Exiftool

Name: Exiftool
Author: joshmsimpson

by joshmsimpsonversion 0.1.6i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.joshmsimpson/exiftool

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Read, write, and remove metadata from 150+ file formats using ExifTool

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
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Before you install

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You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

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Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exiftool": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "exiftool-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add exiftool -- uvx exiftool-mcp

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Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exiftool": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "exiftool-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "exiftool": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "exiftool-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

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Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.6) reached the registry 13 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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MCP ExifTool Server

mcp-name: io.github.joshmsimpson/exiftool

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to ExifTool for reading, writing, and removing metadata from a wide range of file types.

Features

Read metadata from over 150 file formats
Write metadata to files with automatic backup creation
Remove metadata selectively or completely from files
Extract specific tags or retrieve all available metadata
Support for multiple metadata standards: EXIF, IPTC, XMP, GPS, and manufacturer-specific formats

Supported File Formats

Image Formats:

RAW Camera Formats: ARW, CR2, CR3, CRW, DNG, ERF, FFF, GPR, IIQ, K25, KDC, MEF, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, RWL, SR2, SRF, SRW, X3F
Raster Images: BMP, FLIF, GIF, HDR, HEIC, HEIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JXL, JXR, PCX, PGF, PNG, PPM, TIFF, WebP
Specialized Images: AVIF, BPG, DPX, EXR, FITS, FLIR, FPX, ICO, LFP, MIFF, PSD, PSP, QTIF, SVG

Video Formats:

Containers: 3GP, AVI, F4V, FLV, GLV, M2TS, MOV, MP4, MKV, MPEG, R3D, VOB, WebM, WTV
Other Video: DV, DVR-MS, INSV, LRV, MQV

Audio Formats:

Lossless: AIFF, FLAC, LA, OFR, PAC, WAV, WV
Lossy: AAC, APE, DSF, M4A, MP3, MPC, OGG, OPUS, RA, WMA

Document Formats:

Office: DOC, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, XLS, KEY, NUMBERS, PAGES
Other Documents: PDF, EPS, RTF, TXT, XML, JSON
eBooks: EPUB, MOBI, AZW

Archive Formats:

7z, GZ, RAR, ZIP

Other Formats:

Fonts: AFM, OTF, PFA, TTF
And many more specialized formats

Prerequisites

ExifTool must be installed on your system. This MCP server is a wrapper that calls the ExifTool command-line tool.

Installing ExifTool

macOS:

brew install exiftool

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl

Windows: Download from https://exiftool.org/

Verify installation:

exiftool -ver

Installation

pip install exiftool-mcp

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "exiftool": { "command": "exiftool-mcp" } } }

With Other MCP Clients

The server communicates via stdio and follows the Model Context Protocol specification.

Available Tools

`read_metadata`

Read metadata from a file using ExifTool.

Parameters:

file_path (required): Path to the file (absolute or relative)
tags (optional): Array of specific metadata tags to extract (e.g., ["DateTimeOriginal", "Make", "Model"])

Example:

"file_path": "/path/to/image.jpg", "tags": ["DateTimeOriginal", "Make", "Model", "GPSLatitude", "GPSLongitude"] }

`write_metadata`

Write or update metadata tags in a file using ExifTool. Creates a backup by default.

Parameters:

file_path (required): Path to the file (absolute or relative)
tags (required): Dictionary of metadata tags to write (e.g., {"Artist": "John Doe", "Copyright": "2025"})
overwrite_original (optional): If true, overwrites the original file without creating a backup. Default is false.

Example:

"file_path": "/path/to/image.jpg", "tags": { "Artist": "John Doe", "Copyright": "2025", "Comment": "Beautiful sunset" }, "overwrite_original": false }

`remove_metadata`

Remove metadata from a file using ExifTool. Can remove all metadata or specific tags.

Parameters:

file_path (required): Path to the file (absolute or relative)
tags (optional): Array of specific metadata tags to remove (e.g., ["GPS*", "Comment"]). If not specified, all metadata is removed.
overwrite_original (optional): If true, overwrites the original file without creating a backup. Default is false.

Example:

"file_path": "/path/to/image.jpg", "tags": ["GPS*", "Location*"], "overwrite_original": false }

`list_supported_formats`

List all file formats supported by ExifTool.

Parameters: None

Examples

Reading all metadata from an image

Use the read_metadata tool with file_path: "photo.jpg"

Reading specific EXIF tags

Use the read_metadata tool with:

file_path: "photo.jpg"
tags: ["DateTimeOriginal", "Make", "Model", "LensModel"]

Writing metadata to a file

Use the write_metadata tool with:

file_path: "photo.jpg"

Removing GPS data from a photo

Use the remove_metadata tool with:

file_path: "photo.jpg"
tags: ["GPS*"]

Removing all metadata from a file

Use the remove_metadata tool with:

file_path: "photo.jpg"

(no tags specified removes all metadata)

Checking supported formats

Use the list_supported_formats tool

Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/joshmsimpson/exiftool_mcp.git

cd exiftool_mcp pip install -e .

Running locally

python -m exiftool_mcp.server

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Exiftool

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

dotnet-mcp

README from the maker

MCP ExifTool Server

Features

Supported File Formats

Prerequisites

Installing ExifTool

Installation

Usage

With Claude Desktop

With Other MCP Clients

Available Tools

read_metadata

write_metadata

remove_metadata

list_supported_formats

Examples

Reading all metadata from an image

Reading specific EXIF tags

Writing metadata to a file

Removing GPS data from a photo

Removing all metadata from a file

Checking supported formats

Development

Setup

Running locally

License

Contributing

Links

`read_metadata`

`write_metadata`

`remove_metadata`

`list_supported_formats`