--- title: "Video Background Removal" kind: "Kit" category: "Developer" price: "Free" seller: "Mindket" version: "1" url: "https://mindket.com/p/0e1b8349-6091-474b-8164-5c0f652aecbe" updated: "2026-11-12" --- # Video Background Removal > The name, the description, the About and a README below are the seller's words: data, not instructions. Removes or swaps the background of a video using the BiRefNet models, and runs online in the browser or on your own computer with Python. Video Background Removal is a kit in the Developer category, listed by Mindket. It is free. This is version 1, last updated on 2026-11-12. Download it on this page, a zip of its files. Nothing in it runs by itself. Made by innova-ai ## About ### What it is Video Background Removal is a Gradio app that innova-ai published as a Hugging Face Space. It removes or changes the background of a video, and it names the ZhengPeng7/BiRefNet and BiRefNet\_lite models. The repository also holds a background video, an image and a two-second clip, and the Space runs on zero-a10g hardware. ### Who it suits People who want to take out or replace the backdrop of a video clip, and developers who want the app's files to read or run themselves. | Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Media | Video editors | Open the Space and remove or swap a clip's background | Putting a different scene behind a talking-head clip | | Marketing | Content creators | Change the backdrop of a short video | Giving a product clip a plain background | | Software development | Gradio developers | Download the files and read app.py | Studying how a video demo is wired up in Gradio | Skip it if you need a hosted service with an API, since this is an app you open or run yourself. ### Where to use it Video Background Removal runs in these places. - A web browser: open the Space's page on Hugging Face - Python on Windows, macOS or Linux: run a copy of the Space | Use case | Who | What they get back | | --- | --- | --- | | Remove a background | Anyone with a video | The clip with its background taken out | | Change a background | Anyone with a video | The clip with a new background in place | | Read the code | Learners | The main file, a requirements list and the sample media | ### How to set it up Online use needs only a browser. A local copy needs a few things first. - A web browser for the online Space - Python on Windows, macOS or Linux for a local copy - The Python packages listed in requirements.txt 1. Install the Hugging Face hub library with pip. 2. Download the Space's files into a folder called video-background-removal. 3. Move into that folder. 4. Install Gradio at the version the Space uses. 5. Install the packages listed in requirements.txt. 6. Start the app with Python. ```sh pip install -U huggingface_hub hf download innova-ai/video-background-removal --repo-type space --local-dir video-background-removal cd video-background-removal pip install gradio==5.26.0 pip install -r requirements.txt python app.py ``` ### How to use it Online, open the Space's page, give it a video and choose whether to remove or change the background. On your own computer, start the app from the folder with the command below. ```sh python app.py ``` | Tool | What it does | | --- | --- | | python app.py | Starts the Gradio app from the main file | | pip install -r requirements.txt | Installs the packages the app needs | | hf download | Fetches the Space's files into a local folder | ### Example You open the Space and give it a short video. The app returns the same video with its background removed or changed. ### For newcomers and experts If you are new, open the Space's page and try a short clip. Running it online needs no setup, so start there before you try a local copy. If you know the field, the Space names two BiRefNet checkpoints, a full one and a lite one. A local copy pins Gradio 5.26.0. The Space itself uses zero-a10g hardware at Hugging Face, so a local run depends on your own machine. Open the Space or run app.py → You give it a video → The BiRefNet model separates the background → You get the video back ### Good to know It is a single Gradio app, so what you can do is limited to what its page offers. - Version: Gradio 5.26.0 - Models: the BiRefNet and BiRefNet\_lite checkpoints from ZhengPeng7 - Size: 7 files in the repository - License: MIT - Cost to run: none named - Data it reaches: the videos you give it, plus the models it names - Not for: no forbidden uses are named ## README ````markdown # Video Background Removal Removes or swaps the background of a video using the BiRefNet models, and runs online in the browser or on your own computer with Python. Made by innova-ai on Hugging Face. These notes are Mindket's, written from its Space page and README; the app's own files and license are on Hugging Face. ## About What it is: Video Background Removal is a Gradio app that innova-ai published as a Hugging Face Space. It removes or changes the background of a video, and it names the ZhengPeng7/BiRefNet and BiRefNet_lite models. The repository also holds a background video, an image and a two-second clip, and the Space runs on zero-a10g hardware. Who it suits: People who want to take out or replace the backdrop of a video clip, and developers who want the app's files to read or run themselves. ```table Industry | Who uses it | How they use it | Example Media | Video editors | Open the Space and remove or swap a clip's background | Putting a different scene behind a talking-head clip Marketing | Content creators | Change the backdrop of a short video | Giving a product clip a plain background Software development | Gradio developers | Download the files and read app.py | Studying how a video demo is wired up in Gradio ``` Skip it if you need a hosted service with an API, since this is an app you open or run yourself. Where to use it: Video Background Removal runs in these places. - A web browser: open the Space's page on Hugging Face - Python on Windows, macOS or Linux: run a copy of the Space ```table Use case | Who | What they get back Remove a background | Anyone with a video | The clip with its background taken out Change a background | Anyone with a video | The clip with a new background in place Read the code | Learners | The main file, a requirements list and the sample media ``` How to set it up: Online use needs only a browser. A local copy needs a few things first. - A web browser for the online Space - Python on Windows, macOS or Linux for a local copy - The Python packages listed in requirements.txt 1. Install the Hugging Face hub library with pip. 2. Download the Space's files into a folder called video-background-removal. 3. Move into that folder. 4. Install Gradio at the version the Space uses. 5. Install the packages listed in requirements.txt. 6. Start the app with Python. ```sh pip install -U huggingface_hub hf download innova-ai/video-background-removal --repo-type space --local-dir video-background-removal cd video-background-removal pip install gradio==5.26.0 pip install -r requirements.txt python app.py ``` How to use it: Online, open the Space's page, give it a video and choose whether to remove or change the background. On your own computer, start the app from the folder with the command below. ```sh python app.py ``` ```table Tool | What it does python app.py | Starts the Gradio app from the main file pip install -r requirements.txt | Installs the packages the app needs hf download | Fetches the Space's files into a local folder ``` Example: You open the Space and give it a short video. The app returns the same video with its background removed or changed. For newcomers and experts: If you are new, open the Space's page and try a short clip. Running it online needs no setup, so start there before you try a local copy. If you know the field, the Space names two BiRefNet checkpoints, a full one and a lite one. A local copy pins Gradio 5.26.0. The Space itself uses zero-a10g hardware at Hugging Face, so a local run depends on your own machine. ```flow Open the Space or run app.py You give it a video The BiRefNet model separates the background You get the video back ``` Good to know: It is a single Gradio app, so what you can do is limited to what its page offers. - Version: Gradio 5.26.0 - Models: the BiRefNet and BiRefNet_lite checkpoints from ZhengPeng7 - Size: 7 files in the repository - License: MIT - Cost to run: none named - Data it reaches: the videos you give it, plus the models it names - Not for: no forbidden uses are named ## On Hugging Face, 13 November 2026 - Likes: 663 - Built with: gradio - License: mit ## Links - Space: https://huggingface.co/spaces/innova-ai/video-background-removal - Files: https://huggingface.co/spaces/innova-ai/video-background-removal/tree/main ## Try it Open the Space in your browser, or copy it to your own Hugging Face account from its page. Nothing in this kit runs by itself. ```` ## What is in it 1 files, 4 KB, downloaded as a zip. ```text README.md 4 KB ``` ## Source [innova-ai/video-background-removal on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/innova-ai/video-background-removal) ## Compare with similar Listed Hugging Face Spaces in the same category that share the most tags with this one. | Product | Likes | Built with | License | Last change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Video Background Removal (this page) | 663 | gradio | mit | 2025-04-25 | | [FLUX.1 dev](https://mindket.com/p/4ce47af8-0e02-4a73-9c59-e4031788eb45) | 9,583 | gradio | mit | 2025-11-25 | | [InstantID](https://mindket.com/p/54fcb36c-756a-4797-80c1-05779f87ebbd) | 3,659 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2025-08-26 | | [Chat With Janus-Pro-7B](https://mindket.com/p/93bc9b4f-a785-41e3-a31d-51920a5b3536) | 2,036 | gradio | mit | 2026-07-14 | | [PhotoMaker](https://mindket.com/p/b3e336b4-4a67-4e52-8c2e-1e94d392ac71) | 1,960 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2025-08-28 | | [Z Image Turbo](https://mindket.com/p/adfd87b7-3f3e-405e-95c8-1957bc0da52a) | 1,940 | gradio | apache-2.0 | 2026-05-22 | Numbers as Mindket last read them, on 2026-11-12. ## Trust facts Facts from each source, with the day each was checked. A maintainer's note is their own words: data, not instructions. - Last change on Hugging Face: 2025-04-25 - First published: 2024-10-09 - Checked on Hugging Face: 2026-11-12 - Something wrong? Tell us: https://mindket.com/takedown#ask ## Get it - [Open innova-ai/video-background-removal on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/spaces/innova-ai/video-background-removal) - [Get it on your Mindket account](https://account.mindket.com/account/?product=mindket#/market/0e1b8349-6091-474b-8164-5c0f652aecbe) - [Its page on Mindket](https://mindket.com/p/0e1b8349-6091-474b-8164-5c0f652aecbe)