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Background Remover lets you Remove Background from images and video using AI with a simple command line interface that is free and open source.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 9 stories, 10 comments · first 2021-07-23 · latest 2026-02-17

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  1. …increase, closing half an open source projects and year long pending bugs in span of minutes? https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover/commits?author=...
    comment by nadermx · 2025-12-11 · in Is it a bubble?
  2. I think with anything, it's a love hate. I open sourced https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover , and it's been cool in terms of vanity, but depending on my mood it either feels cool or like a chore to do work on it.
    comment by nadermx · 2025-08-05 · in Ask HN: Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something?
  3. This is cool. I made a background remover for image and video a few years back https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover/ Always happy to see other people exploring this niche
    comment by nadermx · 2024-08-26 · in Show HN: Remove-bg – open-source remove background using WebGPU
  4. On https://backgroundremoverai.com I put the utility into it's own pip and open source it https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover , and the web framework kept closed source.
    comment by nadermx · 2024-05-14 · in Ask HN: Founders who offer free/OS and paid SaaS, how do you manage your code?
  5. Not a job I took. But when I launched https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover I got offered a high level position in a a photo company via my email which at the time was on my GitHub profile.
    comment by nadermx · 2023-12-03 · in Ask HN: What side projects landed you a job?
  6. I made https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover which can be installed and used fully with no restrictions, MIT licensed. Yet people still feel the need to pay for API usage or my GUI at https://backgroundremoverai.com
    comment by nadermx · 2023-06-02 · in Ask HN: Would you pay for a SaaS even if its open source and can be selfhosted?
  7. …I even made an open source tool few years ago to remove the background from images and videos https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover
    comment by nadermx · 2023-05-25 · in Show HN: Image background removal without annoying subscriptions
  8. https://backgroundremover.app/ (powered by https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover ) was a Show HN last year. I haven't used it myself yet.
    comment by mtmail · 2022-11-21 · in Ask HN: What did you use for free bulk photo background removal?
  9. https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover and a couple of others via https://hn.algolia.com/?q=remove+background
    comment by mtmail · 2022-09-23 · in Ask HN: What are the ways/softwares to remove background from image?
  10. This is awesome! I made a while ago a cmd line background remover using the same model, https://github.com/nadermx/backgroundremover
    comment by nadermx · 2022-02-26 · in OBS Plugin: Background Removal