PaperClip VS Refile

Compare PaperClip vs Refile and see what are their differences.

PaperClip

Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord (by thoughtbot)

Refile

Ruby file uploads, take 3 (by refile)
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PaperClip Refile
9 1
9,061 2,453
- -0.2%
0.0 0.0
9 months ago 3 months ago
Ruby Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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PaperClip

Posts with mentions or reviews of PaperClip. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.

Refile

Posts with mentions or reviews of Refile. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • Migrating from Refile to ActiveStorage
    1 project | dev.to | 4 Mar 2021
    Historically I've been using the Refile gem for attaching files to my Rails models. But the gem hasn't been maintained for a long time and since Rails 5.2 ActiveStorage has been my preferred way to go.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PaperClip and Refile you can also consider the following projects:

CarrierWave - Classier solution for file uploads for Rails, Sinatra and other Ruby web frameworks

Shrine - File Attachment toolkit for Ruby applications

kt-paperclip - Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord

DragonFly - A Ruby gem for on-the-fly processing - suitable for image uploading in Rails, Sinatra and much more!

rack-secure-upload - Upload files securely

attache - Yet another approach to file upload

shoulda-matchers - Simple one-liner tests for common Rails functionality