# Exif Viewer

> Displays the Exif and IPTC data in local and remote JPEG images.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/exif-viewer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/exif-viewer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `exif-viewer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alan Raskin
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 12,770
- **Weekly downloads:** 68
- **Rating:** 3.24 / 5 (49 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.7.6resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2006-11-17
- **Size:** 176 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/exif-viewer/)
- **Website:** [http://araskin.webs.com/exif/exif.html](http://araskin.webs.com/exif/exif.html)

## Description

Exif Viewer is a powerful Chrome extension designed to extract and display metadata embedded within JPEG images. It supports Exif (Exchangeable Image File) data and multiple IPTC standards including IPTC-NAA/IIM and IPTC Core (Adobe XMP).

With Exif Viewer, users can effortlessly access metadata stored by digital still cameras in both local and remote JPEG images directly from their browser. This tool is perfect for photographers, editors, and anyone interested in image metadata analysis.

## Rankings

- #668 — Overall
- #109 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #4 — viewer
- #32 — associate
- #80 — display
- #118 — platform

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension website URL may be invalid

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Easy to use and extremely useful
- Works well to display detailed info about image metadata
- Does exactly what it says

### Cons

- Does not display EXIF information for local images or web images
- Issues with compatibility on various Firefox versions
- Suspicious permissions required for functionality

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/exif-viewer)