Qwen learning map
Qwen (千问) is Alibaba's consumer AI assistant. Official home description (qianwen.com): Qwen is Alibaba's official AI assistant (阿里官方AI助手) and the first door to the Qwen models for work, study, and daily life.
Same-page title:
千问-阿里 AI 助手. Greeting: 「你好，我是千问」.This directory covers the qianwen.com assistant only. Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN (#84) and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio / Bailian (#85) each get one row.
Audience / non-goals
Audience: frontend engineers who need chat, writing, PPT, and files in a browser or desktop app. No repo required.
Goals: tell Qwen apart from other Alibaba AI doors, open an official client, send the first prompt.
Non-goals:
- Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN install (#84)
- Bailian API / Token Plan (#85)
- Taobao / DingTalk / ECS how-tos
- Invented membership prices or a single “default model”
- Model internals (see Learn LLM)
Landscape
Tongyi Lab lists Qwen as the personal app. These are not one product with four skins.
Alibaba / Tongyi (this directory expands Qwen only)
├── Qwen — consumer assistant (qianwen.com)
│ ├── Web
│ ├── iOS / Android
│ ├── Windows / Mac desktop
│ └── Office assistant / Local PC / scheduled tasks / cloud space / AI create (in-product)
├── Tongyi Lab — gateway (Qwen · Wan)
├── Wan — visual generation family (one row)
├── Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN — coding assistant (#84, one row)
├── Alibaba Cloud Bailian — model API platform (#85, one row)
├── Qwen Studio — international assistant at chat.qwen.ai (one row)
├── Qwen Code — international terminal coding agent (one row)
└── Open source / Research — QwenLM / qwenlm.github.io (one row)| Official first-class entry | Official URL | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen (阿里官方AI助手) | qianwen.com | Standalone qwen.md |
| Desktop download / PC client | qianwen.com/download | Tutorial section |
| API service (home nav) | Home button; same-vendor platform Bailian | Map row (#85). |
| Tongyi Lab | tongyi.aliyun.com | Map row: gateway; footer “个人应用” links back to Qwen |
| Wan | landing?family=wan | Map row |
| Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN | lingma.aliyun.com, qoder.com.cn, aliyun.com/product/lingma | Map row (#84, no install here) |
| Alibaba Cloud Bailian | aliyun.com/product/bailian | Map row (#85, no API tutorial here) |
| Qwen Studio | chat.qwen.ai, qwen.ai | Map row: international site; on-page name is Qwen Studio |
| Qwen Code | qwen.ai/qwencode | Map row |
| Research / open source | qwenlm.github.io, github.com/QwenLM | Map row. |
| Qwen IME | Home banner; Yingyongbao com.qianwen.ime | Map row: same-vendor IME, no handbook |
| Taobao / DingTalk / ECS | — | Out of scope |
Name collisions:
- Qwen ≠ Tongyi Lab ≠ Wan. Qwen is the assistant. The lab is a gateway. Wan is the visual-generation family.
- Qwen ≠ Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN. Official “代码” on Qwen is generating / checking mini programs, pages, and SQL in the thread. Repo / IDE coding is not documented here.
- Qwen ≠ Bailian. The home API 服务 button is not this tutorial.
- Qwen ≠ Qwen Studio ≠ Qwen Code.
chat.qwen.ainames itself Qwen Studio, not “Qwen international edition”. - Office assistant / Local PC ≠ QoderWork / QwenWork. The first two are modes on qianwen.com. The latter lives on Alibaba Cloud help and belongs next to #84.
- Older store names 通义 / 通义千问 are not a second product. The live consumer page says 千问.
Quick decision
What do I want?
├── Chat, write, PPT, image/video, files, or select-to-ask on a PC
│ └── → Qwen (this directory)
│ ├── Browser first? → qianwen.com
│ └── Overlay / sidebar / select-to-ask? → desktop download
├── Write code in a repo or IDE
│ └── → Tongyi Lingma / Qoder CN (#84, no tutorial here)
├── Call models from my own app / buy a Token Plan
│ └── → Bailian (#85)
├── International web chat (on-page name: Qwen Studio)
│ └── → chat.qwen.ai (no install here)
├── Open-source terminal coding agent
│ └── → Qwen Code (qwen.ai/qwencode)
└── Taobao / DingTalk / ECS themselves
└── → Out of scopeSources: qianwen.com, tongyi.aliyun.com, chat.qwen.ai, qwen.ai.
Learning path
| Stage | Read | Goal |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pick the door | This family table | Stay out of Lingma / Bailian / Qwen Studio |
| 2. Open a chat | Qwen tutorial | Send the first prompt; install desktop / App if needed |
| 3. Look up links | Cheatsheet | Stores, legal, sibling doors |
| 4. Untangle names | Glossary | Stop calling Lingma / Bailian / Studio “Qwen” |
There is no official how-to tree, so this directory has no cookbook. Click paths follow the live UI.
Feature index (official pages only)
| Capability | Official source |
|---|---|
| Alibaba official AI assistant; first door to Qwen models | Home description |
| 「你好，我是千问」; model chip Qwen3.7-千问 | Home |
| New chat / cloud space / AI create / scheduled tasks | Home sidebar |
| Fast / office assistant / local PC | Home modes |
| PPT, video, image, code, translate, write, research, voice notes, gaokao, AV skim | Home |
| Office assistant: phone remote control, skills and connectors, multi-format delivery | Home banner |
| Select-to-ask: summarize, translate, create | Home banner |
| Voice notes that keep recording offline | Home banner |
| Qwen IME: 300 characters/min, 9 dialects, no ads | Home banner |
| Desktop sidebar: browse while chatting / summarizing / asking | User agreement §1.2 |
| Office assistant delivers web / app / PPT / Word / Excel / images | App Store |
| 10 files per upload; 500-page docs | App Store |
| Code: mini programs / pages / mini games / SQL | App Store |
| Wan 2.7 video; Qwen-Image 2.0 generate / edit | App Store |
Plans and quotas: no official qianwen.com price table found on 2026-08-19. The App Store marks the app Free · In-App Purchases. Do not copy Bailian Token Plan prices onto this page.