ModLens
ModLens is a vision add-on that lets text-only coding agents read pasted images for users who need image understanding without a vision model.
What it is good for
- Reading screenshots and images in a text-only coding agent
- Extracting text from pasted images
- Describing layout and content of pictures to an AI
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Skill or plugin
- Tasks
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, DeepSeek Harness, Gemini API
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 4,713
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is ModLens free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (MIT license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use ModLens?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does ModLens work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, DeepSeek Harness, and Gemini API.
- What is ModLens good for?
- Reading screenshots and images in a text-only coding agent, extracting text from pasted images, and describing layout and content of pictures to an AI.
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