Show HN: Open-source background removal in the browser

by buss_janon 6/28/2023, 1:07:07 PM with 16 comments
  • by culion 6/28/2023, 4:59:30 PM

    Seems to be on par with the other best background remover I've tried.[0] The first one I've come across that's open source and this good. And it works in the browser! This is great, thanks

    [0] https://www.remove.bg/

  • by iamflimflam1on 6/28/2023, 3:19:57 PM

    I didn’t realise that the preview app on Mac’s now has background removal built in. But I’ll also be bookmarking this site!

  • by ianbickingon 6/29/2023, 3:51:24 AM

    This was the first time I heard of img.ly and had a little hobby project I was considering where the tools might be a nice fit... but the terms and cost is extremely opaque. Feels a little surprising given how pleasingly usable and straight-forward this open source software is.

    (I _think_ as long as I'm doing a hobby project I could use the img.ly CE.SDK for free indefinitely...? The only restriction is on "production" but what does that mean?)

    Probably these products don't match what I'm looking for, but it was all a little hard to ingest. That said, background-removal looks very easy to use and probably does fit my needs, so kudos for that. As someone who loves the ease of prototyping 100% in the browser this is also great!

  • by nimrodyon 6/28/2023, 5:05:59 PM

    Unrelated: anything similar for increasing photo resolution? I frequently encounter cases where users upload low resolution images (transferred using Whatsapp or similar) and need to increase the resolution to get something suitable for printing.

  • by moffkalaston 6/28/2023, 3:23:51 PM

    Hmm it works surprisingly well, but it would be practical to have some kind of background area selector to help guide it and a threshold to adjust the removal, since the default setup sometimes messes up ever so slightly in some areas.

  • by hackernewdson 6/28/2023, 3:14:01 PM

    amazing library! I've been using pixian.ai but this is a game changer

  • by culion 6/28/2023, 5:33:47 PM

    Now if someone can just do this for a WASM AI-powered bitmap to vector conversion library, I'll be set

  • by mydriasison 6/28/2023, 3:11:32 PM

    That's awesome! I'm bookmarking this for later. This is something I always find myself wanting.

  • by ibrarmalikon 6/28/2023, 5:28:39 PM

    Where does the model come from? Hard to trust the license when we have no idea with what data it has been trained.

  • by mbappe123on 7/2/2023, 11:55:12 AM

    Nice one, Remove.bg does the job little better over hairs.

  • by iamflimflam1on 6/28/2023, 5:12:40 PM

    What are the licensing options? Can I use the npm package in a commercial project?

  • by jjohanssonon 6/28/2023, 2:53:46 PM

    Amazing tech, congratulations!

  • by Gelobon 6/29/2023, 4:03:49 AM

    how can i modify this if i have product images that have white in them but it keeps getting removed as this think its blended in the background?

  • by lionkoron 6/28/2023, 8:48:33 PM

    Is there a similar tool as an android app?

  • by syuzannahon 6/29/2023, 7:18:23 AM

    Great addition!

  • by revskillon 6/28/2023, 9:03:05 PM

    I need watermark removal version.