NoBG

Backgrounds, Gone.

🔎 Overview

NoBG is an open-source, full-stack application designed to automatically remove backgrounds from images. Built with a Next.js frontend and a fast Python worker, NoBG orchestrates image processing jobs using Redis and UploadThing via an event-driven, decoupled architecture utilizing message queues.

✨ Features

• Fast Background Removal: Leveraging the Rembg library running on a dedicated FastAPI/Python worker.
• Modern Tech Stack: Next.js App Router with React 19, Tailwind CSS, and Radix UI components.
• Authentication: Built-in credential and OAuth flow using Better Auth.
• Database: PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM for type-safe database access.
• Job Queuing: Redis is used for fast, reliable job queues between the web frontend and worker.
• Cloud Storage: Integrated with UploadThing for secure image upload and hosting.
• Monorepo Structure: Managed with pnpm workspace and Turborepo for optimal local development.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend and API (apps/web)

• Typescript
• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Shared UI Components (packages/ui)
• Better Auth
• Prisma ORM
• Redis Client
• UploadThing

Background Processing (apps/worker)

• Python
• FastAPI and Uvicorn
• Rembg (CPU processing)
• Pillow
• Redis
• Requests

📁 Project Structure

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├── apps/
│   ├── web/                     # Next.js frontend and API routes
│   └── worker/                  # Python worker for background removal
├── packages/
│   ├── ui/                      # Shared React UI components
│   ├── eslint-config/           # Shared ESLint configurations
│   └── typescript-config/       # Shared TS configs
└── turbo.json                   # Turborepo configuration

🚀 Getting Started

Coming soon...

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