| license: apache-2.0 | |
| base_model: Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B | |
| library_name: sentence-transformers | |
| pipeline_tag: feature-extraction | |
| language: | |
| - en | |
| - zh | |
| tags: | |
| - zen | |
| - zen-embedding | |
| - zenlm | |
| - hanzo | |
| - embedding | |
| - sentence-transformers | |
| - retrieval | |
| # Zen Embedding 8B | |
| 8B-parameter text-embedding model for retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, and dense retrieval. Part of the Zen embedding line. | |
| Repackaged from [Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B) (apache-2.0, Alibaba Qwen). Native HuggingFace `safetensors`, re-hosted under the Zen embedding line. **Not trained from scratch** — a permissively-licensed redistribution for the OSS-clean Zen model line. | |
| ## Usage | |
| ```python | |
| from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer | |
| model = SentenceTransformer("zenlm/zen-embedding-8B") | |
| emb = model.encode(["The weather is lovely today.", "It's so sunny outside!"]) | |
| print(model.similarity(emb, emb)) | |
| ``` | |
| Hosted via the Hanzo gateway (`api.hanzo.ai`) as `zen-embedding-8b`. | |
| GGUF build for CPU inference: [zenlm/zen-embedding-8B-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/zenlm/zen-embedding-8B-GGUF). | |
| ## License | |
| `apache-2.0`. Upstream: **Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-8B** by Alibaba Qwen. This repository redistributes the weights under the same license. | |