# Which is the best attachment plugin for my situation?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 5, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640 "2008-11-05T22:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolmenu)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640/1 "2008-11-05T22:23:50Z")

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I’m trying to decide which attachment plugin best suites the needs for  
my project. I have a model that I want to associate one or many  
attachments to. The content-type of the attachment will vary as well  
(pdf, jpeg, doc, zip), not just an image type. Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolmenu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640/2 "2008-11-07T17:33:22Z")

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## Either paperclip or attachment\_fu will serve you well.

Benjamin C.  
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**Author:** ![coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolmenu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640/3 "2008-11-07T18:43:09Z")

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I think paperclip is SOOO much easier to work with than attachment\_fu.  
But if things get more complicated attachment\_fu is very good too.

H

On Nov 7, 11:32 am, “Benjamin C.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolmenu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolmenu)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-the-best-attachment-plugin-for-my-situation/152640/4 "2008-11-07T20:02:30Z")

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Jl Smith wrote:

> I’m trying to decide which attachment plugin best suites the needs for  
> my project. I have a model that I want to associate one or many  
> attachments to. The content-type of the attachment will vary as well  
> (pdf, jpeg, doc, zip), not just an image type. Thanks for any help!

I Agree, Paperclip is just great. Ryan B. made an excellent  
screencast on it. Railscasts #134 “Paperclip”  
([#134 Paperclip - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/134-paperclip))