What is rembg?

rembg is a background removal tool. We're still gathering a full overview; visit the site for now.

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 4 (2 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for rembg, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 51 / 100
low · 13%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Release cadence910.054.7
Development activity340.093.2
Dependent projects380.062.4
Stars830.032.2
Security score430.041.8
Price level00.050.0-
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Integrations00.090.0-
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Pricing transparency00.080.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d11mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Dependent repos178highsource · 2026-09-01 · 85%
Github stars24,567highsource · 2026-09-01 · 90%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPythonhighsource · 2026-09-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-09-01 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-09-01 · 48%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days17mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard4.3highsource · 2026-09-01 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=rembg&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: HIGHhighsource · 2026-09-01 · 90%