{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/qwen-image-2-1/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/qwen-image-2-1/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"qwen-image-2-1","name":"Qwen-Image-2.1","org":"Alibaba (Qwen)","family":"Qwen-Image","released":"2026-09-20","status":"current","type":"image-gen","modality_in":["text","image"],"modality_out":["image"],"open_weights":true,"model_license":"qwen-research","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":null,"price_line":"Price not published","access":[{"provider":"Hugging Face","model_id":"Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1","url":"https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1"},{"provider":"ModelScope","url":"https://www.modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1"},{"provider":"Hugging Face (Turbo, 8-step)","model_id":"Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo","url":"https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo"},{"provider":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1"},{"provider":"Hugging Face Space (demo)","url":"https://huggingface.co/spaces/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Native RGBA generation and editing","detail":"Generates transparent images, edits transparent layers and extracts subjects from photos in one model.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1"},{"name":"Multi-reference editing","detail":"Up to 10 reference images; local edits via circles, painted annotations or masks, with identity preservation.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1"}],"entry":"2026-09-20-qwen-image-2-1","notes":"7B visual generator (32 single-stream DiT layers). Diffusers pipeline QwenImage21Pipeline (install diffusers from git); day-0 ComfyUI, vLLM-Omni, SGLang support. Qwen Research License, check terms before commercial use. Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo (HF, 2026-10-09): accelerated checkpoint, 8 denoising steps, CFG=1, same 7B architecture and pipeline, same qwen-research license; schedule saved in the checkpoint (needs Diffusers with pipeline-configured sigmas, PR #14950).","verified":"2026-10-10","body_md":"Quick start (from the README):\n\n```python\nimport torch\nfrom diffusers import QwenImage21Pipeline\npipe = QwenImage21Pipeline.from_pretrained(\"Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1\", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16).to(\"cuda\")\nimage = pipe(prompt=\"A neon shop sign that reads \\\"QWEN IMAGE 2.1\\\"\", num_inference_steps=40).images[0]\n```","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/qwen-image-2-1/","standing":{"kind":"image generation","newer_count":6,"newer":[{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-flare","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Flare","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-flare/"},{"id":"gpt-image-2-6-sunburst","name":"GPT Image 2.6 Sunburst","org":"OpenAI","released":"2026-11-04","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/gpt-image-2-6-sunburst/"},{"id":"moss-image","name":"MOSS-Image","org":"MOSI / OpenMOSS","released":"2026-10-16","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/moss-image/"},{"id":"flux-3-image-klein","name":"FLUX 3 Image Klein","org":"Black Forest Labs","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/flux-3-image-klein/"},{"id":"krea-3","name":"Krea 3 (Fast / High / Ultra modes)","org":"Krea","released":"2026-10-15","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/krea-3/"}],"before":{"id":"qwen-image-3-0","name":"Qwen-Image-3.0 (Pro)","org":"Alibaba (Qwen)","released":"2026-07-21","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/qwen-image-3-0/"},"after":null,"weights":"public","licence":"qwen-research","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Weights are public. Licence: Qwen Research License. See the licence for commercial terms."}}