Model release · Alibaba
Qwen-Image-2.1
- Released
- Review updated
Compact unified T2I+edit open-weight model; native RGBA, up to 10 refs, circle/paint/mask local edits; parallel to cloud flagship Qwen-Image-3.0 (this row targets local/open deploy). Official README intro 2026-09-20; HF 0919 checkpoint 2026-09-19. On October 9, 2026, Qwen announced the availability of Turbo weights, an accelerated checkpoint using the same approximately 7B visual-generation architecture for image generation and editing in eight denoising steps. The Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo APIs are also live. Turbo weights are licensed under the Qwen Research License; the model card says other sampling schedules have not been evaluated. API pricing and account eligibility have not been verified.
Availability
Open weights on Hugging Face / ModelScope: Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1; diffusers QwenImage21Pipeline; community ComfyUI packs available