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LocalEyes gives blind LLMs vision via local Ollama models

LocalEyes is a new tool that enables text-only LLMs like DeepSeek, CodeLlama, and Qwen-Coder to process images locally using an Ollama vision model. It supports screen capture, clipboard reading, and image file analysis without cloud uploads or API keys, offering a private, fast, and free solution for developers using Claude Code.

26 engagement·1 source·Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 09:30 PM
LocalEyes is a GitHub project that provides vision capabilities to text-based LLMs in Claude Code. It uses a local Ollama vision model to analyze screen captures, clipboard images, and image files, all without sending data to the cloud. This addresses the limitation of many popular models like DeepSeek, CodeLlama, and Qwen-Coder that lack native vision support. The tool is private, fast, and free, requiring no API keys.

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