RankQwen (Alibaba)
- Made by
- Alibaba
- Company founded
- 1999
- Headquarters
- China
- Launched
- April 2023
- Category
- AI Models › Large Language Models
- Type
- Open source
- License
- Apache-2.0 ?Permissive. Free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially. Keep notices, state changes; includes a patent grant.
- Pricing
- Free plan available
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How to get it
- Website: qwen.ai
- Qwen Chat
- Hugging Face
Key features
- Open-weight language models in many sizes, from small on-device models to large flagship models
- Strong multilingual support, including Chinese and English
- Reasoning, coding and agent-oriented model variants
- Vision and audio models in the same family
- Hosted access through Alibaba Cloud and the Qwen Chat app
Strengths
- One of the most widely used open-weight model families, with a very large community of fine-tuned versions.
- Most models are released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, so businesses can use and modify them freely.
- Competitive with leading closed models on many benchmarks while remaining downloadable.
- Excellent Chinese-language ability alongside strong English.
Frequently asked questions
- Who makes Qwen?
- Alibaba, through its Alibaba Cloud team in China.
- Is Qwen open source?
- Most Qwen models are released with open weights, many under the Apache 2.0 license; check each model's license before use.
- Can I use Qwen commercially?
- Models released under Apache 2.0 can be used commercially; a few models carry their own license terms.