Online background removers like remove.bg upload your images to external servers, charge per image, and limit quality. For businesses handling sensitive product photos or personal images, this is a privacy risk and an expensive recurring cost.
LocalBG runs 100% on your computer - no internet required, no uploads, no subscriptions per image. Process unlimited images with professional AI quality while keeping your data completely private.
A privacy-friendly desktop application for removing backgrounds with local AI processing.
I took over the existing "rembg" GitHub repository, which provides the core background removal functionality using local AI. To make this tool more accessible, I built a user-friendly GUI for it using TKinter. While the base background removal comes from rembg, I developed all the additional features myself, including bulk processing, resizing, compression, custom backgrounds, presets, GPU acceleration, watermarking, and many more advanced capabilities.
Visit the website to learn more and download:
https://localbg.app/"Finally a tool that doesn't upload my product photos to random servers. Perfect for my e-commerce business — I process 100+ images weekly without paying per image."
— E-commerce seller via Reddit
"The privacy-first approach is exactly what I needed. As a photographer, I can't risk client photos being stored on third-party servers. LocalBG solved this perfectly."
Professional photographer
The Reddit post gained significant traction with positive feedback about the privacy-first concept.
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