Extract the EXIF metadata embedded in photos: camera (make, model, lens, body serial), shot settings (shutter, aperture, ISO, focal length, program, exposure, flash), date and time, GPS coordinates with a map preview, and the SHA-256 fingerprint of the file as a forensic signature. You can load several images at once: each opens its own tab. Technical codes that are not human-readable (e.g. orientation, flash mode) are translated into plain language. Everything happens in the browser: the photos never leave the device.
Drop JPEG images into the drop zone or click to select them. You can load several at once: each photo opens its own tab labelled with the file name, switchable at the top.
For each photo the tags are grouped: camera and lens, shot settings, date and time, image and, if present, GPS location. Encoded technical values are translated into readable form.
If the photo carries GPS coordinates, you see latitude, longitude and a map link. At the top there is always the file SHA-256, the fingerprint that uniquely identifies that exact file.
If you are about to publish the photo and do not want to reveal place, gear or date, strip the EXIF first. Copy the JSON summary (EXIF + SHA-256) if you need it for documentation or chain of custody.
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a block of metadata that the camera or smartphone embeds into the JPEG file at capture time. It lives in an APP1 segment and uses the TIFF structure: a byte order, a series of Image File Directories (IFD) and, for each tag, an identifier, a type and a value. This tool reads the TIFF header and follows the pointers to the main IFD, the Exif IFD and the GPS IFD, decoding a wide set of tags.
Many EXIF values are numeric codes meaningless to a person: orientation is 1, 6 or 8, flash mode is a bit field, the exposure program is a number from 0 to 8. The tool applies conversion tables and shows the readable description next to the code: orientation 6 becomes rotated 90 degrees clockwise, flash 25 becomes fired in auto mode, and so on. The GPS data, stored in degrees, minutes and seconds, is converted to decimal coordinates with a map link: it is the most privacy-sensitive piece, because it reveals exactly where the photo was taken.
Beyond EXIF, a SHA-256 fingerprint is computed for each file, the cryptographic hash that uniquely identifies that exact file: two files with the same SHA-256 are identical bit for bit, and changing even one byte produces a completely different hash. It is the forensic signature used to attest the integrity and identity of an image in a chain of custody. Everything, EXIF reading and hashing, happens in the browser: the photos are never sent to a server, so you can analyse confidential images safely.
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Maurizio Fonte, senior IT consultant with 20+ years in PHP, Laravel, unmanaged Linux infrastructure, applied cybersecurity and AI/LLM integration. Production backends, legacy code modernization, security audits, custom AI agents and MCP servers: the work behind every tool published here.
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