Category 21 · 63 resources

China / China-Origin Ai Ecosystem

China's AI ecosystem moves fast and publishes open weights. These are the major Chinese model families, platforms and tooling — most are free to try.

deepseek Web

https://www.deepseek.com/

DeepSeek

How to use it

Chat free with DeepSeek-V3/R1 reasoning models at chat.deepseek.com; API is very cheap and OpenAI-compatible.

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deepseek Web

https://chat.deepseek.com/

DeepSeek chat

How to use it

Free web chat with DeepSeek models, including the R1 reasoning mode.

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deepseek-ai GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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DeepSeek-V3 GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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DeepSeek-R1 GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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DeepSeek-Coder GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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DeepSeek-VL2 GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-VL2/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Janus GitHub

https://github.com/deepseek-ai/Janus/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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qwen Web

https://qwen.ai/

Qwen (Alibaba)

How to use it

Alibaba's open model family — chat online or download Qwen weights from Hugging Face/ModelScope.

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QwenLM GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen-Agent GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Agent/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen3-VL GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-VL/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen2.5-VL GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen2.5-VL/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen2-Audio GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen2-Audio/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen2-VL GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen2-VL/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Qwen2.5-Coder GitHub

https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen2.5-Coder/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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kimi Web

https://www.kimi.com/

Kimi (Moonshot AI)

How to use it

Chinese assistant famous for very long-context document analysis — upload files and ask questions.

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moonshot Web

https://platform.moonshot.cn/

Moonshot AI platform

How to use it

API console for Kimi models.

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doubao Web

https://www.doubao.com/

Doubao (ByteDance)

How to use it

ByteDance's consumer AI assistant with voice and vision features.

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tencent Web

https://yuanbao.tencent.com/

Tencent Yuanbao

How to use it

Tencent's AI assistant powered by Hunyuan models.

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tencent Web

https://hunyuan.tencent.com/

Tencent Hunyuan

How to use it

Tencent's model platform — API access and model cards.

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baidu Web

https://yiyan.baidu.com/

ERNIE Bot (Baidu)

How to use it

Baidu's Wenxin Yiyan assistant.

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chatglm Web

https://chatglm.cn/

ChatGLM (Zhipu)

How to use it

Chat with Tsinghua/Zhipu's GLM models online.

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THUDM GitHub

https://github.com/THUDM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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ChatGLM3 GitHub

https://github.com/THUDM/ChatGLM3/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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GLM-4 GitHub

https://github.com/THUDM/GLM-4/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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CogVLM GitHub

https://github.com/THUDM/CogVLM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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CogVideo GitHub

https://github.com/THUDM/CogVideo/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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bigmodel Web

https://www.bigmodel.cn/

Zhipu BigModel platform

How to use it

API console for GLM models with generous free quotas.

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minimaxi Web

https://www.minimaxi.com/

MiniMax

How to use it

Chinese model company (Hailuo) — chat and API for text/video models.

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baichuan-ai Web

https://www.baichuan-ai.com/

baichuan-ai — China resource

How to use it

Open the site, use its search or query interface with the identifier you have (name, number, domain or keyword depending on the tool), then export or record the results for your research notes.

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Baichuan2 GitHub

https://github.com/baichuan-inc/Baichuan2/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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01 Web

https://www.01.ai/

01.AI Yi models

How to use it

Kai-Fu Lee's company — open Yi model weights and API platform.

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Yi GitHub

https://github.com/01-ai/Yi/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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xfyun Web

https://xinghuo.xfyun.cn/

iFlytek Spark

How to use it

iFlytek's SparkDesk assistant and API.

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aliyun Web

https://tongyi.aliyun.com/

Tongyi (Alibaba)

How to use it

Alibaba's assistant portal for Qwen-powered services.

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modelscope Web

https://modelscope.cn/

ModelScope

How to use it

Alibaba's model hub — download Chinese open models and datasets.

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modelscope GitHub

https://github.com/modelscope/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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PaddlePaddle GitHub

https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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PaddleNLP GitHub

https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleNLP/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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InternLM GitHub

https://github.com/InternLM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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InternLM GitHub

https://github.com/InternLM/InternLM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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InternLM-XComposer GitHub

https://github.com/InternLM/InternLM-XComposer/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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FlagOpen GitHub

https://github.com/FlagOpen/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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OpenBMB GitHub

https://github.com/OpenBMB/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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ChatDev GitHub

https://github.com/OpenBMB/ChatDev/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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MiniCPM GitHub

https://github.com/OpenBMB/MiniCPM/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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XAgent GitHub

https://github.com/OpenBMB/XAgent/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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MOSS GitHub

https://github.com/OpenMOSS/MOSS/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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InternVL GitHub

https://github.com/OpenGVLab/InternVL/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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Fun-ASR GitHub

https://github.com/QwenAudio/Fun-ASR/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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FastGPT GitHub

https://github.com/labring/FastGPT/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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fastgpt Web

https://fastgpt.io/

FastGPT

How to use it

Open-source RAG/knowledge-base platform — upload docs and deploy Q&A bots quickly.

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cherry-studio GitHub

https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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QAnything GitHub

https://github.com/netease-youdao/QAnything/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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ragflow GitHub

https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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dify GitHub

https://github.com/langgenius/dify/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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coze-studio GitHub

https://github.com/coze-dev/coze-studio/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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coze-loop GitHub

https://github.com/coze-dev/coze-loop/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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coze Web

https://www.coze.com/

Coze bot platform

How to use it

ByteDance's no-code bot builder — create AI agents with plugins and publish to chat platforms.

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MaxKB GitHub

https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/

Open-source code repository

How to use it

Open the repo page, read the README for install instructions (usually a git clone or pip install command), then run it in a terminal. Check the 'Issues' and 'Releases' tabs for updates.

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manus Web

https://manus.im/

manus — China resource

How to use it

Open the site, use its search or query interface with the identifier you have (name, number, domain or keyword depending on the tool), then export or record the results for your research notes.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to install anything for these 21 tools?

Most entries here are GitHub projects — clone the repository and follow the README's install steps (pip, npm, go or cargo). A Kali Linux VM gives you many of them pre-installed.

Is it legal to use these resources?

Public-record lookups and defensive/research use are generally lawful, but rules vary by country and tool. Only test systems you own or have written authorization to test, respect each site's terms of service, and never use personal data unlawfully.

Where should a beginner start in this category?

Start with the web-based tools at the top of the list — they need no setup. Read each card's “How to use it” panel, run one real query, and only then move to installable tools.