# Pi vs Qwen Code (slim)

> Qwen Code scores 72.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Pi's 68.4 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pi leads on reliability and security & auth. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Qwen Code scores 72.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Pi's 68.4 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pi leads on reliability and security & auth. Both do agent harness.

- Pi: B 68.4, rank #170 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- Qwen Code: BB 72.4, rank #88 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen-code.min.md
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 69; Security & auth, 61 against 53. Also No key needed to call it.
- Qwen Code, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tied to no single model vendor, with run budgets and SDKs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 84; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 76. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where Pi loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Pi | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 53 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Pi | Qwen Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Earendil | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk | 28k stars, 105k npm/wk |