Grounded SAM
Grounded SAM is a demo tool that finds and cuts out objects in images from text descriptions for developers and researchers.
What it is good for
- Finding and outlining objects in images by name
- Creating new image edits by replacing parts of a picture
- Generating labeled training data for image projects
- Editing images by speaking instructions
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- Grounding DINO, Segment Anything, Stable Diffusion, BLIP, Whisper, ChatGPT
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- Hugging Face likes
- 99
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Grounded SAM free?
- Yes. It is free and open source.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Grounded SAM?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Grounded SAM work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Grounding DINO, Segment Anything, Stable Diffusion, BLIP, Whisper, and ChatGPT.
- What is Grounded SAM good for?
- Finding and outlining objects in images by name, creating new image edits by replacing parts of a picture, generating labeled training data for image projects, and editing images by speaking instructions.
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