Record 024 · Models · 2023
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Qwen
Alibaba Cloud
“Alibaba's Qwen weights — often the best local model in a given size class.”
Qwen 1.5 through 2.5 (and QwQ) became the homelab default when Llama lagged a generation. Dense, coder, and MoE lines, all runnable.
Kept the open-weight race from being a one-lab story.
- Competitive dense open models
- Coder and math variants
- Permissive-enough local use
The other open family.
