](https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9533))
- dsw-eas-tb-smoke-20260820-r3DSW EAS SWE + TB smoke 2026-08-20 r3Aug 20, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.14
- End-to-end 1 SWE + 1 TB smoke after restoring the required immutable cache manifest on all persistent Sandboxes.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- dsw-eas-tb-smoke-20260820-r2DSW EAS SWE + TB smoke 2026-08-20 r2Aug 20, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.14
- End-to-end regression smoke after Harbor adapter cache-gate repair: 1 SWE-bench Verified case followed by 1 Terminal-Bench 2.0 case.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- dsw-eas-tb-smoke-20260820-r1dsw-eas-tb-smoke-20260820-r1Aug 20, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.14
- End-to-end regression smoke after fresh Sandbox bootstrap repair: 1 SWE-bench Verified case followed by 1 Terminal-Bench 2.0 case.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- dsw-eas-manual-smoke-20260820-r2DSW Harbor regression smokeAug 20, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.14
- Regression smoke: 1 SWE + 1 previously successful Terminal-Bench task.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- dsw-eas-manual-smoke-20260820-r1DSW Harbor TB base-image smokeAug 20, 2026
- Benchmark-Qwen-Ref: v0.21.14
- 1 SWE + 1 Terminal-Bench smoke for ACR Python base-image mapping.
- <!-- qwen-code-dsw-swe-verified:start -->
- v0.21.11-nightly.20260820.b414f135faRelease v0.21.11-nightly.20260820.b414f135faAug 20, 2026
- <!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml at release/v0.21.11-nightly.20260820.b414f135fa -->
- ## What's Changed
- feat(web-shell): approval and ask-user dialogs as in-flow sheets; fix background-agent false failure by @ytahdn in https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/pull/9351
source: github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/releases
latest Aug 21, 2026
Adoption
GitHub & package growth
GitHub stars
source: github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
27,235 stars · Aug 21, 2026
Package downloads/day
source: registry stats · @qwen-code/qwen-code · 26 zero-day gaps hidden
8,250/day · Aug 16, 2026
Community
Reddit pulse
30-day · to Aug 21, 2026
Mentions/day
Sentiment split
- Qwen Code - doesn’t seem as smart?r/Qwen_AI · 1 pts
- Qwen Code session history in a macOS app — but I can only verify it against 0.14.3, and my free tier is goner/Qwen_AI · 1 pts
- People that use qwen 3.8 27B for agent use or coding. ...r/ · — pts
source: Reddit mentions across coding subreddits · sentiment auto-classified
latest Aug 21, 2026
Benchmarks
Benchmark results
| Benchmark | Configuration | Score | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Lite | entroPO R2E QwenCoder30BA3B | 45% | Sep 1, 2025 | swebench-experiments |
| SWE-bench Lite | entroPO R2E QwenCoder30BA3B tts | 49.7% | Sep 1, 2025 | swebench-experiments |
| SWE-bench Verified | entroPO R2E QwenCoder30BA3B | 52.2% | Sep 1, 2025 | swebench-experiments |
| SWE-bench Verified | entroPO R2E QwenCoder30BA3B tts | 60.4% | Sep 1, 2025 | swebench-experiments |
scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only
latest result Sep 1, 2025
Alternatives
Similar tools
| # | Tool | Tokens/day | 7d Δ | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | OpenCodeSST | 4.5B | — | vs Qwen Code |
| 49 | GooseBlock | 5B | 18.8% | vs Qwen Code |
| 45 | Roo CodeRoo Code Inc. | 8.5B | 40.3% | vs Qwen Code |
| 38 | Z CodeZ.ai | 10.3B | 54.3% | vs Qwen Code |
ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity
snapshot Aug 20, 2026
FAQ
Qwen Code FAQ
- How popular is Qwen Code?
- As of Aug 20, 2026, Qwen Code routes about 3.6B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #14 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +66.8% over the last 7 days.
- When was Qwen Code last updated?
- The most recent tracked release is dsw-eas-full-20260821-r1 on Aug 21, 2026. Its full changelog history is listed above.
- What are the best alternatives to Qwen Code?
- By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are OpenCode, Goose, and Roo Code. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.
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