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dropzone vs filepond

DOM and browser utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
dropzonev6.3.4, 16 Sept 2026

Handles drag and drop of files for you.

$ npm install dropzone
filepondv4.32.12, 2 Mar 2026

FilePond, Where files go to stretch their bits.

$ npm install filepond
MetricdropzonefilepondDifference
Weekly downloads435,588211,090dropzone 2.1x higher
12-month download growth+1%+60%filepond +59 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size823 kB1.1 MBdropzone 43% smaller
Latest release6.3.4, 16 Sept 20264.32.12, 2 Mar 2026dropzone 7 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months9--
First published18 May 2012--
GitHub stars18,40216,394dropzone +12%
Open issues108121filepond 13 more
Open pull requests522filepond 17 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks11228dropzone 4.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

dropzone435.6k latest weekfilepond211.1k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

dropzone

Major versions
  1. 0.1.418 May 2012
  2. 1.0.013 Aug 2012
  3. 3.7.412 Dec 2013
  4. 4.0.024 Jan 2015
  5. 5.0.05 Jun 2017
  6. 6.0.05 Sept 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.3.416 Sept 2026
  2. 6.3.316 Sept 2026
  3. 6.3.216 Sept 2026
  4. 6.3.113 Sept 2026
  5. 6.3.013 Sept 2026
61 releases in total, 9 in the last 12 months

filepond

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
dropzone

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filepond

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dropzone

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filepond

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementdropzone: >=20.19.0; filepond: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasedropzone (6.3.4 on 16 Sept 2026 vs 4.32.12 on 2 Mar 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsdropzone (435.6k vs 211.1k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

Indexability: Indexed.