libextractor ☆

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Description:
Library to extract meta data from files

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: metadata extraction library multimedia indexing

Install: brew install libextractor

About:
Libextractor is a library used to extract metadata from files. It supports a wide variety of file formats and is designed to be lightweight and efficient. This makes it ideal for indexing content or displaying file information in file managers.

Key Features:

Supports many file formats (audio, video, image, document)
Lightweight library design for easy integration
Command-line tool included for quick extraction
Plugin-based architecture for extensibility

Use Cases:

Indexing files for desktop search engines
Displaying metadata in file manager properties dialogs
Automated media library cataloging

Alternatives:

exiftool – Exiftool is a Perl library and command-line tool for reading and writing meta information, often supporting more specific tags than Libextractor.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 11:14am		0	VERSION_BUMP	4040645b