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Uppy vs FilePond
Pick Uppy if you want the published Uploadcare / Filestack / Transloadit stack (a MIT uploader with tus plugins). Pick FilePond if you want that MIT file-input widget.
Facts checked 26 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Uppy in the catalog FilePond in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Uppy | FilePond | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT License (catalog) source | MIT License (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | JavaScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 31,040 stars in the catalog; last push 25 Oct 2026 source | 16,396 stars in the catalog; last push 2 Oct 2026 source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/uppy-uploads. Dashboard, plugins, tus. | A file-input widget you drop on a form. |
| Best for | The published Uploadcare / Filestack replacement. | A lighter input if Uppy is not the shape. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Uppy is the published lander — /stacks/uppy-uploads. FilePond is pqina/filepond (MIT on 2 Oct 2026). tusd is the protocol server — /compare/uppy-vs-tusd. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Is this Transloadit?
- Transloadit is the hosted encoding API — /replace/transloadit. Uppy is the MIT uploader they publish.
- Where is tusd?
- The tus server — /compare/uppy-vs-tusd.
- Are these free?
- Both are MIT. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy Uppy?
- Open /stacks/uppy-uploads. Persist uploads. Swap one Uploadcare or Filestack widget.
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