ModelScope
Ranked 2 of 3 model hubs by recommenders
China's Hugging Face-style model hub, useful for Chinese models and as a backup to Hugging Face.
China's Hugging Face-style model hub, useful for Chinese models and as a backup to Hugging Face.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Chinese alternative to Hugging Face
“There's also modelscope.cn (china's huggingface) which is worth checking out.”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B” “ModelScope is the Chinese equivalent of Hugging Face and a good back up.”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI” “you can use the Chinese version of huggingface with all Chinese models”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open weight AI” - Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B”
Good backup to Hugging Face
“ModelScope is the Chinese equivalent of Hugging Face and a good back up.”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI” “use huggingface or modelscope (wherever it is published)”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Qwen3-Max-Thinking”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Owned by Alibaba, which has its own incentives
“It's already part of Alibaba, which has its own incentives”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B”
Other model hubs people recommend
The two most recommended other model hubs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | 92 | 62 | 60% | 12 | — | — |
| ModelScopeThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Civitai | 7 | 5 | 58% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For a CN domestic equivalent take a look at Modelscope.”
“It's already part of Alibaba, which has its own incentives”
“There's also modelscope.cn (china's huggingface) which is worth checking out.”
“you can use the Chinese version of huggingface with all Chinese models”
“ModelScope is the Chinese equivalent of Hugging Face and a good back up.”
“use huggingface or modelscope (wherever it is published)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.