Changelog

UploadBeam & uploadkit CLI

UploadBeam

Apple Intelligence-style animated border beam for upload components. New <UploadBeam> wrapper, beam prop on all dropzones and buttons, and a standalone <UploadButtonBeam> variant.

uploadkit CLI

• npx uploadkit init — detects your framework and wires UploadKit in under 60 seconds
• npx uploadkit add <component> — inserts components shadcn-style
• npx uploadkit restore — rolls back changes safely
• Supports Next.js (app/ and src/app/), SvelteKit, Remix, and Vite+React

create-uploadkit-app, blog & docs refresh

create-uploadkit-app CLI

• npx create-uploadkit-app my-app — scaffolds a new project with 4 templates: Next.js 16, SvelteKit, React Router v7, Vite+React
• Interactive prompts, auto package manager detection

Blog

• 16 SEO-optimized posts covering uploads, R2, security, MCP, and framework tutorials
• MDX + Shiki syntax highlighting, RSS feed, dynamic OG images, JSON-LD structured data

Documentation updates

• New quickstart leading with existing-project install
• CLI guides for both uploadkit and create-uploadkit-app
• UploadBeam + UploadButtonBeam component docs

Official MCP server — stdio + remote HTTP

UploadKit is now AI-native. Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, ChatGPT, and Claude.ai can generate UploadKit code with first-class knowledge of every component, scaffold, and docs page — no more hallucinated props or outdated snippets.

Two transports, one surface

• stdio — install in any MCP-aware IDE with npx -y @uploadkitdev/mcp. Runs locally, zero latency, works offline.
• Remote Streamable HTTP — https://api.uploadkit.dev/api/v1/mcp, stateless, public read-only, CORS-open. Paste into ChatGPT custom connectors or Claude.ai web.

11 tools, 88+ docs pages indexed

• Component discovery — list_components, get_component, search_components
• Scaffolding — scaffold_route_handler, scaffold_provider, get_install_command
• BYOS setup — get_byos_config for S3, R2, GCS, Backblaze B2
• Full docs search — search_docs, get_doc, list_docs (88+ pages indexed at build time)
• Onboarding — get_quickstart end-to-end Next.js setup

Published everywhere

• npm — @uploadkitdev/mcp
• Official MCP Registry — io.github.drumst0ck/uploadkit
• Glama — AAA score (security, license, quality)

Full guide

See docs.uploadkit.dev/docs/guides/mcp for setup instructions for every editor, curl smoke tests, Docker self-host, and the full tool reference.

40+ upload components, landing showcase & full docs

The biggest component drop in UploadKit history. 36 new premium components across 7 categories — every one with Motion animations, CSS fallbacks, dark mode, a11y, and a live interactive doc page.

Premium Dropzones (6 new)

• UploadDropzoneGlass — Vercel/Linear frosted glass with indigo glow halo
• UploadDropzoneAurora — Apple/Supabase animated conic-gradient mesh
• UploadDropzoneTerminal — Raycast/Warp monospace prompt with tail log
• UploadDropzoneBrutal — Neobrutalist thick borders with stamp animation
• UploadDropzoneMinimal — Stripe/Resend ultra-clean with subtle border pulse
• UploadDropzoneNeon — Cyberpunk neon glow traces, scanline overlay, monospace

Premium Buttons (4 new)

• UploadButtonShimmer — Shimmer sweep gradient CTA
• UploadButtonMagnetic — Apple-style cursor-attracted spring
• UploadButtonPulse — Calm radial ring pulse with squeeze-on-click
• UploadButtonGradient — Instagram/TikTok rotating conic gradient ring

Specialty Components (6 new)

• UploadAvatar — Circular crop with SVG progress ring
• UploadInlineChat — ChatGPT/Linear composer with animated chips
• UploadSourceTabs — Cloudinary/Uppy multi-source: Device, URL, Clipboard tabs
• UploadScannerFrame — Stripe Identity viewfinder with corner brackets and sweep line
• UploadBookFlip — Issuu/Apple Books 3D book with page-flip progress
• UploadVinyl — Spotify/Bandcamp vinyl record with spinning grooves

Themed Dropzones (4 new)

• UploadEnvelope — WeTransfer 3D envelope with SVG flap animation and wax seal
• UploadBlueprint — CAD/technical schematic with grid lines, crosshairs, and block-char progress
• UploadDataStream — Matrix-style character rain that accelerates during upload
• UploadStickyBoard — Miro/FigJam corkboard with colored sticky notes

Motion & Progress (10 new)

• UploadProgressRadial — Activity-ring with pathLength fill and splash
• UploadProgressBar — Horizontal bar with shimmer sweep
• UploadProgressWave — Spotify waveform bars filling left-to-right
• UploadProgressLiquid — Apple-style dual sine-wave liquid fill
• UploadProgressStacked — iOS AirDrop vertical stack
• UploadProgressOrbit — Orbiting file icons that land on complete
• UploadCloudRain — Cloud SVG fills as files upload
• UploadBento — Bento grid with layoutId reorder
• UploadParticles — Particle constellation converging to center
• UploadStepWizard — 5-step select → preview → confirm → upload → done

Multi-file Visualizers (6 new)

• UploadGalleryGrid — Pinterest image gallery with per-cell progress rings
• UploadTimeline — GitHub/Linear vertical timeline with status nodes
• UploadPolaroid — Photo stack with polaroid developing effect
• UploadKanban — Trello-style pipeline columns with layoutId transitions
• UploadAttachmentTray — Discord/iMessage horizontal scrollable strip
• UploadNotificationPanel — Google Drive-style inline upload manager card

Infrastructure

• New landing page Component Showcasesection between Features and Pricing — 16 curated components with horizontal pill selector, live preview stage, and “Simulate upload” button
• All 36 new components have dedicated MDX documentation pages with <ComponentPreview> wrappers, props tables, theming guides, and a11y notes
• UploadKitProvider now accepts an optional client prop for dependency injection — used by docs previews and tests with a mock client
• motion is an optional peerDependency across all premium components — CSS keyframe fallbacks render when Motion is not installed. prefers-reduced-motion respected throughout
• Docs navigation reorganized into 7 sections: Classics, Premium Dropzones, Premium Buttons, Specialty, Themed Dropzones, Motion & Progress, Multi-file Visualizers
• mergeClass() utility upgraded to variadic args

Polish pass, storage reclaim & MIT license

A big quality-of-life release touching the landing, dashboard, publishing pipeline and cleanup infrastructure.

• SDK packages (@uploadkitdev/core, @uploadkitdev/react, @uploadkitdev/next) are now published under the MIT license with author, repository, homepage and keywords metadata — the npm landing page finally renders correctly
• Landing page polish: animated DarkVeil WebGL hero background, staggered BlurText headline, SpotlightCard cursor glow on feature cards, and a new install command with package-manager tabs and copy-to- clipboard feedback
• New AnimatedButton component powering every CTA on the site — sheen sweep on hover, cursor-tracking radial, icon translate on focus
• Dashboard gets the same treatment: metric cards now spring- animate to their values (CountUp) and glow on hover, project cards fade in with a cascading stagger, the /login page ships a dark animated background
• Bulk file delete in the dashboard now actually removes objects from R2 and decrements your usage counter — previously it only soft-marked the rows, leaving orphaned bytes in storage
• Account deletion now cleans the Auth.js accounts and sessions collections too — you can delete your account and log back in with the same provider without hitting a duplicate-key error
• New daily cron that reclaims storage from abandoned free-tier accounts: warning email at day 23 and file cleanup at day 30. Paid subscriptions are fully exempt as long as they’re active
• Mobile fixes: the install command pill no longer overflows the viewport, the code window shrinks to fit small screens, and the navbar hamburger menu closes when you tap a link, on ESC, and anywhere you’d expect
• Real sitemaps for both uploadkit.dev and docs.uploadkit.dev — every MDX docs page is now enumerated for Search Console

Initial Launch

UploadKit is live. Here’s what shipped in the initial release:

• Managed file storage powered by Cloudflare R2 with global CDN and zero egress fees
• @uploadkitdev/react — UploadButton, UploadDropzone, and UploadModal components with CSS custom property theming
• @uploadkitdev/next — Next.js App Router handler, NextSSRPlugin, and withUk Tailwind wrapper
• Backend adapters for Express, Fastify, and Hono — same FileRouter, different runtime
• BYOS (Bring Your Own Storage) — use your own S3/R2 bucket with zero frontend changes
• Dashboard with project management, file browser, API key management, upload logs, and usage metrics
• Free tier: 5 GB storage, 10 GB bandwidth, 1,000 uploads/month
• config.mode, onBeforeUploadBegin, uploadProgressGranularity, and data-uk-element theming attributes