django-elfinderfs

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.

django-elfinderfs is a 3rd party connector for elFinder 2.x and Django. It's a simple local file system driver which does not uses any databases.

Compatible with django-suit, and django-ckeditor with django-suit.

Requirements

Python >= 3.0
Django >= 1.8
Django REST Framework >= 3.1
PIL or Pillow

Installation

pip install django-elfinderfs
Modify your project's settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django.contrib.sites',
    ...
    'rest_framework',
    ...
    'elfinderfs',
    ...
)

ELFINDERFS = {
    'roots': {
        'Media': {
            'url': MEDIA_URL,
            'root': MEDIA_ROOT,
            'thumbnails_prefix': '.thumbnails',
        },
        'TMP': {
            'url': '/tmp/',
            'root': '/tmp/',
            'thumbnails_prefix': '.thumbnails',
        },
    },
    'default_root': 'Media',
}

File management is available in your django admin at the url /admin/elfinderfs/sitefiles/. Files are the same for each domain.

Not implemented commands

ls
tmb
size
dim
archive
extract
info
netmount

Most of this commands are not used in default configuration of the elFinder.

Not implemented features

Archive management (packing, unpacking).
Symlinks (symlinks are hidden to prevent data corruption).

Screenshots

Default Django Admin

Django Suit (original screenshot, from original repo)

Django Suit (fixed, code from this repo)