Migrate to candle

[zhongwei]

[nusu-github]

Thank you for the suggestion. Since the title is simply “Migrate to candle,” I’ll respond based on that interpretation.

The main goal of this project is to port BiRefNet from PyTorch to burn; porting to burn is the purpose of this project, while migrating to candle would constitute a different project entirely.

Additionally, if migrating to candle is indeed the suggestion, there are some challenges, such as the absence of deform_conv2d in candle. I don’t fully understand the inner workings of deform_conv2d myself, so unless this function is implemented in candle or a related project, porting BiRefNet would be challenging.

I’m also currently a university student in Japan, and from November to March, my time will be limited due to job hunting.

While I might be interested in this as a future challenge, it’s not a priority right now. That said, if you’re taking on this challenge, I fully support you and wish you success!