Vendo vs AI Eyes
Comprehensive feature analysis, ratings breakdown, platform compatibility, and community review comparison.

Vendo
Let your users build their own features inside your product
Detailed Feature Comparison Matrix
Compare Other Tools| Dimension | Vendo | AI Eyes |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Category | Open Source | Open Source |
| Community Rating | 4.0(1 reviews) | No ratings(0 reviews) |
| Community Upvotes | 337 votes | 63 votes |
| Supported Platforms | Web | Web |
| Tags & Focus | #Developer Tools#Open Source#SaaS#GitHub | #Developer Tools#Open Source#Privacy#OpenAI Day |
| Maker / Company | Independent Developer | Independent Developer |
| Platform Verification | Community Listing | Community Listing |
About Vendo
Vendo is an open-source customization layer designed to shift software from rigid, static structures into dynamic, adaptable systems. Instead of forcing users to adapt to pre-defined workflows, Vendo allows customers to build their own custom features and micro-apps directly inside your product simply by describing what they want.
By building on top of your existing API, Vendo gives users the freedom of tailored customization while keeping the developer in full control. The tool runs safely inside developer-defined guardrails, ensuring that while your product shapes itself around each customer's specific needs, your core platform remains secure, stable, and highly performant. Vendo is a powerful developer tool tailored for SaaS platforms looking to provide unique, user-driven personalization.
Pros of Vendo
- Open-source codebase offering full transparency and flexibility.
- Empowers customers to build custom features and micro-apps using natural language descriptions.
- Leverages your existing API to power user-generated features.
- Maintains product security and stability through developer-defined guardrails.
Cons of Vendo
- Requires initial developer setup to integrate and define API guardrails.
- Customization capabilities are limited by the endpoints and functionality exposed in your API.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vendo?
Vendo is an open-source customization layer that integrates into your software product, allowing your users to build the exact features and micro-apps they need by simply describing them.
How does Vendo connect to my product?
Vendo integrates directly with your product by building on top of your own API, operating securely within the parameters and guardrails you set as a developer.
Is Vendo open-source?
Yes, Vendo is an open-source developer tool, with its repository and code accessible on GitHub.
About AI Eyes
AI Eyes is a permission-first co-presence prototype designed for AI companions. Created by developer Deen Storkey, this open-source tool establishes a privacy-focused, local-first foundation for managing what your digital companions can see and hear.
With its initial v0.1 release, AI Eyes allows users to choose a specific screen or window to capture and gives granular, separate controls for screen, system audio, and microphone inputs. The interface makes it easy to invite named companions and ensures transparency by always displaying when sensing is active. Users can pause or end sessions at any time; ending a session immediately stops all media tracks and resets the session completely.
Built using Codex and GPT-5.6, this prototype is focused entirely on local-first permission, presence, and session-control. Please note that in this foundational stage, no external AI provider or semantic understanding has been connected yet.
Pros of AI Eyes
- Privacy-focused, local-first permission architecture
- Separate, granular control over screen, system audio, and microphone capture
- Clear visual indicators showing when active sensing is occurring
- Open-source code base allowing developers to review and build upon the prototype
Cons of AI Eyes
- It is a prototype (v0.1) and does not yet have an active AI provider or semantic understanding connected
- Limited to foundational capture and session-control features at this stage
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AI Eyes?
AI Eyes is an open-source, permission-first co-presence prototype built to manage what AI companions can access. It provides local-first controls over screen sharing, audio, and session state.
Does AI Eyes currently analyze my screen or voice?
No. In the v0.1 release, no AI provider or semantic understanding is connected. The prototype is currently a local-first foundation focused on permission, capture, presence, and session-control.
How do I control my privacy while using AI Eyes?
AI Eyes lets you choose exactly which screen or window to capture and gives you separate toggle controls for your screen, system audio, and microphone. There is also a clear indicator to show when sensing is active, and you can pause or end the session to stop all media tracks instantly.
What technologies were used to build AI Eyes?
The AI Eyes prototype was built using Codex and GPT-5.6.
