@better-upload

Promising 65/100 · #121 of 342 scored

Simple and easy file uploads for React. Upload directly to any S3-compatible service with minimal setup.

@better-upload is a shadcn UI community registry. Its source repository is Nic13Gamer/better-upload , which has 1.3k GitHub stars, 41 forks and 11 contributors. The last commit was 142d ago (0 commits in the last 90 days). The latest release is @better-upload/server@3.0.19. It scores 65/100 on Sealambda's maturity index, placing it in the Promising tier.

Scoring

Maturity breakdown

65 / 100 · Promising

0avoid · 305080 · reliable100

Maintenance ×35% 29 → +10.0

last commit 142d ago · 0 commits/90d · solo maintainer

Popularity ×20% 87 → +17.3

1.3k★ · 41 forks

Community ×20% 68 → +13.6

11 contributors · bus factor 1 · 7 watching

Responsiveness ×13% 93 → +12.1

56/60 issues closed (93%)

Hygiene ×12% 83 → +9.9

MIT · 42% health files

Signals

Repository facts

1.3k
Stars: 41
Forks: 11
Contributors: 1
Bus factor: 4
Open issues: 56
Closed issues: 0
Commits (90d): TypeScript
Language: MIT
License: @better-upload/server@3.0.19
Latest version: 67
Releases: 142d ago
Last commit

Classification

License, pricing and purpose

License: MIT · ✓ OSI-approved; Permissive: Use, change and redistribute freely, keeping the notice.
Access: FOSS; An OSI-approved or FSF-libre license, and everything offered is free.
Purpose: Better Upload provides copy-and-paste React components and hooks for uploading files directly to S3-compatible storage services.
Commercial model: Free; Everything the project offers is free to use, with no paid tier. Donations and sponsorships do not count as paid.
Tied to a service: No; Yes when the components are a client for a commercial API or service.
Scope: Domain-specific; Focused on one problem area, such as charts, AI chat, an editor, a status page or payments; an app adds it for that feature only.
Domains: File upload; File upload: File upload, dropzones and file management.
Design: Vanilla shadcn; Looks like default shadcn/ui: the same shapes, spacing, borders and neutral palette, at most with another accent color.
Coverage: 3%; Share of shadcn/ui core primitives that the registry ships.
Design distance: 1.00; Measured on sample items: 0 is identical to vanilla shadcn/ui, 1 is entirely different.

Evidence

“Better Upload is licensed under the MIT License.”
commercial · readme ↗
“The simple and bloat-free way to upload files in React. Upload directly to any S3-compatible service with minimal setup.”
scope · homepage ↗
“upload-dropzone (registry:ui)”
domains · registry ↗
“Use copy-and-paste shadcn/ui components to rapidly build your UI.”
design · homepage ↗

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Usage

Install

Add components from this registry with the shadcn CLI (configure the registry URL in your components.json):

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @better-upload/[component]

endpoint: https://better-upload.com/r/{name}.json

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