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# Qoder

by Alibaba · [Engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)

[Visit website](https://qoder.com/)

Alibaba's coding agent platform, available as a desktop editor, terminal tool, JetBrains plugin and cloud agents.

## Overview

Qoder is Alibaba’s coding agent platform for individual developers, teams and enterprises. It comes as a desktop editor, a terminal tool, a JetBrains plugin and a phone app for approving agent actions.

Its Quest mode hands long tasks to agents that run on the user’s machine, in a separate Git copy of the repository, or on Qoder’s cloud machines. Models include Qoder’s own tiers, Qwen, DeepSeek and others, or the user’s own API key. Users can add MCP servers and plugins.

Plans use monthly credits and range from free to $200 a month.

## Features

* Ships as a desktop editor, a terminal tool, a JetBrains plugin and a phone app for approving agent actions.
* Quest mode hands long tasks to agents.
* Agents run locally, in a separate Git copy of the repository, or on Qoder's cloud machines.
* Supports Qoder model tiers, Qwen, DeepSeek and others, or your own API key.
* Lets users add MCP servers and plugins.

## Details

* Website

  [qoder.com](https://qoder.com/)

* Company

  Alibaba

* Headquarters

  Hangzhou, China

* Category

  [Engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)

* Source

  Proprietary

* Deployment

  Local, Cloud

* Topics

  * [IDE](/software-factories/?tag=ide)
  * [CLI](/software-factories/?tag=cli)
  * [Background agents](/software-factories/?tag=background-agents)
  * [MCP](/software-factories/?tag=mcp)

* Listed

  September 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

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