useknockout/api
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State-of-the-art background removal API for images and video. BiRefNet on Modal GPUs, ~200ms per image. 26 endpoints: cutouts, masks, PSD export, upscale, face restore, inpaint, collage, studio shots, video with ProRes 4444 alpha. MIT, self-hostable, 10x cheaper than remove.bg.
4 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 4 stories, 0 comments · first 2026-04-23 · latest 2026-04-29
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Show HN: 20-endpoint image API (remove bg, upscale, face restore)story by tlorents · 2026-04-29 · 0 comments
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Show HN: Useknockout open source background removal API 40× cheaper -remove.bgstory by tlorents · 2026-04-25 · 0 comments
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Useknockout – open-source background removal API, 40× cheaper than remove.bgstory by tlorents · 2026-04-25 · 1 comment
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A background removal API 40x cheaper than remove.bgstory by tlorents · 2026-04-23 · 0 comments