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exif-cleaner-gui vs exiftool vs little_exif
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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exif-cleaner-gui
growingv0.2.4
A graphical EXIF data cleaner using gtk3
54
exiftool
growingv0.3.1
A Rust wrapper for ExifTool.
48
little_exif
growingv0.6.23
The only pure Rust crate with true read *and* write support for EXIF data, available for PNG, JP(E)G, HEIF/HEIC/HIF/AVIF, JXL, TIFF, WebP - and soon even more!
Core Metrics
| exif-cleaner-gui | exiftool | little_exif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 54 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 9.0K | 7.3K | 193.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 40.4K |
| Dependents | 0 | 24 | 42 |
| Releases | 10 | 11 | 54 |
| Last Updated | 423d ago | 108d ago | 132d ago |
| Age | 1y 7m | 1y 1m | 3y 7m |
Health Breakdown
exif-cleaner-gui
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
exiftool
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
little_exif
Maintenance
13
Quality
8
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| exif-cleaner-gui | exiftool | little_exif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.4 | 0.3.1 | 0.6.23 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 156KB | 34KB | 85KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.65 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •exiftool leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •little_exif has the most downloads (193.9K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ exif-cleaner-gui has not been updated in over a year.