piximport 1.1.1

CLI to import photos from SD cards into ~/Pictures, organised by date and camera make

piximport

CLI tool to import photos from SD cards to ~/Pictures, automatically organised by EXIF date and camera make.

Destination structure

~/Pictures/
└── 2026/
    └── 01-15/
        └── SONY/
            ├── SOOC/    ← JPEG, HEIF, HIF
            ├── RAW/     ← ARW, RAF, NEF, CR2, CR3, DNG, ORF, RW2
            └── EDITED/  ← empty, ready for your editing workflow

Installation

With pipx (recommended — isolated, no changes to the global environment)

pipx install piximport

Directly from GitHub

pipx install git+https://github.com/suarez605/piximport.git
# or a specific version:
pipx install git+https://github.com/suarez605/piximport.git@v1.0.0

With pip

pip install piximport

Usage

piximport

The CLI automatically detects connected SD cards, shows an interactive day selector, and copies photos while preserving filesystem metadata.

Supported formats

Type	Extensions
SOOC	.jpg .jpeg .heif .heic .hif
RAW	.arw .raf .nef .cr2 .cr3 .dng .orf .rw2

Requirements

• macOS (uses /Volumes and diskutil)
• Python 3.11+

Development

git clone https://github.com/suarez605/piximport
cd piximport
python3.11 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -e .
python -m unittest tests -v