The short version
A China-based model hub hosting open-weight models, finetunes, and quantized variants.
From the HackerLinks archive
ModelScope
A China-based model hub hosting open-weight models, finetunes, and quantized variants.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-07-24
Last seen:2026-07-24
Times seen:1
Website:modelscope.ai
Why it caught our attention
It was directly suggested as a practical alternative catalog for Chinese open-weight models.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-07-24
“Instead you can use the Chinese version of huggingface with all Chinese models”
shixinhb · recommendation
Direct HN comment
Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI