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Qwen3-Coder

Qwen3-Coder - Alibaba's open code model series for agentic coding, up to 1M tokens of context

★ 16.8k stars⑂ 1.3k forksNOASSERTIONupdated 2026-03
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// project facts

Project facts

Qwen3-Coder is an open-source local llm project by QwenLM (QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder on GitHub). It has 16,838 GitHub stars and 1,256 forks, is released under the NOASSERTION license, and was last updated on GitHub on 24 March 2026.

GitHub stars
16,838
Forks
1,256
License
NOASSERTION
Last updated on GitHub
24 March 2026
Category
Local LLM
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Pick a variant and runtime

    Choose a Qwen3-Coder size that fits your GPU, or use it through an agent tool or hosted API.

  2. Get the model

    Clone this repo for docs and examples, and download the weights from the linked model pages.

  3. Load it

    Load tokenizer and model with the README's quick-start pattern and apply the chat template.

  4. Run your first coding task

    Generate a completion, try fill-in-the-middle, or point an agent platform at the model.

// features

Why people love it

Agentic coding performance

Designed for agentic coding, agentic browser use and foundational coding tasks, with results the README compares to Claude Sonnet among open models.

Agent-platform support

Supports platforms such as Qwen Code, Cline and Claude Code, with a specially designed function-call format.

Long context

Native 256K token context, extendable up to 1M tokens with YaRN - sized for repository-scale understanding.

Fill in the middle

Supports FIM completion for IDE-style code infilling, shown in the quick start.

ChatML formatting

Uses the apply_chat_template flow with ChatML, consistent with earlier Qwen releases.

Real task examples

The README demonstrates full tasks - releasing a website, building a parkour game, sound ASCII art and more.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Get the source code from GitHub and enter the project directory.

    git clone https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-Coder.git
    cd Qwen3-Coder
  2. Load the model

    The README quick start loads the tokenizer and model, formats messages with the chat template and generates.

    # Follow the Quick Start code in the README (load model, apply_chat_template, generate)
  3. Or use it in an agent tool

    Configure Qwen3-Coder as the model in Qwen Code, Cline or Claude Code per the README's platform notes.

    # Point your agent platform at the Qwen3-Coder endpoint or local server - see README
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What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains this project?

It is maintained by Alibaba's Qwen team (QwenLM) on GitHub.

Is it free to use?

The repository content is freely available; the model weights carry the license stated on their model cards - check there before commercial use, as the README text itself does not state one.

Does it need a paid API key?

No API key is needed to run the weights locally. Hosted endpoints and agent platforms you use it through have their own accounts and pricing.

How does it compare to alternatives?

Compared with general Qwen3 models, Qwen3-Coder is specialized for code and agentic tool use; compared with proprietary coding models, it is open and self-hostable with very long context.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo, read the Quick Start, download a checkpoint, and run the chat-template example - or select it inside Qwen Code or Cline.

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