libexif ☆

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Description:
EXIF parsing library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: exif metadata image c-library photography

Install: brew install libexif

About:
Libexif is an open-source C library designed for extracting and parsing data from EXIF image metadata tags. It provides a stable and lightweight API for developers to access information such as camera settings, timestamps, and GPS coordinates. This library is the foundation for many image viewers and organizers on Linux and other platforms.

Key Features:

C library for parsing EXIF tags
Supports all standard EXIF data fields
Platform-independent core
Command-line utility included for debugging

Use Cases:

Building image gallery applications that display camera metadata
Sanitizing or organizing photo collections based on date or camera model
Embedding EXIF data into image processing pipelines

Alternatives:

ExifTool – ExifTool is a Perl-based command-line application that supports reading and writing metadata in many formats, whereas Libexif is a C library focused strictly on reading EXIF data.

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