25 open-source Camera RAW & Video Metadata projects

Camera RAW & Video Metadata (File Formats): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.

1. ExifTool★ 5,213 · active · Perl

   Metadata reader/writer with extensive reverse-engineered camera maker notes

2. LibRaw★ 1,613 · active · C++

   Library for decoding RAW files from hundreds of digital camera models

3. Exiv2★ 1,168 · active · C++

   C++ image metadata library including proprietary maker note decoding

4. dnglab★ 704 · active · Rust

   Converts camera RAW files to DNG with its own reverse-engineered decoders (Rust)

5. rawspeed★ 461 · active · C++

   Fast camera RAW decoding library used by darktable

6. MLV-App★ 352 · active · C++

   Processing app for Magic Lantern MLV raw video files

7. canon_cr3★ 330 · active · Python

   Reverse-engineered description of the Canon CR3 RAW file format

8. gopro-utils★ 255 · slowing · Go

   Tools to parse GPMF metadata from GoPro cameras

9. dji-log-parser★ 124 · slowing · Rust

   Rust library that parses records from DJI flight log .txt files

10. thermal_parser★ 106 · slowing · Python

    Parser for FLIR and DJI infrared camera radiometric image data

11. x3f tools★ 103 · slowing · C

    Tools for decoding Sigma/Foveon X3F RAW files

12. libcraw2★ 102 · dormant · C

    Minimal library that decodes Canon CR2 RAW files, with format notes

13. pyavb★ 77 · slowing · Python

    Reads and writes Avid Media Composer bin (.avb) files

14. DJI_SRT_Parser★ 55 · slowing · JavaScript

    Parses telemetry from DJI drone SRT metadata files

15. xavc_rtmd2srt★ 48 · dormant · Python

    Extracts real-time metadata and GPS tracks from Sony XAVC video files

16. DatCon★ 32 · dormant · Java

    Converts DJI drone .DAT flight logs to CSV and KML

17. blackclue★ 18 · slowing · Python

    Extracts GPS and accelerometer data from BlackVue dashcam MP4 recordings

18. djiLogParser★ 18 · dormant · Python

    Python parser for DJI drone flight logs

19. nikon-flexible-color-picture-control★ 18 · active · TypeScript

    Reads and writes Nikon Flexible Color Picture Control (NP3) files

20. flighttrack★ 14 · dormant · JavaScript

    Simple viewer for DJI flight logs

21. quicklook_d411★ 4 · dormant · Objective-C

    QuickLook plugin that previews Sony Mavica .411 thumbnail images

22. insvtool★ 1 · active · Python

    Dumps metadata from Insta360 .insv video files

23. mavica_411_decoder★ 1 · slowing · Rust

    Decodes Sony Mavica floppy-camera .411 thumbnail images

24. dcraw★ 0

    Decoder for raw photos from hundreds of digital cameras

25. libopenraw★ 0

    Library for decoding camera RAW files