Qwen-Agent
Canonical page on the main site: chinaaihub.com/agents/qwen-agent
Company
Description
Alibaba Qwen team's open-source Python framework for developing LLM applications based on Qwen's instruction following, tool usage, planning and memory capabilities (Apache-2.0). Serves as the backend of Qwen Chat (chat.qwen.ai). Ships example applications including BrowserQwen browser assistant, Docker-isolated Code Interpreter, RAG over 1M-token documents, MCP integration and Gradio GUI.
Agent Type
framework
Framework
Python framework (pip install qwen-agent); built-in Assistant / FnCallAgent / ReActChat agents with @register_tool; connects to DashScope API or self-hosted models via vLLM/Ollama
Tool Calling
Yes
Browser Use
Yes
Mcp
Yes
Memory
Yes
Planning
Yes
Api
Yes
Pricing
Framework free and open source (Apache-2.0). Model usage billed via DashScope API pay-as-you-go per token, or free with self-hosted open models. No subscription of its own.
Deployment
self_hosted
Open Source
Yes
License
Apache-2.0
Github
https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Agent
Documentation
https://qwenlm.github.io/Qwen-Agent/en/guide/
Use Cases
- Custom LLM applications with tool calling
- Browser automation assistant (BrowserQwen)
- RAG over 1M-token documents
- Code interpreter and PDF-reading assistants
- MCP tool integration and agent evaluation via DeepPlanning benchmark
Limitations
- Docker-based code interpreter has only basic sandbox isolation - use with caution in production
- TIR math demo Python executor is not sandboxed (local testing only)
- GUI requires Python 3.10+
- Last GitHub release v0.0.26 on 2025-05-29; repo development cadence has slowed since
Last Verified
2026-09-20
Sources
| source_name | source_url | source_type | last_verified | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen-Agent GitHub repository | https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Agent | official | 2026-09-20 | high |
| Qwen-Agent docs guide | https://qwenlm.github.io/Qwen-Agent/en/guide/ | official | 2026-09-20 | high |