Rust EXIF Renamer

A simple cross-platform photo renamer and data editor. It renames JPEG files based on the DateTimeOriginal in their EXIF metadata, and viceversa.

It processes in parallel all files in the given folder. If anything fails, it prints an error message and continues with the next file.

It defaults into using the YYYYMMDD_hh24mmss pattern. Use the --pattern option to change it (but use 24h format).

Written in Rust.

Install

Binary

Download the binary from latest release and move to PATH.

cargo

cargo install exif_renamer

binstall

If you have binstall, you can get the binary and skip compilation.

cargo binstall exif_renamer

From source

Build and install to $HOME/.cargo/bin compiling from source:

cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/pirafrank/rust_exif_renamer --tag VERSION

Note: Replace VERSION with the desired version to install. Not specifying a tag will install from main branch. main branch should be stable, but it's unreleased software and may contain bugs or breaking changes. It should considered beta quality software.

Update

Download the new binary version and overwrite old one.

If you have installed via cargo, then re-run the cargo install command specifying the new tag.

Usage

Usage: exif_renamer.exe [OPTIONS] --path <PATH> <COMMAND>

Arguments:
  <COMMAND>
          Command to execute

          Possible values:
          - exif-to-filename: Rename files based on EXIF data
          - filename-to-exif: Update EXIF data based on filename

Options:
  -p, --path <PATH>
          Directory containing the images to process

  -P, --pattern <PATTERN>
          Date format pattern to parse from or set to filename

          [default: %Y%m%d_%H%M%S]

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

  -V, --version
          Print version

Examples

Use EXIF data to rename all JPEG files in some folder:

exif_renamer exif-to-filename --path somefolder

Use filename pattern to set DateTimeOriginal in EXIF data for all JPEG files in some folder:

exif_renamer filename-to-exif --path somefolder

To Do

0.1.0

• Rename files based on EXIF data

0.2.x

• Cross-platform support
• Reverse mode: set DateTimeOriginal based on filename
• Add --pattern option
• Improve help and version options
• Add colored output
• CI pipeline
• Release binaries via pipeline
• Unit tests

0.3.x

• TUI/GUI

Guarantee

This plugin is provided as is, without any guarantee. Use at your own risk.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.