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- Readings· ChinaAgent 编辑部A year in review: four events that shaped China's agent ecosystem
Coze open-sourced, Tencent bet on digital employees, Zhipu open-sourced Qingliu, and inference clouds started courting developers — one throughline: self-hosting and office scenarios are the main battlefield.
- Review· ChinaAgent 编辑部China-built coding agents in 2026: a field guide for global developers
Qoder, Trae, CodeBuddy, and Tongyi Lingma — shapes, international editions, and what to check before using them from abroad.
- Tutorial· ChinaAgent 编辑部Self-hosting Dify: from zero to a working platform with Docker Compose
One 2C4G box, four commands, and you have your own agent platform — plus the settings to change and the pitfalls to avoid.
- Review· ChinaAgent 编辑部Choosing between China's three self-hostable open-source agent platforms in 2026
Dify, Coze Studio, and Zhipu Qingliu: all open and self-hostable, but they differ sharply in ecosystem maturity, model binding, and onboarding cost. Choose by scenario.