---
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- mlx
- u2-net
- background-removal
- image-segmentation
- apple-silicon
platform: mlx
pipeline_tag: image-segmentation
---


# U2-Net (MLX Format)
This is a converted version of [U-2-Net](https://github.com/xuebinqin/U-2-Net) for macOS, optimized for Apple Silicon using the [MLX framework](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx).
It enables efficient background removal on macOS GPU/ANE without heavy PyTorch dependencies.