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exiftool-rs vs kamadak-exif vs gexiv2-sys
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
52
exiftool-rs
experimentalv0.4.2
Read, write, and edit metadata in 93 file formats — a pure Rust reimplementation of ExifTool 13.53 with 100% tag name parity (194/194 test files)
57
kamadak-exif
growingv0.6.1
Exif parsing library written in pure Rust
55
gexiv2-sys
growingv1.4.0
This crate provides Rust FFI declarations for the gexiv2 library, which is a GObject-based wrapper around Exiv2, which provides read and write access to the Exif, XMP, and IPTC metadata in media files. Only FFI declarations are provided here; for a usable Rust library, consider the `rexiv2` crate.
Core Metrics
| exiftool-rs | kamadak-exif | gexiv2-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 52 | 57 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 121 | 8.7M | 102.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 121 | 904.9K | 2.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.0K | 18 |
| Releases | 10 | 19 | 18 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 506d ago | 1173d ago |
| Age | 8d | 9y 2m | 11y |
Health Breakdown
exiftool-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
kamadak-exif
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
gexiv2-sys
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| exiftool-rs | kamadak-exif | gexiv2-sys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 0.6.1 | 1.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0+ |
| Dependencies | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 1.7MB | 58KB | 23KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.63 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kamadak-exif leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kamadak-exif is depended on by 1.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kamadak-exif, gexiv2-sys have not been updated in over a year.
- •exiftool-rs, kamadak-exif are pre-1.0 — API may change.