# Building Vision Assistant: A Custom Desktop AI Tool Built with Electron

> Source: <https://dev.to/chhavigupta783/building-vision-assistant-a-custom-desktop-ai-tool-built-with-electron-9f9>
> Published: 2026-09-27 10:35:25+00:00

*This is a submission for the [MLH x DEV Writing Challenge](https://dev.to/mlh-hackathon)*

I built **Vision Assistant v1.0.0**, a custom desktop AI vision tool created from scratch using Electron. 

`Ctrl + Shift + Space`), multi-screen capture capabilities, real-time chat & vision analysis, and memory persistence across sessions.`electron-builder`.
You can check out the setup guide video and walkthrough here:

[Vision Assistant Setup Guide Video](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Kci00sPzQalZA78Urge4v8mkXLHp4dbR?usp=sharing)

You can also download the latest Windows standalone release package directly from the GitHub repository:

[GitHub Repository & Releases](https://github.com/chhavigupta783/vission-assisstant-v1)

[release link for windows user](<(https://github.com/chhavigupta783/vission-assisstant-v1/releases/download/v1.0.0/Vision.Assistant-1.0.0-win.zip)>)

For this project, I focused heavily on core web and desktop ecosystems using **JavaScript (69%) and HTML (31%)**, powered by **Electron** to bundle a seamless standalone Windows application with a dark/purple customized UI theme optimized for desktop environments.

Building Vision Assistant for this challenge was an incredible journey of pushing desktop development boundaries. Bringing an idea from local scripts to a fully packaged, global shortcut-enabled desktop application made it a deeply rewarding learning experience!