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Qwen3-Coder-Next

Alibaba · Qwen Coder line · coding · open weights

Released February 3, 2026Latest in the line

Qwen3-Coder-Next was released by Alibaba on February 3, 2026, as an open-weights coding model in the Qwen Coder line.

  • Release 6 of 6 in the Qwen Coder line.
  • Came 187 days after Qwen3-Coder-Flash, released Jul 31, 2025.
  • Still the newest model in the line.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 156 days.

What changed

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

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Qwen3-Coder-Next is the current model in this line. The card shows 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
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

Every Qwen Coder release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Feb 3, 2026Qwen3-Coder-Next · this page
  2. Jul 31, 2025Qwen3-Coder-Flash
  3. Jul 22, 2025Qwen 3-Coder
  4. Nov 12, 2024Qwen 2.5-Coder 32B
  5. Sep 19, 2024Qwen 2.5-Coder
  6. Apr 16, 2024CodeQwen1.5