# Install exif with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, winget, zypper Read, write, modify, and display EXIF data on the command-line. Version 0.6.22 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:exif ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install exif ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install exif ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/exif/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install exif ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: exif from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install exif ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: exif from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#exif ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exif/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install exif ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: exif from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id OliverBetz.ExifTool -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: OliverBetz.ExifTool from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:exif - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.22 - **Source summary:** Read, write, modify, and display EXIF data on the command-line - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - exif (cli) - exif (alias) ## Dependencies - libexif - popt ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.6.22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/libexif/exif - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage exif is the small command-line interface to libexif, the portable C library for reading and writing EXIF metadata in image files. ### Project history The libexif project maintains several related packages: libexif itself, exif as the simple command-line interface, GUI components, and a regression test suite. The exif README describes the tool as a small utility written to demonstrate libexif's ability to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files. The project lived historically on SourceForge and moved its active source-code home to GitHub in 2017. Since then, the libexif homepage has continued to track both library and exif command-line releases, including security, stability, and bugfix updates. ### Adoption history The libexif project explicitly notes that it supplies source code while operating-system and package maintainers provide binaries. It points Linux and macOS users toward distribution package tools and package ecosystems such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Conan, and Conda-forge. ### How it is used exif is used when a user wants a compact C-based command-line reader for EXIF data in JPEG files. It is less expansive than ExifTool, but it is useful for scripts and systems that already depend on libexif. ### Why package nerds care The package matters because it exposes libexif directly as a small Unix-style executable. It is a practical metadata inspection tool and a smoke test for the underlying library package. ### Timeline - 2007: libexif 0.6.16 security release is listed in project news. - 2017: The libexif project moves to GitHub. - 2020: exif 0.6.22 stability and bugfix release is announced. - 2026: libexif 0.6.26 security release is announced. ### Related projects - exif is part of the libexif family alongside libexif, libexif-gtk, gexif, and libexif-testsuite. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** exif - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - exif - 0.6.22-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: exif from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command-line utility to show EXIF information in JPEG files | https://libexif.github.io/ - Nix - exif: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exif/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - exif - 0.6.22-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: exif from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command-line utility to show EXIF information in JPEG files | https://libexif.github.io/ - dnf - exif - 0.6.22-13.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: exif from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files | http://libexif.sourceforge.net/ - zypper - exif - 0.6.22-3.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: exif from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Small Command Line Utility to Show and Change EXIF Information in JPEG Files | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libexif - MacPorts - exif: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/exif/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - OliverBetz.ExifTool: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: OliverBetz.ExifTool from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [exiftool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/exiftool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, exif, image-metadata, media, metadata. - [exempi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/exempi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-metadata, media, metadata. - [exiftags](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/exiftags/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, exif, media, metadata. - [exiv2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/exiv2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, exif, media, metadata. - [jhead](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jhead/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, exif, media, metadata. - [libiptcdata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libiptcdata/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, image-metadata, media, metadata. - [avimetaedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avimetaedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, metadata. - [bwfmetaedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwfmetaedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, metadata. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/exif.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/exif.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph