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BELLE: Be Everyone's Large Language model Engine(开源中文对话大模型)

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About BELLE

BELLE is an open source Chinese dialogue large language model project from LianjiaTech. It provides a community-driven engine for building and fine-tuning conversational AI systems in Chinese.

Best for

Developers building Chinese-language conversational AI applications who need an open source foundation.

Use cases

  • Building Chinese-language chatbots and virtual assistants
  • Fine-tuning base models for domain-specific Chinese dialogue tasks
  • Researching and experimenting with Chinese LLM capabilities

Notes

8,276 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2024-10-16. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Pros

  • Strong community support with over 8,000 GitHub stars
  • Focused specifically on Chinese language dialogue, filling a gap in open source models
  • Provides a practical engine for developers to customize and deploy

Cons

  • Limited to Chinese language, not suitable for multilingual applications
  • Documentation and resources are primarily in Chinese, which may be a barrier for non-Chinese speakers
  • As a community project, may lack the polish and support of commercial alternatives

Key facts

What we have checked

Latest version
0.95 (released 12 Apr 2023)
Checked GitHub
GitHub stars
8,270
Checked github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438

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Stars and usage

How BELLE is growing

GitHub stars

8,276 to 8,270

stars. 12 July 2026 to 26 Sept 2026, 2 readings.

Source: github api via nightly crawl, recovered from git history 20e874270887c1008f860ee0198e461a23c9e438. Checked .

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  • GitHubOfficial

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Changelog

What changed

  1. Released 0.95

    Source: GitHub

  2. Released 0.9

    Source: GitHub

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