What is the best alternative to Qwen3-Coder?

Codex CLI is the one we can answer for in full. Point an agent at a repository you do not trust: in the default `workspace-write` mode Codex edits inside the working directory and must ask before touching anything outside it. ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. Every part of that answer is quoted from a page we read; the links are on this page beside each claim.

Which Qwen3-Coder alternatives are still actively developed?

Codex CLI (newest commit 8 Oct 2026). Those dates are the newest commit on each project's default branch, read from the GitHub API on the date shown at the top of this page. We read the default branch rather than the repository's push timestamp, because a push to any branch moves the second one and makes a finished project look active.

What do Qwen3-Coder alternatives cost?

Codex CLI: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. Prices we have not read ourselves are marked "not verified" in the table above rather than copied from our catalogue, which is out of date on 43 of our 190 rows.

How many Qwen3-Coder alternatives do you track?

We name 14 on this page. 2 carry judgments and prices we read and quoted, 6 carry live repository data with no judgment yet, and 6 are catalogue entries we have not researched. We say which is which on every row rather than presenting all of them as reviewed.

Best Qwen3-Coder alternatives (2026)

Qwen3-Coder is an AI model: Alibaba's open-source model for massive monorepos. We name 14 alternatives below.

Quick answer

Of the 14 alternatives here, 2 have been researched claim by claim. Start with Codex CLI.

Choose Codex CLI when: Point an agent at a repository you do not trust: in the default `workspace-write` mode Codex edits inside the working directory and must ask before touching anything outside it. [developers.openai.com/codex/sandbox]

It costs: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. [developers.openai.com/codex/pricing]

How this list is ordered. Tools whose claims we have read and quoted come first, then tools whose repository we track, then catalogue entries we have not researched. Within each band the order is category and workflow overlap. A tool that has stopped is never the first answer. We publish no score out of five: every claim here traces to a source, and a number we could not justify would undermine the ones that can.

2 researched alternatives to Qwen3-Coder

Codex CLI

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What it is: Codex CLI is the only agent in this set that confines itself in an OS-enforced sandbox on first run, with network access off and writes limited to the working directory. [developers.openai.com/codex/sandbox]

Where it hurts: Subscription spend is unpredictable: the most-commented open issue, 630 comments since 2026-03-13, is that Codex burns the plan budget too fast, and a second reports the 5-hour budget gone in 2-3 prompts. [github.com/openai/codex]

Price: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. [developers.openai.com/codex/pricing]

Stars: 128,366; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit: 8 Oct 2026; 0 days old when we read it; Verified 8 Oct 2026
License: Apache-2.0; Verified 8 Oct 2026

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Continue

Finishedgithub.com

What it is: Continue has stopped: its own README marks the repository read-only for all users after a final 2.0.0 release of the VS Code extension, the CLI and the JetBrains plugin. [github.com/continuedev/continue]

Choose Continue when: Read a complete Apache-2.0 implementation of an IDE coding agent: the VS Code extension, the CLI and the JetBrains plugin are all in one tree. [github.com/continuedev/continue]

Where it hurts: No fix will ever land: the repository is read-only, so any bug you hit is a bug you carry or fork. [github.com/continuedev/continue]

Price: Continue costs nothing and no longer sells anything: the final release pulled authentication out of the product. [github.com/continuedev/continue]

Continue is finished, not slowing: the repository is read-only, the last release is v2.1.0-vscode on 2026-06-19, and the newest commit on the default branch is 2026-07-21.

Stars: 36,154; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit: 21 Jul 2026; 79 days old when we read it; Verified 8 Oct 2026
License: Apache-2.0; Verified 8 Oct 2026

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Qwen3-Coder alternatives at a glance

Tool	Price	State	Newest commit
Codex CLI	$0 / $8 / $20 / $100	Active	8 Oct 2026
Continue	stated, no figure	Finished	21 Jul 2026
Supabase	not verified	Active	8 Oct 2026
Cursor	not verified	Slowing	12 May 2026
Replit	not verified	Not tracked	not tracked
Windsurf	not verified	Not tracked	not tracked
Zed	not verified	Active	8 Oct 2026
IntelliCode	not verified	Not tracked	not tracked

Also close, not yet researched

These match Qwen3-Coder by category and workflow, and we have not read their vendor pages. We publish no judgment and no price for them, because we have no source to put beside one.

SupabaseOpen-source Firebase alternative with Postgres auth storage realtime and edge functionsRepository tracked
CursorSlowingAI-powered IDE designed to replace VS Code with predictive editing and project contextRepository tracked
ReplitBrowser-based development environment with AI agent that builds and deploys appsRegistry tracked
WindsurfAgentic IDE where developers and AI flow together (formerly Codeium)Website checked
ZedHigh-performance code editor designed for collaboration with humans and AIRepository tracked
IntelliCodeMicrosoft's AI-assisted development tool for VS/VS CodeWebsite checked
DevStral 2Mistral's enterprise-grade vibe coding stackCatalogue entry
Zhipu AI GLMGLM-4.7 model access for code generation and debuggingCatalogue entry
Roo CodeOpen-source VS Code extension forked from Cline with extra featuresCatalogue entry
Kilo CodeOpen-source AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains supporting 500+ modelsCatalogue entry
Spec KitOpen-source toolkit for Spec-Driven DevelopmentCatalogue entry
PlunkOpen-source transactional email with built-in contact management and automationsCatalogue entry

Questions people ask

What is the best alternative to Qwen3-Coder?: Codex CLI is the one we can answer for in full. Point an agent at a repository you do not trust: in the default `workspace-write` mode Codex edits inside the working directory and must ask before touching anything outside it. ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. Every part of that answer is quoted from a page we read; the links are on this page beside each claim.
Which Qwen3-Coder alternatives are still actively developed?: Codex CLI (newest commit 8 Oct 2026). Those dates are the newest commit on each project's default branch, read from the GitHub API on the date shown at the top of this page. We read the default branch rather than the repository's push timestamp, because a push to any branch moves the second one and makes a finished project look active.
Are any of these Qwen3-Coder alternatives dead?: Continue: Continue is finished, not slowing: the repository is read-only, the last release is v2.1.0-vscode on 2026-06-19, and the newest commit on the default branch is 2026-07-21..
What do Qwen3-Coder alternatives cost?: Codex CLI: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. Prices we have not read ourselves are marked "not verified" in the table above rather than copied from our catalogue, which is out of date on 43 of our 190 rows.
How many Qwen3-Coder alternatives do you track?: We name 14 on this page. 2 carry judgments and prices we read and quoted, 6 carry live repository data with no judgment yet, and 6 are catalogue entries we have not researched. We say which is which on every row rather than presenting all of them as reviewed.

How we check this page

Stars, licences, the newest commit on each default branch and the latest stable release are read from the GitHub API, and each one shows the day it was last confirmed rather than the day this page was built. Every judgment and every price is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where a link is missing we wrote no claim. We have researched 2 of the 14 tools named here.