Pongo
Open-source visual language model for understanding images with text prompts.
Pongo Introduction
What is Pongo?
Moondream is an open-source visual language model (VLM) designed to understand images using simple text prompts. It is lightweight, fast, and capable, requiring only 1GB of space. Moondream can be used for various applications, including image captioning, object detection, visual question answering, and more. It's designed for developers who want a versatile and easy-to-use visual AI solution.
How to use Pongo?
Choose a capability, write a prompt, and get results. Moondream can be run locally or through a cloud API. It works with Python and Node clients. You can install and run it for free or use the cloud service with a free tier available.
Why Choose Pongo?
Choose this if you’re a developer or tech enthusiast looking for a lightweight, open-source visual language model that can do a bunch of cool stuff like captioning images or answering questions about them. It’s fast, easy to use, and doesn’t hog your system, making it a solid pick for versatile image understanding.
Pongo Features
AI Describe Image
- ✓Visual Question Answering
- ✓Object Detection
- ✓Image Captioning
- ✓Gaze Detection
- ✓OCR & Document Understanding
FAQ?
Pricing
Moondream Server
Works with Python and Node clients, works offline, CPU or GPU compatible.
Moondream Cloud
Works with same Python or Node clients, scales to production.





