# Install exiftags with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix

Utility to read EXIF tags from a digital camera JPEG file. Version 1.01 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install exiftags.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:exiftags
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install exiftags
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install exiftags
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/exiftags/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install exiftags
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: exiftags from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#exiftags
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exiftags/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:exiftags
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.01
- **Source summary:** Utility to read EXIF tags from a digital camera JPEG file
- **Homepage:** <https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- exifcom (alias)
- exiftags (alias)
- exiftime (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.01
## Project history and usage

exiftags is a compact JPEG EXIF inspection utility with companion tools for EXIF comments and image timestamps.

### Project history

Eric Johnston originally wrote exiftags to support his photoweb script. The project page lists version 1.01 as the current release, under a BSD license, with source, RPM, Windows, FreeBSD, Debian, and other package links.

### Adoption history

The project is niche, but its homepage documents the kind of adoption common to early photo-management tools: ports and packages, Windows binaries, and a list of other small applications that used exiftags for gallery generation, thumbnailing, viewing, and EXIF access.

### How it is used

exiftags reads JPEG APP1 EXIF metadata from a file or standard input and prints properties to standard output. exifcom reads or writes UserComment metadata, while exiftime displays, adjusts, and sorts by EXIF date and time tags.

### Why package nerds care

For package collectors, exiftags is a snapshot of the pre-smartphone digital-camera era: a tiny C-style utility focused on JPEG camera metadata, maker notes, captions, and timestamp repair.

### Timeline

- 1.01: The project page lists exiftags 1.01 as the current version.
- 2007: The project page was last modified with version 1.01 and package links.

### Related projects

- exiftags ships with exifcom and exiftime, and was originally written for the author's photoweb script.

### Sources

- <https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - exiftags - 1.01-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: exiftags from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | utility to read Exif tags from a digital camera JPEG file | https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/
- Nix - exiftags: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exiftags/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - exiftags - 1.01-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: exiftags from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | utility to read Exif tags from a digital camera JPEG file | https://johnst.org/sw/exiftags/
- MacPorts - exiftags: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/exiftags/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/exiftags.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/exiftags.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph