QwenPaw
Alibaba's open-source personal assistant that runs on your machine across every chat app
The Panel's Take
QwenPaw (formerly CoPaw/Tongyi CoPaw) is an open-source personal AI assistant from Alibaba's AgentScope team that rebounded in April 2026 with a v1.1 series of releases and a full ecosystem rebrand. It runs locally on your machine or in the cloud, connects to every major chat platform (DingTalk, Feishu, QQ, Discord, iMessage, and more), and executes scheduled tasks, agentic workflows, and memory-based recall — all from a unified interface. The v1.1.3 and v1.1.4 releases in April brought a backup and restore system, QwenPaw as ACP Server (allowing other agents to call into it), proactive agent messaging, a console plugin system, agent statistics, and a shell evasion guard. The rebrand to QwenPaw signals deeper integration with Alibaba's Qwen model ecosystem, meaning you get native access to Qwen 3 and Qwen 3.5 series models out of the box. The appeal is data sovereignty: everything runs on your infrastructure, conversations stay on your machines, and you configure which channels it monitors. For teams already embedded in Alibaba's cloud stack, this is a natural fit. For everyone else, it's an intriguing open-source alternative to commercial personal assistant platforms — if you're willing to self-host.
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QwenPaw verdict: SKIP ⏭️ 2 ships · 2 skips from the expert panel Full review: shiporskip.io/tool/qwenpaw-alibaba-copaw-multi-channel-personal-assistant-open-source-2026
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“The ACP Server capability in v1.1.3 is genuinely interesting — being able to call QwenPaw from other agents creates an orchestration layer you can build on. The multi-channel support is real and well-implemented. If you're in the Alibaba / Qwen ecosystem already, this is a no-brainer deploy.”
“The China-ecosystem platforms (DingTalk, Feishu, QQ) are the primary channels, which narrows the appeal significantly for Western teams. The rebrand from CoPaw to QwenPaw is the third name in two years — signs of product identity confusion. Self-hosting requirements also raise the bar considerably.”
“Personal AI assistants that you fully own, run locally, and connect to every communication channel you already use — this is where the market is heading. QwenPaw is one of the most complete implementations of this vision available as open source today.”
“The interface is very developer-facing and the supported channels are enterprise-centric Asian platforms I don't use. The concept is great — a personal assistant you fully own — but the execution doesn't feel polished enough for non-technical creative workflows yet.”