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Qwen
Qwen is a free AI assistant for creativity and collaboration, with features including web development, search, image generation, and deep research.
- Kind
- App builder
- Free plan
- Yes
The story
Qwen is Alibaba Cloud's general-purpose AI assistant, built on its Qwen series models. It is free to use. For AI coding, the relevant parts are Web Dev, which turns a plain-language prompt into a webpage, and an API that follows the OpenAI API format.
Qwen is a consumer-facing assistant rather than a dedicated coding tool. Its interface groups several modes together: Search, Web Dev, Artifacts, Deep Research, Image Generation and Video Generation. All of them run on the Qwen series models, and Alibaba Cloud describes the assistant as free to use and open to all. It is available on the web, iOS, Android, macOS and Windows.
Web Dev is the vibe-coding feature. You describe the site you want in natural language and get back a complete, ready-to-use webpage with clean code and modern design. Alibaba says no coding or design skills are required. It pitches the mode at web developers who want functional websites from a single prompt, so the starting point is a written description of the site.
For developers, the Qwen API uses a format compatible with the OpenAI API, which makes it a candidate for tools already written against that interface. Alibaba also publishes research and open-source releases. Recent examples are Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-sourced image model that handles both generation and editing, and Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, an omnimodal model aimed at agentic work that includes coding. Taken together, Qwen is both an assistant people use directly and a model family that other software can build on.
Qwen is free to use and offers Web Dev, which turns a natural-language prompt into a complete webpage, plus an API in OpenAI-compatible format.
The good
Free to use, with apps for web, iOS, Android, macOS and Windows. Web Dev produces a complete webpage from a natural-language description. API compatible with the OpenAI API format. Multimodal understanding across text, images, audio and video. Deep Research runs multi-step web searches and writes summary reports.
The catch
Coding is one feature among many in a general assistant. Video Generation is listed as a mode, but its description does not explain what it produces.
Who should read on
People who want a quick webpage from a text prompt without writing code. Developers looking for a model API that follows the OpenAI API format. Users who want coding, research, search and image tools in one free assistant. Teams interested in open-source models from the Qwen family.
Who can skip it
Developers who need an assistant that works inside an existing codebase or IDE. Buyers who want a tool built only for software development.
The price
Qwen describes its assistant as "free to use, open to all."
Reader mail
Who makes Qwen?
Qwen is powered by Alibaba Cloud and runs on the Qwen series models.
Can Qwen build a website without coding?
Yes. Its Web Dev mode takes a natural-language prompt and returns a complete, ready-to-use webpage. Alibaba says no coding or design skills are required.
Does Qwen have an API?
Yes. The Qwen API uses a format compatible with the OpenAI API.
Is Qwen free?
The Qwen assistant is described as free to use and open to all.
Where can I use Qwen?
Qwen is available on the web and as apps for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows.
Further reading
What it does
- Natural-language web development
- Image generation
- Deep research
- Web search
- Multimodal understanding
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