# addyosmani/bg-remove

Free image background removal - private, client-side and powered by Transformers.js

Repository: https://github.com/addyosmani/bg-remove
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bg-remove
Homepage: https://bg.addy.ie
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: background-image, background-image-remover, background-remover, images
Last push: 2025-01-05T21:42:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 22/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 47
- inputs: {"age_days": 670, "days_push": 605, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1014, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.948476+00:00)

## What it is
A React + Vite web application that removes image backgrounds entirely in the browser using Transformers.js with the RMBG-1.4 model (and optional MODNet via WebGPU). All processing is local, so images never leave the user's device.

## Use cases
- remove background from a photo without uploading it to a server
- make a transparent PNG from a jpg in the browser
- replace an image background with a custom color or picture
- privately process sensitive images offline
- run background removal with WebGPU acceleration
- batch-free one-click cutout tool for product photos

## When to choose
- privacy matters and images must not leave the device
- you want a free, no-signup background remover
- you need a client-side example of running ML models with Transformers.js
- you want to self-host a simple image editing tool

## When to avoid
- you need server-side batch processing of thousands of images
- you need highest-quality matting that native desktop tools provide
- your target browsers lack WebAssembly or modern JS support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, machine-learning, llm-inference
- domain: image-processing, computer-vision, privacy, web-development
- platform: browser, wasm
- tags: background-removal, transformersjs, webgpu, client-side-ml, react, vite, privacy-first, web-server

## Member repositories
- addyosmani/bg-remove (main) score 22

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.948476+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:11:31.373173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/addyosmani/bg-remove (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.948476+00:00, sha 3f4fe9fdee49)
  - homepage: https://bg.addy.ie (fetched 2026-08-29T13:10:59.003791+00:00, sha c674050cddcd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.