Show HN: 20-endpoint image API (remove bg, upscale, face restore)

Category: infrastructure

Tags: image-processing, background-removal, api

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

A self-hostable background removal API that uses the BiRefNet model to offer fast, high-quality image processing with endpoints for removing backgrounds, replacing backgrounds, batch processing, and generating stickers or studio shots. It is interesting because it provides a production-grade, open-source alternative to expensive commercial APIs like remove.bg, with impressive speed and cost efficiency.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/useknockout/api · Python · MIT · 29 stars

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