Qwen3 Coder Next as a coding agent in your terminal
Qwen3 Coder Next by Qwen (Alibaba), one of 250+ models you can use in Darce, the open source AI coding agent you can undo.
| Model | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen (Alibaba) |
| Model id | qwen/qwen3-coder-next |
| Context window | 262k tokens |
| Price per 1M tokens | $0.12 input · $0.80 output (OpenRouter) |
| Can do | tool calling |
| Category | Coding-tuned |
Strengths
A newer, cheaper Qwen3 Coder release. A great first gear: fast and inexpensive for everyday edits.
OpenRouter's description:
Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight causal language model optimized for coding agents and local development workflows. It uses a sparse MoE design with 80B total parameters and only 3B activated per...
Use Qwen3 Coder Next as a coding agent in your terminal
Start Darce in your project with Qwen3 Coder Next:
npm install -g darce-cli
darce --model qwen/qwen3-coder-nextAlready in a session? Type /model qwen/qwen3-coder-next, or open the picker with Ctrl+P. Darce then reads your code, edits files and runs commands with Qwen3 Coder Next; risky commands ask first, and /undo reverses any change, including what shell commands did. No account yet? npx darce-cli lets you try it free. Which plan includes which models is on the pricing page.
Make it your default or a gear
In ~/.darcerc, set it as the starting model or add it to the gears you move between with Shift+↑ / Shift+↓ (see configuration):
{
"router": { "default": "qwen/qwen3-coder-next" },
"gears": ["qwen/qwen3-coder", "qwen/qwen3-coder-next"]
}Compare it on your own code
Benchmarks rarely match your repository. Race Qwen3 Coder Next against two other models on a real task and keep the best diff:
/derby --models qwen/qwen3-coder-next,qwen/qwen3-coder,qwen/qwen3-coder-plus fix the failing testRead more about /derby and /swarm.
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- Qwen3 Coder Flash (Qwen (Alibaba)): 1M tokens, $0.20 / $0.97 per 1M tokens
- Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen (Alibaba)): 262k tokens, $0.070 / $0.28 per 1M tokens
- GPT-5.3-Codex (OpenAI): 400k tokens, $1.75 / $14.00 per 1M tokens
- Kimi K2.7 Code (Moonshot AI): 262k tokens, $0.67 / $3.35 per 1M tokens
- Grok Build 0.1 (xAI): 256k tokens, $1.00 / $2.00 per 1M tokens
- MiniMax M3 (MiniMax): 1.05M tokens, $0.30 / $1.20 per 1M tokens
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Model data from OpenRouter, refreshed daily. Prices are OpenRouter's list rates and show relative cost; your Darce allowance is used in proportion to them.