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A quiet second opinion on Airbnb listings. Reads the page, weighs the reviews, tells you book / consider / skip ⚠️ Side project, not actively developed after April 2026. Still functional — BYOK OpenAI architecture means no ongoing cost — but no new features or bug fixes are planned. Source and a wind-down postmortem are on GitHub. If Airbnb changes its page structure significantly, the extension will likely break and won't be updated. Use at your own discretion. Pane is a quiet second opinion on Airbnb listings. When you open a listing, Pane reads the title, price, amenities, photos, and Airbnb's own subscores from the page you're already viewing. It passively collects the reviews your browser is already loading, weighs them against what you care about, and tells you one thing: book it, consider it, or skip it. No hype, no exclamation marks, no "AI-powered" copy — just a single colored dot and a short reason. Pane is bring-your-own-key. You supply your own OpenAI API key in Settings, and every scoring request goes directly from your browser to OpenAI under your own account. There is no Pane backend, no Pane-operated server, no account, and no telemetry. If you don't like the price of a model, you can switch to a cheaper one. WHAT IT SCORES Six categories, tuned for people who actually sleep in the places they book: - Sleep — noise complaints, blackout curtains, AC, bed quality - Comfort — workspace, amenities, real living space - Location — walkability, neighborhood feel - Transit — station proximity, ease of getting around - Value — price in context, calendar price variance - Host — responsiveness, communication, follow-through Each score is backed by quotes from actual reviews. Tap a score and Pane shows you which reviews it read. PREFERENCES THAT ACTUALLY MATTER Pane's preferences view has tags for the things reviews can tell you about that Airbnb's filters can't — quiet sleep, a real workspace, a hot shower, a responsive host, a walkable area. You can also write free-text notes about your trip. Pane reads this once when you save and turns it into a scoring persona that weights the six categories to fit you. ON THE SEARCH PAGE Pane adds a compact filter bar above the search grid — sort by your Pane score, filter by rating, by minimum review count, by total price, by scored-only. The Airbnb map pins respect your max-price filter. Cards you've already scored show a small frosted score pill on their photos. The same pills appear on your wishlists page. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO - No scraping. Pane never originates a request to Airbnb's API. It only reads data your own browser already fetched. - No tracking. Pane has no analytics and no telemetry of any kind. - No backend. The developer cannot see which listings you view or what you score. - No saved-listings feature of its own — Pane uses Airbnb's native wishlist system, so your saved places stay in one place. PRIVACY Pane stores your API key, your preferences, and a local score cache on your device. Scoring requests go directly from your browser to OpenAI's API using your own key. Nearby amenities (transit, cafes, groceries) come from the public OpenStreetMap Overpass API, which receives only the listing's coordinates. Full details in the privacy policy. Pane is a personal, non-commercial project. If it helps you, great. If it doesn't fit your trip, uninstall it — nothing of yours leaves with you anywhere.