Kleaner is a graphical utility for stripping embedded metadata from image files before they are shared, uploaded or archived. This can help prevent irrelevant descriptive, camera or other embedded information from accompanying an image.
The application uses a compact KDE Kirigami interface organised around a file list and predefined cleaning templates. Individual entries can be removed before processing, while custom user templates are currently marked as work in progress.
Internally, Kleaner is built with Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks components including Kirigami and KExiv2. The source combines C++17 with QML, and the application is distributed through Flathub.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Removes EXIF metadata.
- Clears IPTC metadata.
- Strips XMP metadata.
- Removes embedded image comments.
- Processes multiple files in one operation.
- Filters files that cannot be handled by the selected metadata operation.
- Reports metadata loading and saving failures.
- Checks whether metadata can be written before accepting input files.
Website: github.com/najepaliya/kleaner
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Developer: Neel Jepaliya
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Kleaner is written in C++ and QML. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Photo Metadata Editors | |
|---|---|
| Photini | Easy to use digital photograph metadata editor |
| ExifTool | CLI application and library for reading and writing meta information |
| Exiv2 | C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata |
| digiKam | Provides tools for viewing and editing metadata |
| jExifToolGUI | Graphical frontend to ExifTool |
| Jhead | Exif Jpeg header manipulation tool |
| Scramble | Privacy-focused image metadata removal tool |
| Phatch | Simple to use cross-platform GUI photo batch processor |
| mat2 | Remove metadata from files to improve privacy |
| Metadata Cleaner | Inspect and remove metadata from files |
| Kleaner | Clean metadata from images with a simple graphical interface |
| Metamorphosis | Inspect and change embedded metadata |
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