TESTUDO is a professional and modern GUI-based metadata cleaner for any file type (images, videos, documents, etc.).
It uses exiftool under the hood to securely remove all metadata from a file and offers a clean sharing feature after sanitization.
- 🔎 View original file metadata before deletion
- 🧼 One-click metadata removal using
exiftool - 📤 Optional secure sharing after cleaning
- 💻 Cross-platform GUI (built with Python & Tkinter)
- 💡 Modern and sci-fi-inspired interface
- 🪪 Supports any file format (video, image, Office, PDF, RAW, etc.)
- 🛡️ No internet required — 100% local processing
- Python 3.7+
exiftoolinstalled and available in system path
On Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl
pip install -r requirements.txt 🚀 Run the App bash Copy Edit python testudo.py The app will launch a graphical interface.
📷 Screenshot
🛠️ How It Works Select any file using the file dialog.
View its current metadata.
Confirm to delete it.
The metadata is permanently removed using:
bash Copy Edit exiftool -all= yourfile.ext Optionally, share the cleaned file to another folder.
🔐 Why Use TESTUDO? Most files you send online (PDFs, photos, videos) contain hidden metadata, such as:
Your device info
GPS coordinates
Creation software
Time and date stamps
TESTUDO protects your privacy and removes these traces in one click.
🧪 Compatibility ✅ Linux (tested on Ubuntu)
✅ Windows (with exiftool installed)
✅ macOS (via Homebrew install of exiftool)
📁 Portable / AppImage (Linux) To create a standalone .AppImage version:
bash Copy Edit chmod +x testudo.py ./build-appimage.sh We will include the build-appimage.sh script soon.
👨💻 Author Developed by Roy Merlo © 2025 – All rights reserved