A segmentation model client-side via WASM – free background removal

Show HN: A segmentation model client-side via WASM – free background removal

A segmentation model client-side via WASM – free background removal operates in show hn launch.

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Built a background removal tool that loads a ~40MB segmentation model into the browser via WASM/WebGPU and runs inference client-side.No upload step, no API call, no queue. Drop an image, get the result in 2-3 seconds. No per-image charges because there's no server doing the work.The same cached model powers 6 derivative tools — background changer, passport photo maker, product photo whitener, portrait blur, sticker maker — each just different post-processing on the same mask output.

Within the show hn launch space, the company focuses on its core offering rather than a broad product line.

Its current recorded stage is Show HN launch.

Website: qtoolkit.dev/tools/background-remover