What does Qwen3.5 9B do?

Qwen3.5 9B focuses on running large language models efficiently on Apple Silicon hardware. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.

Who should use Qwen3.5 9B?

Qwen3.5 9B is an open-source project built for mac users and local AI developers.

Does Qwen3.5 9B have a free plan?

Yes — Qwen3.5 9B is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does Qwen3.5 9B run on?

Qwen3.5 9B runs on the web, the command line, and API.

Is Qwen3.5 9B still active?

The GitHub repository shows 534 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to Qwen3.5 9B?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Qwen3.5 9B, Qwen3.6 35B A3B, and Qwen3.6 35B A3B.

Who develops Qwen3.5 9B?

Qwen3.5 9B is developed by lmstudio-community.

How long has Qwen3.5 9B been around?

Qwen3.5 9B first shipped in 2024.

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Qwen3.5 9B

Name: Qwen3.5 9B
Author: lmstudio-community

huggingface.coInfrastructure

This is an 8-bit quantized version of Qwen3.5-9B optimized for the MLX framework on Apple hardware. It supports multimodal inputs and enables efficient local inference on Macs with limited memory.

Open SourceMITWebCLIAPI

Visit huggingface.co

5.3kstars

698forks

25alternatives

2features

2024since

Overview

2 features

Qwen3.5 9B sits in PulseGate's Foundation models & chat category. It focuses on running large language models efficiently on Apple Silicon hardware. Qwen3.5 9B is an open-source project aimed at mac users and local AI developers. The project is open source (MIT). It ships for the web, the command line, and API.

Behind Qwen3.5 9B is lmstudio-community, and it first shipped in 2024. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 5.3k stars and 534 commits in the last 90 days. It competes in a saturated segment with 25 similar apps in PulseGate's index.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

MLX optimized
8-bit quantization

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_oss

Runs on

BrowserCLIAPI-only

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
local_oss: bvllm in the HTML · studio in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of ServiceOpen SourceActive maintenance

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed5 Aug · 08:05 UTC
lmstudio-community/Qwen3.5-9B-MLX-8bit verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about Qwen3.5 9B

What does Qwen3.5 9B do?: Qwen3.5 9B focuses on running large language models efficiently on Apple Silicon hardware. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
Who should use Qwen3.5 9B?: Qwen3.5 9B is an open-source project built for mac users and local AI developers.
Does Qwen3.5 9B have a free plan?: Yes — Qwen3.5 9B is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does Qwen3.5 9B run on?: Qwen3.5 9B runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Qwen3.5 9B still active?: The GitHub repository shows 534 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to Qwen3.5 9B?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Qwen3.5 9B, Qwen3.6 35B A3B, and Qwen3.6 35B A3B.Qwen3.5 9B Qwen3.6 35B A3B Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Who develops Qwen3.5 9B?: Qwen3.5 9B is developed by lmstudio-community.
How long has Qwen3.5 9B been around?: Qwen3.5 9B first shipped in 2024.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Cli · Web
Languages: English
License: MIT
Built for: Mac users and local AI developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Running large language models efficiently on Apple Silicon hardware.

Registered as

Hugging Face: lmstudio-community/Qwen3.5-9B-MLX-8bit

Developer

lmstudio-community

Community-driven

Open source

Stars: 5,299
Forks: 698
Open issues: 149
Last commit: 5 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 534
Contributors: 142
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.6.10 · 4 Aug 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70.4
Indexed: 5 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 5 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: lmstudio-community-qwen3-5-9b-mlx-8bit-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 5 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 5 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Derived from the model's own Hugging Face metadata.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 5 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/lmstudio-community/Qwen3.5-9B-MLX-8bit

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