Spool

Cross-platform photo metadata editor built for film photographers.

Built with Rust (Tauri) + Svelte + OpenStreetMap.

Features

• Unified metadata editing — EXIF, XMP, and IPTC in one interface, auto-synced on write
• Built for film photographers — fill in camera, lens, exposure, GPS for scanned photos from scratch
• Crown & Flint import — visually align scan photos with C&F app data, one-click metadata write
• GPS coordinate picker — OpenStreetMap + Leaflet embedded map with location search
• Photo preview — quick (2048px) and 1:1 full resolution with zoom, pan, rotate
• Multi-select & batch edit — Cmd+click, Shift+click, per-field dirty tracking
• RAW format support — CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, DNG, ORF, RW2, PEF
• Custom metadata fields — user-defined fields stored in XMP (spool: namespace)
• Rating & keywords — star rating, keywords, location fields
• Light / Dark / System theme
• Cross-platform — Windows, Linux, macOS

Crown & Flint Import

Import metadata from the Crown & Flint film photography app. Visually align your scanned photos with C&F's recorded exposure data, then write everything in one click.

Installation

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap WanliSha/spool
brew install --cask spool

Download

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

License

Spool is dual-licensed:

• Open Source: GPLv3
• Commercial: For closed-source or proprietary use, see Commercial License