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sylikc

pyexiftool

PyExifTool (active PyPI project) - A Python library to communicate with an instance of Phil Harvey's ExifTool command-line application. Runs one process with special -stay_open flag, and pipes data to/from. Much more efficient than running a subprocess for each command!
PyPI GitHub
Downloads
Day
9.3K
Week
52.9K
Month
185.0K
Stars
197
Forks
24
Issues
20
Version
0.5.6

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
30
Popularity
46
Adoption
92
Community
25
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
917 days ago
Monthly downloads
185,023
Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
• At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
185,023
Stars
197
Stars per 1k downloads
1.06
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
• Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
7,553
Month daily avg
6,167
Momentum
+22.5%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
>=3.6
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
• Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
License categories
License
GPLv3+/BSD
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
943 days ago
Total releases
14
Releases/year
1.9
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
• Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
1
Monthly downloads
185,023
• High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
47
 
Issue Burden
101.5
per 1k stars
Discussions
111.7
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
4.2%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Overwhelmed
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 3.2K
Windows 212
macOS 100

Python Versions

3.12
50.9% 1.6K
3.11
18.4% 568
3.13
13.7% 424
3.10
9.4% 289
3.14
7.6% 235

Top Countries

1. US US
2.3K
2. JP JP
415
3. DE DE
81
4. GB GB
71
5. RU RU
71
6. AU AU
59
7. RO RO
59
8. PL PL
57
9. EE EE
34
10. FR FR
32

Package Information

License
GPLv3+/BSD
First Release
January 22, 2019
Last Release
2 years ago
Last Commit
2 years ago
Latest Version
0.5.6
Total Releases
14
Contributors
1
Open PRs
6
Archived
No
Author
Kevin M (sylikc), Sven Marnach, various contributors
Python Versions
3 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9
Wheels
py3
Keywords
exiftool image exif metadata photo video photography
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 17, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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