6 MOSS Alternatives, Compared
An open-source tool-augmented conversational language model from Fudan University sits in Writing Assistants. Below is every comparable tool we hold data on — 6 of them have a free tier.
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| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
 CDial-GPT | A Large-scale Chinese Short-Text Conversation Dataset and Chinese pre-training dialog models | Free tier | |
 ChatLM-mini-Chinese | 中文对话0.2B小模型（ChatLM-Chinese-0.2B），开源所有数据集来源、数据清洗、tokenizer训练、模型预训练、SFT指令微调、RLHF优化等流程的全部代码。支持下游任务sft微调，给出三元组信息抽取微调示例。 | Free tier | |
 Chat-Haruhi-Suzumiya | Chat凉宫春日, An open sourced Role-Playing chatbot Cheng Li, Ziang Leng, and others. | Free tier | |
 DialoGPT | Large-scale pretraining for dialogue | Free tier | |
 GPT2-Chinese | Chinese version of GPT2 training code, using BERT tokenizer. | Free tier | |
 gpt-2-simple | Python package to easily retrain OpenAI's GPT-2 text-generating model on new texts | Free tier |
CDial-GPT — A Large-scale Chinese Short-Text Conversation Dataset and Chinese pre-training dialog models
A Large-scale Chinese Short-Text Conversation Dataset and Chinese pre-training dialog models
ChatLM-mini-Chinese — 中文对话0.2B小模型（ChatLM-Chinese-0.2B），开源所有数据集来源、数据清洗、tokenizer训练、模型预训练、SFT指令微调、RLHF优化等流程的全部代码。支持下游任务sft微调，给出三元组信息抽取微调示例。
中文对话0.2B小模型（ChatLM-Chinese-0.2B），开源所有数据集来源、数据清洗、tokenizer训练、模型预训练、SFT指令微调、RLHF优化等流程的全部代码。支持下游任务sft微调，给出三元组信息抽取微调示例。
Chat-Haruhi-Suzumiya — Chat凉宫春日, An open sourced Role-Playing chatbot Cheng Li, Ziang Leng, and others.
Chat凉宫春日, An open sourced Role-Playing chatbot Cheng Li, Ziang Leng, and others.
DialoGPT — Large-scale pretraining for dialogue
Large-scale pretraining for dialogue
GPT2-Chinese — Chinese version of GPT2 training code, using BERT tokenizer.
Chinese version of GPT2 training code, using BERT tokenizer.
Common questions
What is the best MOSS alternative?
CDial-GPT is the closest alternative to MOSS in the Writing Assistants category. A Large-scale Chinese Short-Text Conversation Dataset and Chinese pre-training dialog models Which one fits depends on whether you need a free tier — 6 of these 6 options have one.
Is there a free alternative to MOSS?
Yes — CDial-GPT, ChatLM-mini-Chinese, Chat-Haruhi-Suzumiya all offer a free tier.
How were these MOSS alternatives chosen?
They are tools listed in the same category as MOSS on Neura Market, ranked by how closely they match on capability. We list every option we hold data for rather than a paid-placement shortlist.