exiftool

Install command:
brew install exiftool

Perl lib for reading and writing EXIF metadata

https://exiftool.org

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

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.

Analytics:

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Installs9,33032,284141,056
Installs (--HEAD)1540211
Installs on Request9,25932,007139,264
Installs on Request (--HEAD)1540211
Build Errors56