Qwen Code and Gemini CLI are Apache-2.0 coding agents that run from the terminal. Qwen Code supports multiple provider protocols and additional desktop, browser, and editor surfaces; Gemini CLI is centered on Google's Gemini ecosystem.
Qwen Code is an open-source coding agent from the Qwen team with terminal, editor, desktop, browser, and chat surfaces and support for Qwen and third-party model providers.
Gemini CLI is Google's open-source terminal agent for working with Gemini models. It includes file operations, shell commands, web fetching, Google Search grounding, and MCP support.
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Qwen plus OpenAI-, Anthropic-, Gemini-compatible, and other providers
Gemini models through Google-supported access paths
Terminal, editor, desktop, browser, and chat integrations
Local terminal workflow
Provider- and tool-dependent
Includes web fetching and Google Search grounding
Apache-2.0
Apache-2.0
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