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The following tools may be helpful when working with images and media.

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Bot status was last updated on February 20, 2021.

Bot	Operator	Status	Description
718 Bot ( task · contribs)	East718 ( t c)	Inactive	Converts some images to .png format when needed.
AnomieBOT ( task list · contribs)	Anomie ( t c)	Active	Closes some discussions automatically at WP:FFD.
AWeenieBot ( task · contribs)	AWeenieMan ( t c)	Inactive	Maintains lists of non-free images lacking rationales.
Chris G Bot ( task · contribs)	Chris G ( t c)	Inactive	Tags images for deletion per Wikipedia:CSD#F4
CommonsDelinker ( task · contribs)	Siebrand ( t c)	Active	Removes references to deleted Commons images from Wikipedia articles. Based in Commons, this bot runs on all Wikiprojects. See meta:User:CommonsDelinker for more information.
DrilBot ( task list · contribs)	Drilnoth ( t c)	Inactive	Help with the image license migration.
Erwin85Bot ( task list · contribs)	Erwin ( t c)	Inactive	Notifies users when their images are tagged {{ NowCommons}}. Removes {{ di-orphaned fair use}} from non-orphan images.
FairuseBot ( task · contribs)	Carnildo ( t c)	Inactive	Enforcing non-free content criterion 10c (rationales must name specific articles) and non-free content criterion 7 (images must be used in articles).
ImageRemovalBot ( task · contribs)	Carnildo ( t c)	Active	Removes files that have been deleted but not removed from articles.
ImageTaggingBot ( task · contribs)	Carnildo ( t c)	Active	Inspects newly-uploaded images for ones lacking source information, license information, or a license tag.
Legobot ( task · contribs)	Legoktm ( t c)	Active, but not for image-related tasks	Updates WP:PUF#Holding cell every day.
Lucasbfrbot ( task · contribs)	Lucasbfr ( t c)	Inactive	Replaces local images with identical Commons images (with different names) in articles, so that the local images will be orphaned and deletable.
MPUploadBot ( task list · contribs)	X! ( t c)	Inactive	Uploads images on the main page from Commons to Wikipedia and protects them.
NeuRobot ( task · contribs)	Neurolysis ( t c)	Inactive	Downsizes oversized non-free images to 0.25 megapixels to comply with WP:NFCC#3, also losslessly compresses PNGs before upload.
OrphanBot ( task list · contribs)	Carnildo ( t c)	Inactive	Removes from articles images that are in Category:Images with unknown source and Category:Images with unknown copyright status.
PhotoCatBot ( task list · contribs)	Twp ( t c)	Inactive	Categorizes {{ reqphoto}} templates based on the WikiProjects that accompany the article. Flags articles that may no longer need images.
Polbot ( task · contribs)	Quadell ( t c)	Inactive	Suggests images from Commons for plant articles, and maintains the "needs-photo" parameter.
Sambot ( task list · contribs)	Sam Korn ( t c)	Blocked	Add or remove the tags {{ puic}}, {{ ffdc}}, and {{ deletable image-caption}}, when images are considered for deletion.
SVnaGBot1 ( task list · contribs)	User A1 ( t c)	Inactive	Finds articles that use images with {{ vector version available}} tags, and leaves a talk page note reminding people to substitute the SVG.

Scripts

Script	Creator	Description
CommonsHelper Helper	Krimpet ( t c)	OBSOLETE Allows faster use of CommonsHelper, without opening a new window.
Commons Scripts, The	Legoktm ( t c)	OBSOLETE Adds a number of functions that help move images to Commons.
FileScripts	Drilnoth ( t c)	Provides a number of additional helper functions for working with files, including a move-to-Commons script. (still underconstruction).
FurMe	AWeenieMan ( t c)	Easy tagging of images with fair-use rationales and other templates.
IFD thumbnails	Ilmari Karonen ( t c)	Adds thumbnails of images to WP:FFD and WP:PUF.
QuickImgDelete	Howcheng ( t c)	Adds buttons to sidebar to help speed up nominating images for deletion.
TinEye	Twp ( t c)	Searches TinEye for photos. Ported from commons:MediaWiki:Gadget-Tineye.js.
Twinkle	AzaToth ( t c)	Easier listing of images at WP:FFD and WP:PUF and quick addition of "deletable image" tags.

Toolforge

Tool	Creator	Description
FIST – Free Image Search Tool	Magnus Manske ( t c)	Searches a wide array of sources for free images that match given search criteria, and helps to import them.
Flickr Free	Magnus Manske ( t c)	Shows the latest freely-licensed images on Flickr, and allows you to import them easily.
ImageChecker	Jarry1250 ( t c)	Searches "image needed" categories to find articles which now have images.
Move-to-commons assistant	Magnus Manske ( t c)	Makes it easier to move images from Wikipedia to Commons. It is used by several scripts above.
Orphaned images	JaGa ( t c)	Locates orphaned images in chosen categories.
User Dupes	Magnus Manske ( t c)	Shows all duplicate images uploaded by a given user.

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Tineye browser plug-in and bookmarklet - searches for copies of an image on the internet, for suspected copyvios. Limited to 50 searches per day, unless fees paid.
Google Images here - One can now drag and drop web images into the search box, and it will search for matches.

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