imgly/background-removal-js
Remove backgrounds from images directly in the browser environment with ease and no additional costs or privacy concerns. Explore an interactive demo. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
43/100
- Activity 32
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 83
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1167
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 411
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
7287 stars · 468 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
An npm package (browser and Node.js variants) that removes image backgrounds using ONNX-based image segmentation/matting models running entirely client-side. It requires no server calls, so there are no extra costs and user images stay on the device.
Use cases
- remove background from product images in an e-commerce app
- cut out subjects from photos in the browser
- add background removal to a web-based image editor
- process user avatars without uploading them to a server
- batch remove backgrounds in a Node.js script
- build a free alternative to paid background removal APIs
When to choose
- you need client-side background removal with no server costs
- privacy matters and images must not leave the user's device
- you want a simple npm library for image matting in JS/TS
When to avoid
- you need a permissive license for closed-source use (AGPL-3.0)
- you need server-scale GPU throughput for massive batch jobs
- you need video or audio background removal rather than images
Facets
library · maturity active
image-processing machine-learning computer-vision image-processing web-development artificial-intelligence browser cross-platform background-removal image-matting image-segmentation onnx client-side-ai privacy nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/imgly/background-removal-js · fetched 2026-08-28 · cd32f4d2499d
- homepage: https://img.ly/showcases/cesdk/web/background-removal/web · fetched 2026-08-29 · c65229ebee10
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/background-removal-js · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41a8aff0c93f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| imgly/background-removal-js | main | 43 |
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