Metadata Extraction Python Packages

htmldate

Fast and robust date extraction from web pages, with Python or on the command-line

kreuzberg

A polyglot document intelligence framework with a Rust core. Extract text, metadata, images, and structured information from PDFs, Office documents, images, and 97+ formats. Available for Rust, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, PHP, Elixir, C#, R, C, TypeScript (Node/Bun/Wasm/Deno)- or use via CLI, REST API, or MCP server.

file-observer

Deterministic file observation for pipelines — one read-only pass over a directory emits a reproducible JSON manifest of every file's type, metadata, structure, and provenance.

datannurpy

Python toolkit to scan files and databases into ready-to-use datannur catalogs

wavinfo

Probe WAVE Files for all metadata

aiu

A library for interacting with web archive collections at Archive-It, Trove, Pandora, and more.

pymage-size

A utility package for getting image dimensions without loading files into memory. No dependencies!

photomapai

A modern image browser and search tool that uses AI to generate a "semantic map" of your collection.

ruminant

Recursive metadata extraction tool

tern

Tern is a software composition analysis tool and Python library that generates a Software Bill of Materials for container images and Dockerfiles. The SBOM that Tern generates will give you a layer-by-layer view of what's inside your container in a variety of formats including human-readable, JSON, HTML, SPDX and more.

metaspector

Python library to inspect and export metadata from MP4/M4V/M4A, MP3 and FLAC media files.

revision-analyser

Extracts and analyzes Word document revision history (insertions, deletions, moves) to detect editing patterns like paste bursts, author contributions, and thrashing behavior from Track Changes metadata.

metabeam

Metadata extraction for any file type: detect MIME from magic bytes, read EXIF/GPS, image/audio/video tags, PDF info, archive contents, hashes, and entropy.

namingpaper

A CLI tool that renames academic PDF papers using AI-extracted metadata

sitemap2atom

Convert any site's sitemap into an Atom feed for editorial and agent pipelines

xberg

A polyglot document intelligence framework with a Rust core. Extract text, metadata, images, and structured information from PDFs, Office documents, images, and 97+ formats. Available for Rust, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, PHP, Elixir, C#, R, C, TypeScript (Node/Bun/Wasm/Deno)- or use via CLI, REST API, or MCP server.

infomedia

Python application that can be used to retrieve media file information such as duration, frame rate, bit rate, etc..

gimie

Extract structured metadata from git repositories.

sd-parsers

A Python library to read metadata from images created by Stable Diffusion.

metadata-guardian

MetadataGuardian is used to protect data by searching the source metadata.

dateframe

DateFrame organizes photo and video libraries around their capture date. It can rename media, repair date metadata, import from iCloud Photos on Windows, keep supported sidecars and Apple Live Photo pairs together, and resume long operations from detailed logs.

traktor-nowplaying

A cross-platform library and command-line tool that extracts the currently playing track in Traktor and optionally outputs to a file with configurable formatting.

music-metadata-extractor

Extract song metadata from YouTube links with Spotify API

tikara

The metadata and text content extractor for almost every file type.