11# Django-Filer ("Finder" branch)
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33The "Finder" branch of django-filer is a complete rewrite of the original ** django-filer** project.
4- It is a work in progress and is not yet ready for production use. However, the code is in a state
4+ It is ' work in progress' and is not yet ready for production use. However, the code is in a state
55where it can be used for testing and development purposes.
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77A rewrite was necessary because the original codebase was not maintainable anymore. Please read this
8- [ discussion] ( https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer/discussions/1348 ) for details on why a rewrite was necessary.
8+ [ discussion] ( https://github.com/django-cms/django-filer/discussions/1348 ) for details on why rewriting
9+ this library was necessary.
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1011Apart from the maintainability issues, using the File and Folder models was not possible in a
1112multi-tenant environment. Extending the file model with a more specialized implementation was
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ ever have been created.
1516
1617## Less third-party dependencies
1718
18- The "Finder" branch of django-filer has less third-party dependencies. It does not depend on
19+ The "Finder" branch of ** django-filer** has less third-party dependencies. It does not depend on
1920[ django-polymorphic] ( https://django-polymorphic.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ ) ,
2021[ django-mptt] ( https://django-mptt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) and
2122[ easy-thumbnails] ( https://easy-thumbnails.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ) anymore.
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ file selection widget.
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3738The "Finder" branch of django-filer is designed to be extensible for every MIME-type one desires.
3839Therefore, those extensions might need their own dependencies in order to extract or visualize a
39- certain type of file. A "vanilla" installation can only distinguish between files and folders.
40+ certain type of file. A minimal installation can be configured to only distinguish between files
41+ and folders.
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4143
4244## New Model Features
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