Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1
Also known as: Qwen-Image-2.1
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| Model | Params | Context | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| abenzerps/Qwen-Image-2.1-Uncensored-Quantized | – | – | Sep 20, 2026 |
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- Oct 19, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceHow good is FLUX.3 Klein at editing? A 12-task comparison that surprised meAll we've been hearing for the last few days is how FLUX.3 Klein didn't live up to expectations when it comes to text-to-image.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourcesgl-project/sglang v0.5.22| Model | Type | Cookbook |
- Oct 18, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceTrained a Qwen-Image-2.1 LoRA with fewer restrictions and omni posesBeen experimenting with fine-tuning Qwen-Image-2.1 and finally got around to releasing the LoRA.
- Oct 17, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceMOSS-Image LoRA training is now in AcademiaSD LoRAlab Trainer Studio (Base and SFT, under 6 GB VRAM)AcademiaSD LoRAlab Trainer Studio now supports MOSS-Image, the new open text-to-image model (Apache 2.0).
- Oct 17, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 2 sourcesMoss-imageSince the Flux-3-klein model turned out to be a bit disappointing - and the examples aren't exactly compelling (though it might still be possible to generate some decent individual results) -here’s another model - Moss image.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceFLUX 3 vs KREA 2 vs Z image turbo vs Qwen 2.1Z-Image Turbo: still the best for realism.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceFLUX 3 Klein vs FLUX.2 Klein 9B vs Qwen Image 2.1 vs Krea2Body anatomy and realism- Krea2 and qwen2.1 just way ahead of flux models. flux 3 is worst in terms of body anatomy.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceFizgig 8 is out - A web UI finally! One app for your PC, your other PCs, and RunPodFizgig finds your other computers on your network by itself.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Open-source release · 2 sourcesGPT-Image-style photo editing on your own GPU (12 GB+): I built a zero-setup app for Qwen-Image 2.1 on stable-diffusion.cppEvery local setup I tried for Qwen-Image 2.1 meant a Python env, a node graph and an evening of picking quantization, offloading and resolution for my card.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceHow do you rate QwenImage 2.1 as an edit model?Last edit model I used was Klein 9B awhile back, and I liked it, for sure, but didn't really use it heavily, and when I did use it I felt too much morphing of the identity etc, so I think that's maybe why I didn't try to include it more in my workflows or process.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceThis style is good for avatar -- Qwen Image 2.1
- Oct 14, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceAsked Alibaba about commercial use of Qwen-Image 2.1 — up to 300k images/month is free. Here's what the agreement says.Qwen-Image 2.1 ships under the Qwen Research License ("research or evaluation purposes only"), so many wrote it off for commercial work.
- Oct 14, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 2 sourcesKoboldcpp v1.123 releasedThis release includes added support for Qwen Image 2.1, among other fixes/improvements.
- Oct 13, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceDiffusion without CFG? Correction Training for Diffusion ModelsWe test it on NanoGen, a unified diffusion transformer implementation for ImageNet and text-to-image generation.
- Oct 13, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceTesting (texture-fix-vae-for-qwen-image-2.1)It really works, but you need to zoom in more than 500% to see the difference by eyes.
- Oct 13, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourcelightx2v/Qwen-Image-2.1-Lightning - 4 Step Turbo LoRA"A 4-step distilled LoRA for Qwen-Image-2.1, supporting text-to-image generation and image editing.
- Oct 13, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceDo any local models come close to chatgpts ability to generate sample character images? (2nd image is original)But yes my question is do any local models currently have the ability to match and generate additional images of a character from a single reference image as well as this?
- Oct 13, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourcemadebyollin/texture-fix-vae-for-qwen-image-2.1 · Hugging FaceIt's a vae trained to remove the checkerboard artifacts that qwen image 2.1 produces.
- Oct 12, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourceunslothai/unsloth v0.1.906-beta: Browser Use + Qwen-Image-2.1-TurboModels can now use the browser in Unsloth.
- Oct 12, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceSame scene, 30 art styles, 8 local models on a Mac (mflux): Qwen-Image 2.1, FLUX.2 Klein, Krea 2, Z-Image, Ming-Image, FIBO 1.5, ERNIE, BooguI got into text-to-image when Qwen-Image 2.1 came out, and started playing with it on my Mac with mflux 0.22.
- Oct 12, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceHardware Comparison: 4070ti Super vs 5070 on MiniMax H3, Qwen Image 2.1I didn't bother testing nvfp4 on the 4070 because it doesn't have acceleration, so I'd expect 8 bit performance at best.
- Oct 12, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceAI Image alignment solution for Qwen Image 2.1 EditsI designed a node to align any pair of images trying to correct the pixel drift on Qwen Image 2.1
- Oct 12, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceRequest GRANTED! 8GB VRAM Qwen 2.1 Image Editor And Art Styler.Finished my Qwen Image 2.1 image editor and style transfer workflow.
- Oct 11, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 sourceMCP - Qwen2.1 Turbo + Kandinsky Lite Video Gen on 8GB VRAMQwen-Image-2.1 Turbo runs on as little as 4GB of VRAM (tested on a GTX 1650; it works, but slow.
- Oct 11, 2026 · Model release · 4 sourcesQwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-TurboQwen published the model Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo on Hugging Face.
- Oct 6, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourcehuggingface/diffusers v0.41.0: Diffusers 0.41.0: QwenImage 2.1 pipeline and more> This release brings Qwen-Image 2.1 to Diffusers, with text-to-image generation, image editing, native transparency, and LoRA training.
- Oct 5, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourceComfy-Org/ComfyUI v0.39.0
- Oct 4, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourceausboss/Qwen-Image-2.1-Outfit-Swap-Consistency-LoRAausboss published the model Qwen-Image-2.1-Outfit-Swap-Consistency-LoRA on Hugging Face.
- Oct 1, 2026 · Product / feature launch · 1 sourceunslothai/unsloth v0.1.902-beta: Command Palette + Desktop UI/UXThis release brings faster navigation, shareable run settings, and clearer errors to Unsloth Desktop.
- Sep 29, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 sourceComfy-Org/ComfyUI v0.38.0