🧽 EraseMateAI - AI Powered Background Remover

EraseMateAI is a blazing-fast, AI-powered background remover that helps users instantly erase backgrounds from images using the Clipdrop API. No complicated tools — just upload your image and get a clean result! 🪄

🧾 Users can purchase credits using Razorpay to download high-resolution results, and authentication is securely handled by Clerk.

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🚀 Features

• 🎯 AI Background Removal with Clipdrop API
• 🔐 User Authentication using Clerk
• 💳 Secure Payments via Razorpay
• 📦 Credit-Based System to manage downloads
• 🌐 Full Stack MERN Application
• 🖼️ Clean UI with responsive design
• ⏱️ Fast results with minimal latency

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, TailwindCSS (optional)
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Auth: Clerk
• Payments: Razorpay
• AI API: Clipdrop API
• Hosting: Vercel / Render / Railway / Your choice

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🧑‍💻 How It Works

1. 🔐 Sign up or log in via Clerk
2. 🖼️ Upload your image
3. 🤖 Our AI removes the background instantly
4. 💳 Purchase credits via Razorpay
5. ⬇️ Download high-quality, background-free images

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🧰 Getting Started (Local Setup)

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/erasemateai.git
cd erasemateai

# 2. Install dependencies
npm install

# 3. Set up environment variables
cp .env.example .env

# 4. Run the app
npm run dev
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🗝️ env setup

CLIPDROP_API_KEY=your_clipdrop_key
CLERK_SECRET_KEY=your_clerk_key
RAZORPAY_KEY_ID=your_razorpay_key
RAZORPAY_KEY_SECRET=your_razorpay_secret
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_uri

🗂️ Project Structure

/client     -> React frontend
/server     -> Node + Express backend
.env.example
README.md