Today, our tails are positively wagging with excitement about the release of Uppy 2.0! This latest version is on average 25% smaller and up to a thous

Uppy 2.0.0: smaller, faster, modular plugins, Preact X, stricter types, and much more

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2021-08-30 19:00:06

Today, our tails are positively wagging with excitement about the release of Uppy 2.0! This latest version is on average 25% smaller and up to a thousand times faster, thanks to dropping support for IE11 and a lot of refactoring work. We’ve upgraded many dependencies, most notably Preact 8 to Preact X, greatly improved TypeScript support and screen reader accessibility, paid technical debt, and added support for multiple messages in the Informer plugin.

Uppy is a sleek, modular JavaScript file uploader that integrates seamlessly with any application. It is made for developers who want to provide their users with the ability to see image previews, edit metadata, pick large files directly from Dropbox, restore selected files when a tab was accidentally closed, or crop an image in-browser before sending.

Ever since the first introduction of Uppy five years ago (or 36 in dog-years), we’ve always referred to our project as ‘the next open source file uploader for web browsers’. The release of Uppy 1.0 a little over two years ago, however, soon led to a steep increase in adoption. Uppy now boasts over 24,000 stargazers on GitHub, making it the undisputed top dog in the world of file uploaders 🌍