rembg AI Background Removal CLI and Python Library

rembg is a Python tool for automatic image background removal powered by AI models like U2-Net and SAM. It works as a CLI, Python library, HTTP server, or Docker container, supporting CPU and GPU acceleration for batch processing of images and video frames.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• pip install "rembg[cpu]" # for library
• pip install "rembg[cpu,cli]" # for library + cli
• pip install "rembg[gpu]" # for library
• pip install "rembg[gpu,cli]" # for library + cli

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• <p align="center">Rembg is a tool to remove image backgrounds. It can be used as a CLI, Python library, HTTP server, or Docker container.</p>
• python: >=3.11, <3.14
• Note: NVIDIA GPUs may require onnxruntime-gpu, CUDA, and cudnn-devel. See #668 for details. If rembg[gpu] doesn't work and you can't insta...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

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• Choose one of the following backends based on your hardware:

• CPU support

• Source: https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielgatis/rembg/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange