the-adrianator/watermark-remover

Watermark Remover

Remove watermarks from images and videos using AI inpainting.

Features

• —Manual masking — Brush, Box, or Eraser tools
• —SAM ✦ — Click on the watermark, AI segments it precisely (Segment Anything Model)
• —Auto Detect — EasyOCR detects text watermarks automatically
• —Three inpainting engines:
• —OpenCV — instant, solid quality
• —LaMa — ML-based, better quality
• —Stable Diffusion — near-invisible results (~20s on GPU)
• —Before/After slider — drag to compare original vs result
• —Video support — Fast mode (stamp first frame) or Thorough (per-frame inpainting)
• —Audio preserved — original audio track remuxed into output

Local development

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install ffmpeg  # or: brew install ffmpeg
uvicorn app:app --port 8000
# → open http://localhost:8000

File storage

Uploads and results are stored in /tmp/wm_tool/ — cleaned up on OS restart.