Matte
A background-removal image API you host yourself on Laravel Cloud.
Matte is MIT licensed. Fork it and run it yourself for free, forever — or let Scalpels do the setup on your own Laravel Cloud account.
A background-removal API you own
Matte is a self-hosted background-removal service for applications that need image cut-outs without sending every file to a per-image SaaS.
Built for Laravel Cloud deployment
Matte follows the same fork-and-own-it model as the rest of Built for Cloud. You can fork the application, connect it to Laravel Cloud, and run the API on your own compute and object storage.
Async by default
Matte exposes a simple async flow: submit an image, poll the job, and fetch a transparent PNG when processing completes.
Laravel client included
The companion Laravel client package, artisan-build/matte-client, keeps integration small. Your app can call Matte from normal Laravel code while the service handles the image processing lifecycle.
How to run it yourself
You do not need Scalpels for any of this. Matte is MIT licensed and the repository is public — these are the steps, and you are welcome to do them by hand.
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Fork the Matte repository into your own GitHub organization.
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Deploy the fork to Laravel Cloud with compute and object storage for image jobs.
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Point your Laravel app at Matte with the artisan-build/matte-client package.
Or let Scalpels deploy Matte for you
Scalpels forks the repository into your GitHub, provisions exactly what the app needs on your own Laravel Cloud account, and deploys it. The app and the infrastructure are yours either way — the only question is who spends the afternoon.