Qwen Coder

Alibaba · coding line · open weights

6 releases since 2024Latest: Qwen3-Coder-Next

The newest Qwen Coder model is Qwen3-Coder-Next, released on February 3, 2026. It has been 263 days since then, longer than the line's usual gap of 156 days.

Where the line stands

How long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

Qwen Coder

Alibaba · coding line · open weights

Latest: Qwen3-Coder-Next · Feb 3, 2026

Longer than usual263 days since the last release · usual gap 156 days

An open-weight (Apache 2.0) coding-agent model with 80B total and 3B active parameters and a 256K context, built for coding agents and local development.

What changed in Qwen3-Coder-Next →
Days since last release
263
days
Usual gap
156
days
Recent gaps
Qwen3-Coder-Next · Feb 2026
187
Qwen3-Coder-Flash · Jul 2025
9
Qwen 3-Coder · Jul 2025
252
Qwen 2.5-Coder 32B · Nov 2024
54

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Feb
3
2026

An open-weight (Apache 2.0) coding-agent model with 80B total and 3B active parameters and a 256K context, built for coding agents and local development.

Sources: Qwen · Hugging Face