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react-dropzone vs dropzone

DOM and browser utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
react-dropzonev20.1.2, 14 Sept 2026

Simple HTML5 drag-drop zone with React.js

$ npm install react-dropzone
dropzonev6.3.4, 16 Sept 2026

Handles drag and drop of files for you.

$ npm install dropzone
Metricreact-dropzonedropzoneDifference
Weekly downloads9,372,851435,588react-dropzone 21.5x higher
12-month download growth+104%+1%react-dropzone +103 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies20react-dropzone 2 more
Unpacked size333 kB823 kBreact-dropzone 2.5x smaller
Latest release20.1.2, 14 Sept 20266.3.4, 16 Sept 2026dropzone 2 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months249react-dropzone 15 more
First published27 Sept 201418 May 2012dropzone 2.4 years earlier
GitHub stars11,01218,402dropzone 1.7x higher
Open issues1108dropzone 107 more
Open pull requests45dropzone 1 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks87112dropzone +29%
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.

react-dropzone9.4m latest weekdropzone435.6k 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.

react-dropzone

Major versions
  1. 0.1.027 Sept 2014
  2. 1.0.09 Feb 2015
  3. 2.0.026 Aug 2015
  4. 3.0.025 Oct 2015
  5. 4.0.04 Aug 2017
  6. 5.0.017 Aug 2018
  7. 6.0.02 Oct 2018
  8. 7.0.026 Oct 2018
  9. 8.0.010 Dec 2018
  10. 9.0.022 Feb 2019
  11. 10.0.05 Mar 2019
  12. 11.0.026 Apr 2020
  13. 12.0.06 Feb 2022
  14. 13.0.030 Apr 2022
  15. 14.0.01 May 2022
  16. 15.0.010 Feb 2026
  17. 16.0.012 Jul 2026
  18. 17.0.012 Jul 2026
  19. 18.0.018 Jul 2026
  20. 19.0.018 Jul 2026
  21. 20.0.02 Aug 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 20.1.214 Sept 2026
  2. 20.1.120 Aug 2026
  3. 20.1.09 Aug 2026
  4. 20.0.02 Aug 2026
  5. 19.3.02 Aug 2026
216 releases in total, 24 in the last 12 months

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
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  • Need no runtime dependenciesdropzone (react-dropzone has 2, dropzone has 0)
  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementreact-dropzone: >= 22; dropzone: >=20.19.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasedropzone (6.3.4 on 16 Sept 2026 vs 20.1.2 on 14 Sept 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-dropzone (9.4m vs 435.6k)

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