c2patool (CAI open source)

Official open-source CLI and Rust SDK for creating and verifying C2PA manifests.

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Overview

The Content Authenticity Initiative's open-source toolset lets developers attach, read and validate C2PA manifests programmatically for free. If you need to add machine-readable marking to a generation pipeline without buying a platform, this is the reference implementation to build on.

Article 50 obligations it addresses

Art. 50(2)Machine-readable marking of synthetic content — all tools for this duty

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