# Vue FilePond
Vue FilePond is a handy adapter component for [FilePond](https://github.com/pqina/filepond), a JavaScript library that can upload anything you throw at it, optimizes images for faster uploads, and offers a great, accessible, silky smooth user experience.
**If you want to use Vue FilePond with Vue 2, please use v6 of this plugin.**
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### Core Features
- Accepts **directories**, **files**, blobs, local URLs, **remote URLs** and Data URIs.
- **Drop files**, select on filesystem, **copy and paste files**, or add files using the API.
- **Async uploading** with AJAX, or encode files as base64 data and send along form post.
- **Accessible**, tested with AT software like VoiceOver and JAWS, **navigable by Keyboard**.
- **Image optimization**, automatic image resizing, **cropping**, and **fixes EXIF orientation**.
- **Responsive**, automatically scales to available space, is functional on both **mobile and desktop devices**.
[Learn more about FilePond](https://pqina.nl/filepond/)
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### Also need Image Editing?
**Pintura the modern JavaScript Image Editor** is what you're looking for. Pintura supports setting **crop aspect ratios**, **resizing**, **rotating**, **cropping**, and **flipping** images. Above all, it integrates beautifully with FilePond.
[Learn more about Pintura](https://pqina.nl/pintura/?ref=github-vue-filepond)
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Installation:
**If you're using Vue 2 please run `npm install vue-filepond@^6.0.0`**
```bash
npm install vue-filepond filepond
```
Usage:
```vue
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When using FilePond with an SSR configuration like Nuxt.js it's best to wrap it in `` tags.
```vue
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Usage in the browser:
```html
Vue in Browser
```
[Read the docs for more information](https://pqina.nl/filepond/docs/patterns/frameworks/vue/)
[Live Demo with Code Sandbox](https://codesandbox.io/s/p3v8zoprp7)