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Qwen Developers on X: "Qwen-Image 2.1 is going open source"

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That account is an official Qwen account. Looks like it might take a while though. That whole early access program is taking applications for the next 9 days and after that it's probably gonna be some period of hype hype hype before eventual release. late edit: there's already a Diffusers PR for th…

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  1. 2026-09-17 15:39 · r/StableDiffusion
    Qwen Developers on X: "Qwen-Image 2.1 is going open source and we’re opening up 50 early access spots for you to try it out before release!" / X
  2. 2026-09-17 14:35 · r/StableDiffusion
    Qwen Developers on X: "Qwen-Image 2.1 is going open source"

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