Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
Released by Qwen in 2025, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is an image-generation model. Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct is a multimodal vision-language model from the Qwen3-VL series, built for high-fidelity understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video. It features improved multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE for long-horizon...
by Qwen · 131K token context window
Best for
- image generation from text
- creative design and ideation
Ways to use Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your Qwen API key. osFoundry discovers Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
Run Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct yourself
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is also available as open weights — self-host it for full data control and no per-token cost. See that page for GPU requirements and a cost comparison against API pricing.
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct vs similar models
Licence
Hosted — usage subject to provider terms — Hosted-only model — usage governed by the provider's API terms. Bring your own provider key.
No weights distributed; usage subject to provider terms.
Frequently asked about Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
How much does Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct cost?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is metered at $ 0.080 /1M for input, and $ 0.500 /1M for output. Bring your own Qwen API key — osFoundry passes through provider pricing without markup.
Can I use Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Hosted-only model — usage governed by the provider's API terms. Bring your own provider key. No weights distributed; usage subject to provider terms.
What is the context window of Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct supports a 131K token context window.
Can I run Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct locally?
No — Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is hosted only and accessed via the Qwen API. An open-weights equivalent is available to self-host — see the cross-link above.
What is Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct best at?
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is well-suited to image generation from text, creative design and ideation.
How do I use Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in osFoundry?
Paste your Qwen API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by Qwen on October 14, 2025. Source: https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct