CLUSTER EXIF-METADATA-ANALYZING · 11 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-01-20
EXIF metadata tools
This cluster covers tools for reading, viewing, analyzing, and writing EXIF metadata from photos and videos, including a desktop forensics tool for batch extraction and timeline reconstruction. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as only two dated entries exist before the index start and several members are undated. Traction is led by Photo-Insight with 102 stars, while other members show negligible activity.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 ai-built · 8 unlabelled
Operator · 4 hobby · 3 open source · 4 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 11 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Photo-Insight101★1 molivehobbymacOS app that scans photo libraries locally to analyze EXIF, GPS, equipment, and shooting patterns, with customizable scan profiles for photographers.
- 02lib32-libraw0★1 moliveopen sourceLibrary that reads RAW photo formats from digital cameras for use by imaging applications.
- 03Metadata-Viewer0★26 days—hobbyNative macOS app for viewing and editing XMP, IPTC, EXIF, and GPS metadata in archival photographs and scanned images.
- 04exif4200★1 moliveopen sourceC++ library for reading EXIF metadata from image files.
- 05QuickPic-MetaExtract0★28 days—ai-builthobbyWeb tool that extracts photo metadata such as date, time, and GPS coordinates into an Excel file with embedded thumbnail previews.
- 06filmchronicles2★7 mostale—ai-builthobbyWeb app for film photographers to privately catalog photos with automatic EXIF extraction, film-recipe tagging, AI categorization, and selective sharing.
- 07python-geo-picture-tag-reader0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceReads and writes EXIF metadata from geolocated pictures for standardization.
- 08Refloow Geo Forensics0★unknownliveDesktop forensics tool that extracts EXIF metadata from batches of images and videos, maps locations, and reconstructs timelines of digital evidence.
- 09EXIF Data Extractor0★unknownliveai-builtWeb app that extracts metadata such as camera settings and location information from uploaded images.
- 10Photo Exif Viewer0★unknownliveWeb app that lets users upload photos and view EXIF metadata such as camera settings and date taken.
- 11ExifShot App0★unknownliveApp for viewing and analyzing EXIF metadata from photos.
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