Exiftool MCP Server

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Exiftool runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 88 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Oct 2025.

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

Installs per day peak 66 · avg 17 · -44% w/w

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Installs / week

pypi · exiftool-mcp

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0 open issues

2 Oct 2025

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Exiftool every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add exiftool -- uvx exiftool-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.exiftool]
command = "uvx"
args = ["exiftool-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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Exiftool — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Exiftool?

Exiftool runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package exiftool-mcp was installed 88 times last week.

How do I connect Exiftool?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls exiftool-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Exiftool?

The pypi package exiftool-mcp was installed 88 times in the last week. Week over week that is -44%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Exiftool open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.