Decision Workspace
kamadak-exif vs exiftool-rs vs quickexif
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
kamadak-exif
growingv0.6.1
Exif parsing library written in pure Rust
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)
44
quickexif
growingv0.1.5
A rust library to parse EXIF data from images
Core Metrics
| kamadak-exif | exiftool-rs | quickexif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 52 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 8.7M | 121 | 31.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 904.9K | 121 | 399 |
| Dependents | 1.0K | 0 | 6 |
| Releases | 19 | 10 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 506d ago | 3d ago | 816d ago |
| Age | 9y 2m | 8d | 3y 6m |
Health Breakdown
kamadak-exif
Maintenance
5
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
exiftool-rs
Maintenance
17
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
quickexif
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| kamadak-exif | exiftool-rs | quickexif | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0-or-later | LGPL-2.1 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 58KB | 1.7MB | 20KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | 1.71 | — |
| 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, quickexif have not been updated in over a year.