ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

ExifToolGUI is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is ExifTool, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ExifToolGUI and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ExifToolGUI are ImageFan Reloaded, Geotag, Exiv2 and Imagot.
ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

ImageFan Reloaded is a cross-platform, feature-rich, tab-based image viewer, supporting multi-core processing.




Geotag is an open source program that allows you match date/time information from photos with location information from a GPS unit or from a map

Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata. It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata of images in various formats. Exiv2 is available as free software and with a commercial license, and is used in many...


Imagot is an image viewer which aims to provide an open source alternative to Microsoft Photos or similar apps (and be multiplatform). It supports common image file types such as PNG, JPEG, SVG, etc.




Command line tool, not GUI