{"id":15182,"library":"react-filepond","title":"FilePond Adapter for React","description":"React FilePond is an official adapter component that seamlessly integrates the FilePond file upload library into React applications. It provides a declarative API for handling file uploads, previews, and interactions, leveraging FilePond's core features such as drag-and-drop, image optimization, asynchronous uploading, and accessibility. The current stable version is 7.1.3, indicating a mature and actively maintained library. Release cadence typically aligns with FilePond's core library updates and React ecosystem changes. Key differentiators include its robust feature set for file handling, excellent user experience, and a plugin architecture that allows for extended functionalities like image previews and EXIF orientation correction. It's designed to be highly responsive and functional across both desktop and mobile devices, making it suitable for a wide range of web projects requiring advanced file upload capabilities.","status":"active","version":"7.1.3","language":"javascript","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/pqina/react-filepond","tags":["javascript","react","reactjs","filepond","file","upload","drag","drop","browse","typescript"],"install":[{"cmd":"npm install react-filepond","lang":"bash","label":"npm"},{"cmd":"yarn add react-filepond","lang":"bash","label":"yarn"},{"cmd":"pnpm add react-filepond","lang":"bash","label":"pnpm"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"Peer dependency for React applications.","package":"react","optional":false},{"reason":"Peer dependency for rendering React components.","package":"react-dom","optional":false},{"reason":"Core library that react-filepond wraps; essential for functionality.","package":"filepond","optional":false},{"reason":"Optional plugin for image EXIF orientation correction, commonly used.","package":"filepond-plugin-image-exif-orientation","optional":true},{"reason":"Optional plugin for image preview functionality, commonly used.","package":"filepond-plugin-image-preview","optional":true}],"imports":[{"note":"Primary component for rendering the FilePond instance. Named import is standard.","wrong":"const FilePond = require('react-filepond').FilePond;","symbol":"FilePond","correct":"import { FilePond } from 'react-filepond';"},{"note":"Function to register FilePond plugins globally. Available as a named export from the main package.","wrong":"import registerPlugin from 'react-filepond/registerPlugin';","symbol":"registerPlugin","correct":"import { registerPlugin } from 'react-filepond';"},{"note":"Required to style the FilePond component. Import directly from the `filepond` package, not `react-filepond`.","symbol":"FilePond styles","correct":"import 'filepond/dist/filepond.min.css';"},{"note":"Many FilePond plugins have their own CSS that needs to be imported separately after installation.","symbol":"Plugin styles","correct":"import 'filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.css';"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import React, { useState } from 'react';\nimport ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';\nimport { FilePond, registerPlugin } from 'react-filepond';\nimport 'filepond/dist/filepond.min.css';\nimport FilePondPluginImageExifOrientation from 'filepond-plugin-image-exif-orientation';\nimport FilePondPluginImagePreview from 'filepond-plugin-image-preview';\nimport 'filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.css';\n\n// Register the plugins (ensure they are installed via npm)\nregisterPlugin(FilePondPluginImageExifOrientation, FilePondPluginImagePreview);\n\nfunction App() {\n  const [files, setFiles] = useState([]);\n\n  // Example of a dummy server endpoint for demonstration. \n  // In a real app, this would point to your backend upload API.\n  const serverEndpoint = process.env.REACT_APP_UPLOAD_API || '/api/upload'; \n\n  return (\n    <div className=\"App\" style={{ maxWidth: '500px', margin: '50px auto' }}>\n      <h1>Upload Files</h1>\n      <FilePond\n        files={files}\n        onupdatefiles={setFiles}\n        allowMultiple={true}\n        maxFiles={3}\n        server={serverEndpoint}\n        name=\"files\" \n        labelIdle='Drag & Drop your files or <span class=\"filepond--label-action\">Browse</span>'\n      />\n      {files.length > 0 && (\n        <div style={{ marginTop: '20px' }}>\n          <h3>Current Files:</h3>\n          <ul>\n            {files.map((fileItem, index) => (\n              <li key={index}>{fileItem.file.name}</li>\n            ))}\n          </ul>\n        </div>\n      )}\n    </div>\n  );\n}\n\nconst root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));\nroot.render(<App />);\n","lang":"typescript","description":"Demonstrates a basic FilePond setup in a React functional component, including state management for files, registering common plugins (Image EXIF Orientation, Image Preview), and configuring a server endpoint for uploads."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Uninstall the `@types/react-filepond` package: `npm uninstall @types/react-filepond` or `yarn remove @types/react-filepond`.","message":"As of version 7.1.0, `react-filepond` ships its own TypeScript types. The separate `@types/react-filepond` package is no longer needed and should be uninstalled.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=7.1.0"},{"fix":"Ensure all required plugins are installed (`npm i filepond-plugin-image-preview filepond-plugin-image-exif-orientation`) and their styles imported (`import 'filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.css';`) in addition to `filepond.min.css`.","message":"FilePond plugins (e.g., Image Preview, EXIF Orientation) and their associated styles must be installed and imported separately from `react-filepond` and `filepond` itself. Failing to install/import them will result in missing functionality or broken styling.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=3.x"},{"fix":"Ensure your project's `react` and `react-dom` versions (16-19 for `react-filepond` v7) satisfy the peer dependency requirements of both `filepond` and `react-filepond`.","message":"The `filepond` core library and `react-filepond` have peer dependencies on `react` and `react-dom` within specific version ranges. Mismatched React versions can lead to rendering issues or crashes.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=3.7.x"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Ensure you are using `import { registerPlugin } from 'react-filepond';` for ESM environments, or access it via `require('react-filepond').registerPlugin` for CommonJS.","cause":"Attempting to call `registerPlugin` without importing it as a named export, or using a CommonJS `require` that doesn't correctly destructure the export.","error":"TypeError: registerPlugin is not a function"},{"fix":"Verify `filepond` is installed via `npm install filepond` and the import path `filepond/dist/filepond.min.css` is correct and accessible.","cause":"The `filepond` package or its styles are not correctly installed or the import path is wrong.","error":"Module not found: Can't resolve 'filepond/dist/filepond.min.css'"},{"fix":"Remove the `@types/react-filepond` package from your project as `react-filepond` now ships its own types (`npm uninstall @types/react-filepond`).","cause":"This TypeScript error indicates a type mismatch, often because `@types/react-filepond` is still installed alongside the new built-in types from `react-filepond` v7.1.0+.","error":"Property 'files' does not exist on type 'IntrinsicAttributes & FilePondProps'. Did you mean 'file'?"}],"ecosystem":"npm"}