Vercel
The frontend cloud. Creators of Next.js.
5.0•925 reviews•14K followers
The frontend cloud. Creators of Next.js.
5.0•925 reviews•14K followers
Vercel provides the developer tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web.
This is the 29th launch from Vercel. View more
Vercel Drop
Launched this week
Vercel Drop lets you deploy a file or folder by dragging it into your browser. You don't need Git, the Vercel CLI, or any local setup.
Drop a project onto vercel.com/drop, pick a team and project name, and select Deploy. Vercel will create a new project, upload your files, and publish them straight to production with a live URL you can share. All in a matter of seconds.
Launch Team
Uselink
Render
Netlify
Tabstack by Mozilla
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I remember using this drag‑and‑drop style deploy on Netlify years ago, so Vercel definitely took their time bringing Drop out.
Netlify’s new credit‑based pricing (where production deploys cost credits) actually makes this Vercel feature look pretty reasonable now.
Treating the browser as the deployment interface is a nice inversion. The File API already abstracts the filesystem correctly, so there's no reason to force a Git remote into a workflow that's just 'I have files, make them live.' We've hit that friction with static prototyping. How does Vercel handle cache busting when you re-drop to the same project name?
Curious if Drop is mainly meant for simple/static projects, or if you see it becoming a bigger onboarding path for people who later connect Git and continue building from there?
This is so Vercel. No setup, no CLI, just drop and it's live. I already use Vercel for my own app but honestly I'd use this just for quick demos and sharing WIP stuff with testers. Does it support environment variables or is it purely static for now?
The app isn't bad, but a short introductory video would have been better. Also, if we drag and drop a program file, will it be able to run that file just like it would on a server? In other words, if we share a URL with people, will they be able to edit the file at that URL—just like a Google Doc?
The no Git/CLI/local setup part is the real hook for me. I can see this being useful for quick repros or static preview handoffs. Curious how Drop handles teams that need preview env vars or a small build step instead of just plain HTML.