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MiDaS DPT Hybrid — depth estimation running in your browser

MiDaS DPT Hybrid is a 123M-parameter ONNX model that predicts a relative depth value for every pixel of a single ordinary photograph. On this page it runs entirely inside your browser: the 533 MB download comes straight from the Hugging Face repository “Xenova/dpt-hybrid-midas” into your browser cache, and every inference after that executes on your own GPU through WebGPU. Expect a download of roughly a minute on a decent connection. It fits comfortably in the browser cache and in the memory of any GPU from the last few years, including laptop integrated graphics.

At a glance

Hugging Face repository
Xenova/dpt-hybrid-midas
Task
Depth Estimation
Download size
533 MB
Parameters
123M
Precisions
fp32, q8
Monthly downloads
1k
Runs on
WebGPU in your browser (WebAssembly fallback)
Price
Free — your GPU does the work

The classic MiDaS baseline. Useful when you need depth that matches published MiDaS results. In practice people reach for a model like this for depth-of-field and parallax effects, depth-driven compositing, and feeding the 3D point-cloud viewer.

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 1k 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 MiDaS DPT Hybrid here is the one-off 533 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 MiDaS DPT Hybrid download?

About 533 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 MiDaS DPT Hybrid 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. Xenova/dpt-hybrid-midas 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.