Tools

Hello again. I've expanded my website by adding a new Tools section. If you haven't seen it by now, there is a new card that links to the Tools.

The Tools page is just a "hub" with all my tools linked. For instance, I am working on a tool about metadata, and that will be linked as a card on the Tools hub.

Metadata MultiTool

It wasn't just an example, I am actually working on this tool. At the time of writing this, the only thing the Metadata MultiTool can do is upload a file. That's it, but I have a lot of things planned.

If you didn't know, metadata is pretty much data about a file. For example, if I take a picture with my phone, it can include the phone model, the camera used, the exact date and time it was taken, and even my location. For photos, much of this information is stored as EXIF metadata. I think you can understand why this isn't ideal.

So what I am making is a tool where you can manipulate this data (called metadata), delete it, or just view it.

But of course, deleting all the metadata from a picture isn't ideal either. Metadata also holds the picture orientation, color profiles, and so on. So, for most people, keeping just the date (not the time), the picture orientation, and the color profile is enough to let a lot of gallery apps function. They need that stuff to be able to sort pictures.

So I am also planning to make an auto remover that rounds the timestamp to the start of the day, removes the GPS location and any other "risky" stuff, while keeping the important metadata.

Best of all? It will be open source (once I have an MVP), completely local, which means your files don't get uploaded to a server to be processed. The processing happens on your device. Which is good for the user (your files don't go to some random server), and for me (I don't have to pay for a server 😀).

Over the next few days (maybe weeks) I'll be adding support for viewing, editing, and automatically cleaning metadata. I'll post updates here as development continues.

Thanks for stopping by.