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quickexif vs kamadak-exif vs exiftool-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
quickexif
growingv0.1.5
A rust library to parse EXIF data from images
56
kamadak-exif
growingv0.6.1
Exif parsing library written in pure Rust
47
exiftool-rs
experimentalv0.5.0
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)
Core Metrics
| quickexif | kamadak-exif | exiftool-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 56 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 32.5K | 10.0M | 433 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 604.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 6 | 1.2K | 0 |
| Releases | 14 | 19 | 13 |
| Last Updated | 875d ago | 565d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 3y 8m | 9y 4m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
quickexif
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
kamadak-exif
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
exiftool-rs
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| quickexif | kamadak-exif | exiftool-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.5 | 0.6.1 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | LGPL-2.1 | BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Dependencies | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 58KB | 1.8MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kamadak-exif is depended on by 1.2K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ quickexif, kamadak-exif have not been updated in over a year.