Exiftool MCP Server

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Exiftool runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 137 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Oct 2025.

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

No commits for 13 months.

Installs per day peak 60 · avg 22 · +6% w/w

a month agotoday

137

Installs / week

pypi · exiftool-mcp

Stars

0 open issues

2 Oct 2025

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

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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 137 times last week.

Is Exiftool still maintained?

No commits for 13 months. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

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 in the form 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 137 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6%. 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.