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A flexible JavaScript File Upload Component that works with every stack

FilePond uploads anything you throw at it, and offers a great, accessible, silky smooth user experience.

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Easily integrates with your favorite frameworks

The FilePond web component works with any JavaScript framework…

…and thanks to Shadow DOM, it plays nicely with CSS frameworks too.

  • Tailwind logo Tailwind
  • Bootstrap logo Bootstrap
  • Skeleton logo Skeleton
  • Foundation logo Foundation

A customelement that just works

The <file-pond> custom element feels right at home on a classic webpage…

<form action="/upload" method="POST">
    <label for="my-file">Document</label>
    <file-pond>
        <input id="my-file" type="file" name="doc" />
    </file-pond>
    <button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>

<script type="module">
    import { defineFilePond } from 'filepond';
    import { locale } from 'filepond/locales/en-gb.js';
    defineFilePond({ locale });
</script>

…and turns into a <Component> when used with a JavaScript framework.

import { defineFilePond } from 'filepond';
import { locale } from 'filepond/locales/en-gb.js';
defineFilePond({ locale });

export default function App() {
    const [myEntries, setMyEntries] = useState<FilePondEntry[]>([]);
    return (
        <label htmlFor="my-file">Document</label>
        <file-pond entries={myEntries}>
            <input id="my-file" type="file" name="doc" />
        </file-pond>
    );
}

Powered by Springs

FilePonds automagically animates element positions using the power of springs.

Switch up the list layout below and give reordering the items a try.

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Easily Extendable

Extend FilePonds functionality with 24 ready made extensions.

Build your own store, transform, and validation extensions, or start from scratch and create a fully custom extension.

import { defineFilePond } from "filepond";
import { locale } from "filepond/locales/en-gb.js";
import { FileSizeValidator } from "filepond/extensions/file-size-validator.js";

const elements = defineFilePond({
  locale,

  // Let's limit the file size using the FileSizeValidator extension
  extensions: [
    FileSizeValidator,
    {
      maxSize: "10MB",
    },
  ],
});

Polished Media Previews

If the browser can present it, so can FilePond.

For optimal performance media previews are rendered on a separate thread.

Learn about media previews

Headless Mode

Use FilePond programmatic processing of files or build a custom UI on top of FilePond core.

Learn about Headless mode

import { createFilePondEntryTree, createExtensionManager } from 'filepond';

// The EntryTree holds all the files
const entryTree = createFilePondEntryTree();

// The ExtensionManager manages the FilePond extensions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
const extensionManager = createExtensionManager(entryTree);

// Add files to the mix, and the above objects handle the rest
entryTree.entries = [
    new File(/* */)
];

Light and Dark theme

FilePond uses CSS color-scheme property to make switching between light and dark mode super easy.

Palls with Pintura

Unlock the perfect image and video editing experience for your users.

  • Five minute install
  • Set crop masks and guides
  • Control quality with fixed aspect ratios
  • Rotate, resize, and flip images
  • Annotate, decorate, and redact Images
  • Finetune image colors
  • A fluid user experience like FilePond

How to integrate Pintura

Learn more about Pintura

About Pqina

Pqina, run by Rik Schennink, helps more than 10,000 companies worldwide and is rated 4.9 out of 5 stars by 500+ customers.

FilePond is my way of proving the web can rival native apps, as long as we give it the attention it deserves.

Rik Schennink