SD Photo Rescue

Mac · Linux

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Two barsScore 6.3

SD Photo Rescue is ranked #15 of 52 in SD card recovery software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS. There is a free plan.

SD Photo Rescue plans and pricing

Free Free Free tool; read-only recovery for formatted SD cards github.com · 11 Oct 2026

Purpose: The command-line tool scans formatted SD cards and rebuilds recoverable photos and videos.
Read-only: The tool opens the card read-only and says it never writes to, formats, or modifies it.
Supported media: It can recover JPEG and HEIC photos, camera RAW files, and MP4 and MOV video.
RAW formats: Named RAW formats include CR2/CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, ORF, RW2, DNG, PEF, and SRW; Sigma X3F and Phase One IIQ are not handled yet.
Recovery filters: Users can select file types, a capture-date range, and optionally camera megapixels to sort full-size files from thumbnails.
File naming: Recovered files are named by capture time when readable because formatting erases the original name table.
Partial recovery: Files split into pieces may only be partially rebuilt and are placed in a _partial folder.
Prerequisites: Running against a card requires sudo to read it; recovering from a raw image file does not.
How to run: The project provides a single Python file using only the Python standard library, with no installation required.
Card handling: On macOS the card is unmounted first; on Linux the tool unmounts it and warns if it cannot.
Support: The maker invites bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests through GitHub issues and contributions.
License: The software is released under the MIT License.
Maker: The repository license names Soomin Park (psm9619) as copyright holder.
Price from: Free

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