elFinder is open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery and jQuery UI
elFinder is an open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. Creation is inspired by simplicity and convenience of Finder program used in Mac OS X operating system.
Feature Overview:
- Supports all operations with files and folders on a remote server (copy, move, upload, create folder/file, rename, etc.)
- Supports multiple root directories
- Can be used with Local file storage, MySQL database or FTP volumes
- Easy integration with web editors (elRTE, CKEditor, TinyMCE)
- 3rd party connectors
- Flexible configuration of access rights, upload file types, user interface and other
- Extensibility (you can create as many commands as you wish)
Project History
elFinder was created by Studio-42 in 2009. The last update by the company was released on April 10th, 2012 (version 2.0-rc1). After that, the plugin has been maintained by the user nao-pon and by the community.
Important note: If you want use this plugin, make sure you use one of the latest releases (2.x or 2.1) available on GitHub, as they have innumerous bug fixes that are not present on the official plugin page.