[Open] useknockout – free SOTA background removal + super-res API alternative to remove.bg / Topaz, MIT, runs on Modal
Released v0.6.0 of useknockout this week. Single FastAPI service, 20 endpoints deploys to Modal in one command. Endpoints – /remove (BiRefNet + pymatting matting refinement) – /upscale (Swin2SR or Real-ESRGAN, x2/x4) – /face-restore (GFPGAN v1.4) – /re…