background removal
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image background removal
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How HN took it
5 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
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What people liked
Output quality on par with paid services like remove.bg
From 2 comments
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…
culi on HNamazing library! I've been using pixian.ai but this is a game changer
hackernewds on HN
First open-source option that runs in the browser
From 2 comments
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…
culi on HNAfter looking into there are actually a ton of these websites out there. This is the first actual open source one I've come across that runs in the browser (using WASM) Non-OS…
culi on HN
Objections
Remove.bg handles hair edges better
From 1 comment
Nice one, Remove.bg does the job little better over hairs.
mbappe123 on HN
Light-coloured product areas get removed as background
From 1 comment
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?
Gelob on HN
Model training data and licence unclear
From 1 comment
Where does the model come from? Hard to trust the license when we have no idea with what data it has been trained.
ibrarmalik on HN
Requests
Background area selector and threshold adjustment
From 1 comment
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…
moffkalast on HN
Android app version
From 1 comment
Is there a similar tool as an android app?
lionkor on HN
Questions
Can the GPL-licensed package be used in commercial projects?
From 2 comments
What are the licensing options? Can I use the npm package in a commercial project?
iamflimflam1 on HNIt says it's GPL. So yes you can use it in a commercial project as long as it is also GPL. Also, any license that restricts commercial use is neither Open Source as defined by…
dec0dedab0de on HN
Where does the model come from and what was it trained on?
From 1 comment
Where does the model come from? Hard to trust the license when we have no idea with what data it has been trained.
ibrarmalik on HN
Alternatives named
remove.bg
From 1 comment
After looking into there are actually a ton of these websites out there. This is the first actual open source one I've come across that runs in the browser (using WASM) Non-OS…
culi on HN
Clipdrop
From 1 comment
How can you forget Stability Ai's Clipdrop.co
isuleman on HN
pixian.ai
From 1 comment
Another competitor that has AFAIK the best unit pricing is: https://pixian.ai
jrd79 on HN
Photoroom
From 1 comment
https://www.photoroom.com is also very good for some things.
jtriangle on HN
macOS Preview background removal
From 1 comment
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!
iamflimflam1 on HN