Instructions to use Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.

Libraries

How to use Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct with Transformers:

# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper
from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

# Load model directly
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
inputs = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
	messages,
	add_generation_prompt=True,
	tokenize=True,
	return_dict=True,
	return_tensors="pt",
).to(model.device)

outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=40)
print(tokenizer.decode(outputs[0][inputs["input_ids"].shape[-1]:]))

Inference
HuggingChat
Notebooks
Google Colab
Kaggle
Local Apps

vLLM

How to use Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct with vLLM:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install vLLM from pip:
pip install vllm
# Start the vLLM server:
vllm serve "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker

docker model run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct

SGLang

How to use Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct with SGLang:

Install from pip and serve model

# Install SGLang from pip:
pip install sglang
# Start the SGLang server:
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct" \
    --host 0.0.0.0 \
    --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Use Docker images

docker run --gpus all \
    --shm-size 32g \
    -p 30000:30000 \
    -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
    --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \
    --ipc=host \
    lmsysorg/sglang:latest \
    python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
        --model-path "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct" \
        --host 0.0.0.0 \
        --port 30000
# Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API):
curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/chat/completions" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
		"model": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct",
		"messages": [
			{
				"role": "user",
				"content": "What is the capital of France?"
			}
		]
	}'

Docker Model Runner
How to use Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct with Docker Model Runner:
```
docker model run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
```

How good is Qwen/Qwen-2.5-7B-Instruct at tool calling? Any open-source models better at it?

#27

by Al-Abdulkarim - opened Jan 15

Discussion

Al-Abdulkarim

Jan 15

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m exploring tool calling / function calling capabilities in open-source LLMs and I’m curious about how well Qwen (especially Qwen-2.5-7B-Instruct) performs in this area.

Specifically, I’d love to know:

1️⃣ Has anyone tested Qwen or Qwen-2.5-7B-Instruct for tool calling / structured API usage?
Can it reliably output structured JSON or call external tools with schema prompts?

2️⃣ Are there benchmarks, examples, or best practices for doing tool calling with Qwen?

3️⃣ What other open-source models do people recommend that are good at tool calling?
For example: models that handle JSON responses, function schemas, or multi-step tool workflows.

4️⃣ If you’ve compared Qwen vs alternatives, what were your experiences?

nisar333

Jan 18

Use a pipeline as a high-level helper

from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "Who are you?"},
]
pipe(messages)

CatherineRaven

25 days ago

sir,have you try the model yet? I'm trying to use Qwen2.5-7B-instruct in a tool calling task as well , and I'm quite confused about it.

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