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exif-ai vs exiftool vs rexif
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
exif-ai
experimentalv0.2.2
AI-powered EXIF metadata writer — generate SEO titles, descriptions, tags, GPS, and subject data for images
53
exiftool
growingv0.3.1
A Rust wrapper for ExifTool.
50
rexif
growingv0.7.5
RExif is a native Rust crate, written to extract EXIF data from JPEG and TIFF images.
Core Metrics
| exif-ai | exiftool | rexif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 53 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 91 | 7.8K | 9.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 83.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 30 | 188 |
| Releases | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 45d ago | 157d ago | 588d ago |
| Age | 5m | 1y 3m | 10y 8m |
Health Breakdown
exif-ai
Maintenance
15
Quality
9
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
exiftool
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
rexif
Maintenance
4
Quality
9
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| exif-ai | exiftool | rexif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.3.1 | 0.7.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 27 | 11 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 3.5MB | 34KB | 23KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •exiftool leads with a health score of 53/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rexif has the most downloads (9.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •rexif is depended on by 188 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ rexif has not been updated in over a year.