Decision Workspace
little_exif vs revolt_little_exif vs exiftool
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
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!
39
revolt_little_exif
growingv0.5.1
(fork which includes support for passing filetype directly) Basic reading and writing of EXIF (related) metadata for PNG, JP(E)G, JXL and WebP image files (other file types - e.g. TIFF or HEIC - are planned), with the advantage of being solely written in Rust & not relying on any 3rd party non-rust library.
56
exiftool
experimentalv0.3.1
A Rust wrapper for ExifTool.
Core Metrics
| little_exif | revolt_little_exif | exiftool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 39 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 120.0K | 2.0K | 6.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 27.9K | 4 | 372 |
| Dependents | 37 | 0 | 20 |
| Releases | 54 | 2 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 73d ago | 515d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 3y 5m | 1y 6m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
little_exif
Maintenance
15
Quality
8
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
revolt_little_exif
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
exiftool
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| little_exif | revolt_little_exif | exiftool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.23 | 0.5.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 85KB | 109KB | 34KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.65 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •exiftool leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •little_exif has the most downloads (120.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ revolt_little_exif has not been updated in over a year.