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Show HN: Is this photo edited? Client-side image forensics

A new browser-based tool called Vajba lets users check a photo for signs of editing, AI generation, hidden metadata, and compression artifacts without uploading the file to a server. The tool analyzes JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and AVIF images entirely client-side, and its developers state it "finds clues worth investigating, not proof that a photo is edited or authentic.

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Show HN: Is this photo edited? Client-side image forensics
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Check a photo for signs of editing, AI generation, hidden metadata, and compression artifacts #

Check a photo for signs of editing, AI generation, hidden metadata, and compression artifacts. Runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.

Finds clues worth investigating, not proof that a photo is edited or authentic.

Drop a photo to analyze

or paste an image (Cmd/Ctrl+V) or image URL

JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF

Pasting a URL fetches the image from that site to your browser. Vajba never receives the file, but the remote site will see your browser request. Downloaded reports include the Source URL, and reverse-search links pass it to those services.

No photo handy? Try an example:

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