Qwen Chat
Free chat with Alibaba's Qwen, whose small model runs at home.
Best on your computerFreeOpen sourceSmaller version local
- Best for
- Free chat and running AI locally
- On your PC
- Smaller version
- Works on
- Web, iPhone, Android, Mac
- License
- Apache-2.0 (Qwen3.8-27B); custom license for Qwen3.8-Max
What’s good
- Qwen3.8-Max ranks in LMArena's top 25
- Qwen3.8-27B runs on a good home PC or Mac
- Free with no plan to buy
Downsides
- Data is processed by a Chinese company
- Avoids topics sensitive to the Chinese government
- The local 27B model is weaker than the online Max
At a glance.
- Best for
- Free chat and running AI locally
- Price
- Free, open source
- Version
- Qwen3.8-MaxReleased 2026-08
- Works on
- Web, iPhone, Android, Mac, API
- Open source
- Yes, Apache-2.0 (Qwen3.8-27B); custom license for Qwen3.8-Max
- Made by
- Alibaba
- Website
- chat.qwen.ai
How it ranks.
- LMArena Text, style control (Qwen3.8-Max)#24 · 14822026-11-05
Can I run it myself?
Partly. A smaller version runs on your computer.
Use Ollama, LM Studio.
- You need
- 24 GB graphics card, or a Mac with 32 GB memory
- Setup
- Some setupDownload a model inside an app
- Laptop, 8 GBToo small
- PC, 16 GB+Too small
- Mac, 16 GBToo small
- Mac, 32 GBRuns
- Mac, 64 GB+Runs
- PC, 8 GB GPUToo small
- PC, 12 GB GPURuns
- PC, 16 GB GPURuns
- PC, 24 GB GPURuns
- WorkstationRuns