Refile VS PaperClip

Compare Refile vs PaperClip and see what are their differences.

Refile

Ruby file uploads, take 3 (by refile)

PaperClip

Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord (by thoughtbot)
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Refile PaperClip
1 9
2,452 9,061
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0.0 0.0
3 months ago 10 months ago
Ruby Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Refile and PaperClip 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

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

kt-paperclip - Easy file attachment management for ActiveRecord

rack-secure-upload - Upload files securely

attache - Yet another approach to file upload

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