The direct TiCN and AlTiCrN coatings were prepared on free cutting steel Y15 surface,and their friction and wear behaviors were studied on a SRVⅣoscillating friction and wear tester and were compared with direct TiN coating and salty bath nitriding samples.The results show that the samples with direct coatings have lower friction coefficient and better wear resistance performance than salty bath nitriding samples,and the direct TiCN coating has the best wear resistance performance,next to it is the direct AlTiCrN coating.The samples of salty bath nitriding,direct TiN and TiCN coatings have mainly adhesive wear mechanism,while the AlTiCrN has mainly adhesive wear with furrow wear at the same time.