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Removes metadata for the most popular image and video formats. It also supports PDF files and comes with batch-processing to process multiple files at once. Drag and Drop interface, easy to use.
Reviewed by Marco Wollank
ExifCleaner
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Threat level
Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
The format coverage is the standout: images, video, and PDF, with batch drag-and-drop that makes stripping metadata off a whole folder painless. That breadth is exactly why it’s a better default than single-format tools when you’re cleaning before publishing. The catch is it’s desktop-only, so it does nothing for the photos you share straight from your phone. For a laptop-based publishing workflow it’s the easy recommendation.
GitHub at a glance
szTheory/exifcleaner MIT concurrencydark-modedesktop-appelectronexifexiftoolguiimageimage-processingjavascriptlinuxmacosnodejsopen-sourceparallelpdfprivacysecurityvideowindows
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Last commit
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Latest release
v4.7.0
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Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
340 commits, active 8 of 26 weeks
21 contributors since Dec 2019
Languages
- TypeScript 82.7%
- JavaScript 14.8%
- CSS 1.5%
- Other 1%
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Website at a glance
exifcleaner.com
C score 50
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ExifCleaner license, in plain English
MIT Permissive
Do almost anything: use, change, and ship it, even inside closed-source products. The only condition is keeping the copyright notice.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.
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