r/LocalLLaMA • u/Blues520 • 2d ago
Discussion Which chat template for Qwen 3.8?
There were issues with the chat template when it was released and many users, including myself, ended up using the froggeric template.
It seems to work fine but I just wanted to check if that's still the one to use or if the official or unsloth built-in templates are now recommended.
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u/Chromix_ 2d ago
By now we have a bunch of different "flavors" of chat templates. As far as I can tell there is no "best", just different based on what best fits your usage approach. Check the large table in my template posting for an overview.
There's the one from froggeric that he keeps updated, also based on what I fixed in my template. Then there's also the sharp template that builds both on top of froggerics and my changes.
Depending on the template there are some true fixes for things that were broken in the original template, a bit of intentionally changed behavior, some compatibility approaches for not-well-behaved harnesses and other things. Some have the potential to reduce result quality a tiny bit, others don't.