MetaBurn

Strip EXIF, GPS, and device metadata from photos and videos — locally on macOS.

Drag files in. MetaBurn writes cleaned copies to ~/Desktop/metaburn (Photos / Videos). Originals stay untouched. Optional mute removes video audio. What’s visible in the frame is not altered.

↓ Download MetaBurn.dmg · All releases

Features

• Local-first privacy — metadata stays on your Mac; nothing is uploaded
• Drag-and-drop — drop photos/videos onto the window
• Safe by default — writes cleaned copies; originals never overwritten
• EXIF / GPS / device tags — stripped natively (ImageIO for photos, AVFoundation for videos)
• Optional video mute — omit audio tracks from cleaned video copies (no quality re-encode when passthrough works)
• Apple Silicon native — Swift / SwiftUI · no Homebrew tools required

Install

1. Download MetaBurn.dmg
2. Open the DMG and drag MetaBurn.app to /Applications
3. First launch — right-click → Open (ad-hoc signed build)

Requires macOS on Apple Silicon.

Usage

1. Open MetaBurn
2. Drop photos and/or videos onto the window
3. Find cleaned copies in ~/Desktop/metaburn/Photos and ~/Desktop/metaburn/Videos
4. Enable mute when you also want audio removed from video copies

Development

swift build
swift run
swift test   # requires full Xcode.app

Package a macOS .app + DMG (ad-hoc signed):

./scripts/build-mac.sh
# → build/Release/MetaBurn.dmg

Docs

• BUILD_AND_RELEASE.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• SECURITY.md
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

License

MIT — see LICENSE.