When ChatGPT first came out, it was truly remarkable. I couldn’t stop using it.

However, many alternatives have emerged, and some are even completely free.

Until now, I hadn’t found one that could really replace it. Then I discovered Qwen.

What Is Qwen?

Qwen AI interface as a ChatGPT alternative by Alibaba

Qwen is a new AI model developed by Alibaba. It’s a large language model (LLM), just like ChatGPT or Claude.

However, it also has some unique features I haven’t seen elsewhere, such as the ability to generate videos. And yes, it’s free.

Video Generation

I tested it with this simple prompt:

A painter is applying paint to the canvas with a brush, and the colors are gradually becoming richer.

The result was surprisingly good.

Video generated by Qwen, Alibaba’s free LLM alternative to ChatGPT

Web Application

Let’s create a Tetris game! I asked Qwen to:

Create a Tetris game web application

Here is the output in just 2 minutes.

Tetris — Created by Qwen

And you can deploy and share it with your friends? Isn't this amazing? All of them are for free!

Image Generation

Let’s generate an image by using it. Another prompt I tried:

Generate an image of half AI, half human.

Here is the output.

Created with Qwen

The output looked great. You don’t need a separate image tool; Qwen does it.

Thinking

Let’s use a prompt to test the Thinking feature.

Generate 16 AI article ideas, compare them using a 1-vs-1 elimination method (like a tournament), and advance through rounds of 8, 4, and 2 to find the winner.

And make sure to click on the “Thinking,” and here you can even customize the tokens.

Qwen — Token adjusting

Here is the output.

Qwen3- Coder Technicalities

Approved! Actually, not just by me, if you look at their GitHub pages, their stats are amazing.

Qwen3-Coder Technicalities

There are other features like Web search, deep search, and you can upload a video to it, which I don’t see with other LLMs, but now it is your turn to test it.

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Final Thoughts

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