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Paperclip vs Uppy: What are the differences?
Developers describe Paperclip as "A file attachment management for ActiveRecord *". It is intended as an easy file attachment library for ActiveRecord. The intent behind it was to keep setup as easy as possible and to treat files as much like other attributes as possible. On the other hand, *Uppy** is detailed as "The next open source file uploader for web browsers". Uppy is a sleek modular file uploader for web browsers. Add it to your app with one line of code, or build a custom version with just the plugins you need via Webpack/Browserify. 100% open source, backed by a company (Transloadit).
Paperclip and Uppy can be categorized as "File Uploads" tools.
Paperclip and Uppy are both open source tools. It seems that Uppy with 20.4K GitHub stars and 1K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Paperclip with 9.06K GitHub stars and 2.06K GitHub forks.
Transloadit, Tus, and GrowthBeats Technologies Pvt Ltd are some of the popular companies that use Uppy, whereas Paperclip is used by ChooseYourBoss, Tam Development LLC., and Florence. Uppy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3 company stacks & 13 developers stacks; compared to Paperclip, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Pros of Paperclip
Pros of Uppy
- Open Source & Self Hosted3
- Copy & Paste support3
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Cons of Paperclip
Cons of Uppy
- Takes time to configure1