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Three Open-Source Coding Agents Out of China

Three open source coding agents out of China that run in your terminal, what each one actually costs in August 2026, and the one claim from the video that has since stopped being true.

Alex Chen@nocodealex · 50,000+ follow on Instagram

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All three of these are real, open source, and installable in one line. Two of them have a genuine free tier today. The third does not any more, and most articles written about it still say it does.

Pricing and free tiers on Chinese AI products have been moving month to month, so check the vendor page on the day you install rather than trusting any article, including this one.

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The rest of this guide (7 more sections, 2 copy-paste prompts) opens right here. The setup prompt, one paste into Claude that sets it all up, comes by email only. Use your real address.

Unlocks: 1. Mimo Code, by Xiaomi · About the benchmark number · 2. Z Code, by Zhipu · 3. Qwen Code, by Alibaba · The claim that expired · +2 more

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