Qwen Code CLI
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
The official Qwen OAuth free quota was shut down on 2026-04-15; users in mainland China can still get roughly 2,000 free calls/day by linking a real-name-verified ModelScope account
The CLI tool itself is open-source and free, but the original one-command-login OAuth free quota of 2,000 calls/day has been shut down by the vendor (2026-04-15, after first being reduced to 100/day as a transition). Users in mainland China now need to switch the auth method to a ModelScope API Key in settings, which grants that platform's general 2,000 free calls/day; users overseas can use OpenRouter's roughly 1,000 free calls/day, or paid options like Alibaba Cloud Bailian / Coding Plan.
The official documentation (qwen-code-docs) explicitly states 'Qwen OAuth free tier was discontinued on 2026-04-15' — many online tutorials mentioning '2,000 free requests a day' are now outdated. To verify and use it for free, reconfigure ModelScope/OpenRouter per the current auth documentation.