# Qwen2.5-Coder released, CodeQwen rebranded to Qwen-Coder

> Qwen released the next generation of their open-source coding model series, Qwen2.5-Coder, and renamed CodeQwen to Qwen-Coder. The raw announcement contains no specific capability or benchmark details.

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|---|---|
| **Tool** | Qwen |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2024-09-18 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 4/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | new-model, feature |

## What changed


- Next generation of open-source coding models, Qwen2.5-Coder, announced
- CodeQwen renamed to Qwen-Coder
- No specific capability or benchmark details in this post


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen2.5-coder/) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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