BG0 vs Local Background Remover
BG0
bg0.dev
Local Background Remover
local.backgroundrm.comSide by side
| Figure | BG0 | Local Background Remover |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Image Background Removal Software | 9.0 (#5) | 7.4 (#22) |
| Intended users | The web app is presented for people who want to remove a photo background, while the browser library is for developers adding removal to their own web apps. | The maker describes the product as built for sellers, creators, and small teams who want private image cleanup on their own Mac. |
| Local processing | Image bytes, filenames, thumbnails and masks remain on the device instead of being sent to a processing server. | The maker says image processing runs locally on the user's machine and images do not need to be uploaded. |
| What it does | BG0 removes photo backgrounds in the browser and exports transparent PNG images. | Local Background Remover removes image backgrounds on a Mac for product photos, portraits, and marketing images. |
Plans
Local Background Remover
- App$19.99, paid once
- CLI$19.99, paid once
- App + CLI$29.99, paid once
In their own words
BG0
BG0 is a free web tool that removes image backgrounds in the browser and downloads transparent PNG files. Image bytes remain in the browser rather than being uploaded for processing. The remover accepts PNG, JPG, WebP, HEIC, and HEIF images up to 40 MB. It runs BiRefNet and can fall back to BiRefNet-lite when the selected model cannot run. First use requires an internet connection to download and prepare the model, after which the browser may cache it. There is no account, credit system, subscription, or stated usage limit. Developers can use the @bg0/browser library to add on-device removal to web apps without a server or API key; it runs through WebGPU or WebAssembly. The documented iOS path uses a single-threaded WebAssembly worker and BiRefNet-lite, with output limited to 1280 pixels on the longest edge. No manual touch-up editor is included. BG0 uses PostHog for anonymous analytics.
Local Background Remover
Local Background Remover has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.