🧙‍♂️ Local Vibe Coding from Your Terminal with Qwen Code CLI

Ever wanted to just describe what you need and have working code appear? That's vibe coding, and Qwen Code brings it right to your command line.

Qwen Code is Alibaba's open-source CLI for agentic coding. By default it calls their cloud API, but since it uses the OpenAI-compatible format, you can point it at your local Ollama instance instead. All the convenience of a polished CLI tool, none of the cloud dependency.

🧙‍♂️ What we'll cover:

• Installing Qwen Code (just needs Node.js 20+)
• Running Qwen3-Coder locally through Ollama
• Pointing the CLI at localhost instead of the cloud
• Basic workflow for generating, refactoring, and explaining code
• When vibe coding saves time vs when to just write it yourself

🧙‍♂️ Who's this for?

Anyone comfortable with the terminal who wants AI-assisted coding without sending their code to someone else's servers.

No cloud subscriptions required. Local AI doing useful things.