I built a free, 100% client-side tool to view and remove file metadata

Every file you share carries hidden metadata, and most of it is more
revealing than people realize:

• Photos store GPS coordinates - literally where the shot was taken.
• AI images embed the full workflow: ComfyUI node graphs, Automatic1111 prompts, seeds, models. Post a PNG and you leak the whole recipe.
• PDFs keep the author's real name, software and timestamps.
• MP3s carry ID3 tags; JPEGs carry camera make, model and serial.

So I built Metadata Viewer & Remover - a free tool that does two things:

1. Views everything embedded in a file and interprets it (GPS on a map, "this PNG contains a ComfyUI workflow", C2PA Content Credentials, etc.).
2. Removes it with one click by raw-cutting the byte buffer (no re-encode, no quality loss) and hands back a clean file. Batch to ZIP supported.

The part I care about most: it's 100% client-side. No upload, no API, no
account needed. Your file never leaves the browser - which is exactly what
you'd want from a privacy tool.

🎥 30-second demo: YouTube Reel
🔗 Try it: https://rave-tools.com/tools/metadata-viewer

Built with Next.js, all parsing (EXIF / PNG chunks / ID3 / MP4 atoms / PDF)
written from scratch to keep it fully in-browser. Happy to answer anything
about how the parsers work.