ExifTool
Sign in to saveExifTool is a free and open source software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, video, and PDF metadata. As such, ExifTool classes as a tag editor. ExifTool can also be used as a metadata removal tool for supported file types, except for PDF, as old metadata is never actually deleted. (However, after running ExifTool the old metadata may be removed permanently using the "qpdf" utility) It is platform independent, available as both a Perl library (Image::ExifTool) and a command-line application.
Key facts
- Software.name
- ExifTool
- Software.logo
- ExifTool logo.svg
- Software.logo_class
- skin-invert
- Software.screenshot
- Exiftool-output.jpg
- Software.author
- Phil Harvey
- Software.programming language
- Perl
- Software.operating system
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Software.genre
- Tag editor
- Software.license
- GPLv1+ or Artistic License
- File format.name
- Meta Information Encapsulation
- File format.extension
- .mie
- File format.mime
- application/x-mie
- File format.owner
- Phil Harvey
- File format.latest release version
- 1.1
- File format.genre
- Metadata
- File format.container for
- any other file format
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Official website
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
A command-line application and Perl library for reading and writing EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, makernotes and other meta information in image, audio and video files. For Windows, MacOS, and Unix systems.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- exiftool.org
- Image
- ExifTool screenshot.png
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- source code repository URL
- git://github.com/exiftool/exiftool.git
- software version identifier
- 13.57
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Metainformation encapsulation
- Uses
- Supported file formats
- Reading support
- Edit support
- Creation support
- Supported JPEG metadata
- Programming libraries
- See also
- References
- External links
ExifTool is a free and open source software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, video, and PDF metadata. As such, ExifTool classes as a tag editor. ExifTool can also be used as a metadata removal tool for supported file types, except for PDF, as old metadata is never actually deleted. (However, after running ExifTool the old metadata may be removed permanently using the "qpdf" utility) It is platform independent, available as both a Perl library (Image::ExifTool) and a command-line application.
ExifTool supports many types of metadata including Exif, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, as well as the manufacturer-specific metadata formats of many digital cameras.