jhead ☆

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Description:
Extract Digicam setting info from EXIF JPEG headers

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: exif photography jpeg metadata cli

Install: brew install jhead

About:
Jhead is a command-line utility designed to parse and extract Exif metadata from JPEG images. It can display camera settings like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and serial numbers. Additionally, it provides functionality to manipulate Exif headers, such as rotating images or removing thumbnails.

Key Features:

Extracts Exif metadata from JPEG files
Displays camera settings and shooting conditions
Rotates lossless JPEG images based on orientation tag
Can strip thumbnails and comments from images

Use Cases:

Auditing camera settings for a batch of photos
Correcting image orientation without re-encoding
Sanitizing image metadata for privacy before sharing

Alternatives:

exiftool – Exiftool supports more formats and extensive editing, while jhead is specialized for JPEG/Exif and faster for specific tasks.
imagemagick – ImageMagick is a broad image processing suite, whereas jhead is lightweight and focused solely on Exif metadata.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 12, 2025 12:23pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	73d19782
Sep 14, 2024 9:26am		0	VERSION_BUMP	612e2b97