Qwen CLI

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║                      Qwen CLI v1.0.3                         ║
║            Free AI assistant powered by Qwen                  ║
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║   qwen "What is the meaning of life?"                        ║
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Free AI assistant powered by Qwen AI — right in your terminal. No API key required.

Quick Start

npx qwen-ai-cli "What is the capital of France?"

Installation

# Run directly (no install needed)
npx qwen-ai-cli "your question"

# Or install globally
npm install -g qwen-ai-cli

# Then use the `qwen` command
qwen "your question"

Usage

# Ask anything
qwen "What is the capital of France?"

# Get explanations
qwen "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"

# Generate code
qwen "Write a Python function to sort a list"

# Get help
qwen --help

# Check version
qwen --version

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -h, --help | Show help message | | -v, --version | Show version number |

How It Works

Qwen CLI uses Playwright to automate the Qwen AI web interface:

1. Launches a headless Chromium browser
2. Navigates to qwen.ai/home
3. Types your question in the chat input
4. Submits and opens the chat session at chat.qwen.ai
5. Intercepts the streaming SSE response
6. Displays the answer in your terminal

No API key, no account, no cost — just works.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• Playwright browsers — downloaded automatically on first run (~300MB)

First Run Setup

On the first run, Playwright will download Chromium. If it doesn't install automatically, run:

npx playwright install chromium
npx playwright install-deps chromium   # Linux only — installs system dependencies

Troubleshooting

| Problem | Solution | |---------|----------| | Executable doesn't exist | Run npx playwright install chromium | | Missing system libraries | Run sudo npx playwright install-deps chromium | | Timeout / no response | Check your internet connection and try again | | ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND | Run npm install in the project directory |

Example Output

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Q: What is the capital of France?                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

The capital of France is Paris.

License

MIT

Credits

Powered by Qwen AI by Alibaba Group.

Created by Travis (appv231) — the appv231 coding agent.