Tongyi Lingma is Alibaba Cloud’s AI coding assistant ā the first Chinese product in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for AI code assistants ā combining an autonomous programming agent, inline code generation, and intelligent debugging across more than 200 languages.
Lingma works inside mainstream editors and in its own Lingma IDE. Its programming-agent mode plans tasks on its own: it perceives your project’s framework, tech stack, and relevant files automatically, then uses repository search, file editing, and terminal tools to complete coding tasks end to end, executing commands it decides are needed along the way. Inline generation produces line- and function-level code from cross-file context in seconds, the R&D Q&A is trained on extensive development and Alibaba Cloud documentation, and smart troubleshooting combines code and environment signals to diagnose compile errors and runtime failures and propose concrete fixes.
Lingma has also collected top-tier domestic evaluations: it was among the first products to pass the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology’s AI code-model assessment at the highest level, and its use inside Alibaba’s own engineering organization has made it one of the most widely deployed AI coding assistants in China.
Tongyi Lingma is free for individual users. Alibaba Cloud also offers an enterprise edition for organizations that need centralized management, governance, and deployment controls, priced through Alibaba Cloud.
Lingma suits individual developers ā especially Java and Alibaba Cloud users ā who want a capable free AI pair programmer, and enterprises looking for a governed AI coding assistant with top-tier evaluations in the Chinese market.