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RMBG 1.4 — remove background running in your browser

RMBG 1.4 is a 44M-parameter ONNX model that predicts an alpha matte separating the subject from the background. On this page it runs entirely inside your browser: the 176 MB download comes straight from the Hugging Face repository “kittypdf/RMBG-1.4-transformersjs” into your browser cache, and every inference after that executes on your own GPU through WebGPU. That is a one-off download of well under a minute on a normal connection, and small enough that integrated graphics handle it without complaint.

At a glance

Hugging Face repository
kittypdf/RMBG-1.4-transformersjs
Task
Remove Background
Download size
176 MB
Parameters
44M
Precisions
fp32, q8
Monthly downloads
153
Runs on
WebGPU in your browser (WebAssembly fallback)
Price
Free — your GPU does the work

The classic RMBG 1.4 weights: clean edges on hair and fur, works on products and people alike, no watermark. In practice people reach for a model like this for cutting out product shots and portraits into transparent PNGs, with no credits, watermark or resolution cap.

Available precisions: fp32 (full precision) and q8 (8-bit). fp32 comes first because at this size full precision is both the fastest WebGPU path and the best quality; the quantized variant exists for the WebAssembly fallback and for tight cache budgets. Hugging Face records about 153 downloads a month. It is a specialist choice rather than a default, which is exactly why it is worth trying when the popular model gets your particular input wrong.

Because there is no inference server behind this page, there is nothing to rate-limit and nothing to bill: the only cost of running RMBG 1.4 here is the one-off 176 MB download, and once that is cached the page keeps working with the network switched off.

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Frequently asked questions

How large is the RMBG 1.4 download?

About 176 MB for the fp32 build, including the tokenizer and config files the runtime also has to fetch — this is the whole payload, not just the weights file. It is downloaded once and then served from the browser Cache Storage API.

Can RMBG 1.4 run without a GPU?

Yes, through the WebAssembly fallback, which is slower but works anywhere. WebGPU (Chrome or Edge 113+, Safari 26+) is what makes it feel interactive. On WASM, prefer the smaller quantized build.

Do I need a Hugging Face token or an API key?

No. kittypdf/RMBG-1.4-transformersjs is a public repository, so your browser fetches the ONNX files directly over HTTPS. There is no account, no key and no server in between.

Is my data uploaded to a server?

No. The model weights are downloaded from Hugging Face to your browser once, and every inference after that runs on your own GPU through WebGPU. Your text, images and audio are never sent anywhere — hjLabs.in has no inference server and no way to see your input.