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name: background-removal description: | Remove backgrounds from images with BiRefNet via inference.sh CLI. Model: BiRefNet (high accuracy background removal). Use for: product photos, portraits, e-commerce, transparent PNGs, photo editing. Triggers: remove background, background removal, remove bg, transparent background, cut out image, background remover, rembg, product photo editing, cutout, transparent png, bg removal, photo cutout allowed-tools: Bash(infsh *)

Background Removal

Remove backgrounds from images via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

curl -fsSL https://cli.inference.sh | sh && infsh login

infsh app run infsh/birefnet --input '{"image_url": "https://your-photo.jpg"}'

How To

Use Reve for image editing including background changes:

infsh app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "remove the background, make it transparent",
  "image_url": "https://portrait.jpg"
}'

Or change background directly:

infsh app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "change the background to a beach",
  "image_url": "https://product-photo.jpg"
}'

Workflow: Generate and Edit

# 1. Generate an image
infsh app run falai/flux-dev-lora --input '{"prompt": "a cute robot mascot"}' > robot.json

# 2. Edit with Reve
infsh app run falai/reve --input '{
  "prompt": "remove background, transparent",
  "image_url": "<url-from-step-1>"
}'

Use Cases

• E-commerce: Clean product photos
• Portraits: Professional headshots
• Marketing: Assets for design
• Social Media: Profile pictures
• Design: Elements for compositions

Output

Returns a PNG with transparent background.

Related Skills

# Full platform skill (all 150+ apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/agent-skills@inference-sh

# Image generation
npx skills add inference-sh/agent-skills@ai-image-generation

# FLUX models (including inpainting)
npx skills add inference-sh/agent-skills@flux-image

# Upscaling
npx skills add inference-sh/agent-skills@image-upscaling

Browse all image apps: infsh app list --category image

Documentation

• Running Apps - How to run apps via CLI
• Image Generation Example - Complete image workflow guide
• Apps Overview - Understanding the app ecosystem