exiftool
brew install exiftoolPerl lib for reading and writing EXIF metadata
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/exiftool.json
Formula code: exiftool.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 13.55 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| brotli | 1.2.1 | Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google |
| xz | 5.8.4 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
Uses from macOS: perl
Binaries:
exiftool
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 73,281 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 2,064,274 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 8,546 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.6× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:52:35Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 8,524 | 28,601 | 141,373 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 22 | 49 | 220 |
| Installs on Request | 8,470 | 28,385 | 139,638 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 22 | 49 | 220 |
| Build Errors | 25 |
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| CVE-2020-8927 (medium) | |
| CVE-2024-39689 (high) | Certifi removes GLOBALTRUST root certificate |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns exiftool for a live check.