Have you ever want to upload multiple files at once, or see file upload progress, or style your upload elements, or control filetypes before upload ? Today i want to suggest you a collection of file uploaders ready to use in your web projects.
They divided into 2 groups: uploaders not using flash & uploaders using flash
Solutions without flash
1. Ajax upload
Very nice tool, flash-free. You can customize it as you want, also you can use drag&drop files on input
Works in: IE6/7, FF2/3, Safari, Chrome, Opera.
Has different versions for jQuery, Prototype, plus has independent version.
demo
2. jQuery Multiple File Upload Plugin
Has many features, like using different validations, limit max files for upload, use different icons for different file types
demo
3. Ext.ux.FileTreePanel (Ext.JS extension)
4. noswfupload
Multiple files upload without SWF objects, applets Java, or other third parts plug-ins, 100% browser and W3 compatibility thanks to graceful enhancement, no extra libraries dependency
Solutions using flash
1. SWF Upload
Popular solution, allows to customize all upload elements using XHTML & CSS, shows only file types you choose, has js callback function to every event.
demo
2. uploadify
Has not so many features, as SWFUpload, but it uses jQuery :)
demo
3. FancyUpload
FancyUpload – fully customizable uploader with progress bar. Require MooTools.
demo
4. Yahoo File Upload
