Filament Media Library

A WordPress-style media library for Filament 5. Provides a central media pool with polymorphic attachments, so any model in your application can reference shared media through a clean pivot table.

Built on top of Spatie Media Library for file handling and image conversions.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 12+
• Filament 5+
• Spatie Laravel Media Library 11+

Installation

composer require crumbls/filament-media-library

The package auto-discovers its service provider. Migrations run automatically -- no publishing required.

Run the migrations:

php artisan migrate

Register the plugin in your Filament panel provider:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\FilamentMediaLibraryPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        // ...
        ->plugins([
            FilamentMediaLibraryPlugin::make(),
        ]);
}

Configuration

Publish the config file to customize settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-media-library-config

// config/filament-media-library.php
return [
    // Storage disk (any disk defined in config/filesystems.php)
    'disk' => env('MEDIA_LIBRARY_DISK', 'public'),

    // Allowed upload types (glob-style MIME matching)
    'accepted_file_types' => ['image/*', 'video/*', 'application/pdf'],

    // Max upload size in kilobytes
    'max_file_size' => 10240,

    // Automatic image conversions
    'image_conversions' => [
        'thumbnail' => ['width' => 150, 'height' => 150],
        'medium'    => ['width' => 300, 'height' => 300],
        'large'     => ['width' => 1024, 'height' => 1024],
    ],

    // Named collections (for future use)
    'collections' => [],

    // Swap the Media model with your own
    'models' => [
        'media' => \Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Models\Media::class,
    ],

    // Filament navigation
    'filament' => [
        'navigation_group' => null,
        'navigation_icon'  => 'heroicon-o-photo',
        'navigation_sort'  => null,
        'navigation_label' => 'Media Library',
    ],
];

Usage

Media Library Page

Once the plugin is registered, a "Media Library" page appears in your Filament panel navigation. It provides:

• Grid view of all uploaded media with thumbnails
• Drag-and-drop file uploads
• Search across title, alt text, caption, and description
• Type filtering (images, videos, documents)
• Detail modal with editable metadata (title, alt text, caption, description)
• Inline image editing (crop, rotate, flip) via CropperJS
• File URL display for easy copying

Attaching Media to Models

Add the HasMediaLibrary trait to any Eloquent model:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Traits\HasMediaLibrary;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasMediaLibrary;
}

This gives you a full API for managing media attachments:

$post = Post::find(1);

// Attach a single media item
$post->attachMedia($mediaId);

// Attach with a named collection
$post->attachMedia($mediaId, 'featured-image');

// Attach with explicit order
$post->attachMedia($mediaId, 'gallery', order: 3);

// Attach multiple at once (order is auto-incremented)
$post->attachMediaMany([$mediaId1, $mediaId2, $mediaId3]);

// Attach multiple to a specific collection
$post->attachMediaMany([$mediaId1, $mediaId2], 'gallery');

// Detach media
$post->detachMedia($mediaId);

// Detach from a specific collection only
$post->detachMedia($mediaId, 'gallery');

// Sync a collection (replaces existing attachments)
$post->syncMedia([$mediaId1, $mediaId2], 'gallery');

// Query media in a collection
$galleryItems = $post->mediaInCollection('gallery')->get();

// Get all media (default collection)
$media = $post->getMediaByCollection();

// Access the relationship directly
$post->mediaLibrary; // MorphToMany, ordered by pivot 'order'

MediaPicker Form Component

Use the MediaPicker in any Filament form to let users select media from the library:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Forms\Components\MediaPicker;

public static function form(Schema $schema): Schema
{
    return $schema->components([
        MediaPicker::make('featured_image_id'),
    ]);
}

Multiple selection:

MediaPicker::make('gallery_ids')
    ->multiple(),

Limit selections:

MediaPicker::make('gallery_ids')
    ->multiple()
    ->maxItems(5),

Named collection:

MediaPicker::make('hero_image_id')
    ->collection('hero'),

The picker opens a modal with search, pagination, and thumbnail previews. Selected media is stored as an ID (single) or array of IDs (multiple) on the model.

Database Column Requirements

The MediaPicker stores a media_library.id reference directly on your model's table. You must ensure:

1. The column exists -- Add a nullable unsigned big integer column for the field name you pass to MediaPicker::make().
2. The column is fillable -- Add the column name to your model's $fillable array.

Example migration for adding an avatar column to a users table:

Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->unsignedBigInteger('avatar')->nullable();

    $table->foreign('avatar')
        ->references('id')
        ->on('media_library')
        ->nullOnDelete();
});

Then in your model:

protected $fillable = [
    // ...
    'avatar',
];

If you have an accessor on the same column (e.g., getAvatarAttribute()), remove it -- the MediaPicker needs the raw integer ID during form hydration. Use a separate method to resolve the media URL:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Models\Media;

public function getAvatarUrl(): ?string
{
    if (! $this->avatar) {
        return null;
    }

    $media = Media::with('media')->find($this->avatar);

    return $media?->thumbnail_url;
}

MediaColumn Table Column

Display media thumbnails in Filament tables:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Tables\Columns\MediaColumn;

public static function table(Table $table): Table
{
    return $table->columns([
        MediaColumn::make('media')
            ->collection('featured-image')
            ->size(50)
            ->circular(),
    ]);
}

Options:

// Set thumbnail size in pixels (default: 40)
MediaColumn::make('media')->size(60)

// Circular thumbnail (default: false)
MediaColumn::make('media')->circular()

// Square thumbnail (default: true)
MediaColumn::make('media')->square(false)

// Specify collection (default: 'default')
MediaColumn::make('media')->collection('gallery')

Performance tip: Eager-load the media relation to avoid N+1 queries:

public static function table(Table $table): Table
{
    return $table
        ->modifyQueryUsing(fn ($query) => $query->with('mediaLibrary.media'))
        ->columns([
            MediaColumn::make('media'),
        ]);
}

Media Model

The Media model wraps Spatie Media Library and provides convenient accessors:

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Models\Media;

$media = Media::find(1);

$media->file_url;       // Full URL to the original file
$media->thumbnail_url;  // Thumbnail conversion URL (falls back to original)
$media->mime_type;      // e.g. 'image/jpeg'
$media->file_size;      // Size in bytes
$media->file_name;      // Stored file name

$media->isImage();      // true for image/* MIME types
$media->isVideo();      // true for video/* MIME types
$media->isPdf();        // true for application/pdf

Metadata fields:

Field	Type	Max Length
title	string	255
alt_text	string	255
caption	text	1000
description	text	5000

The model uses soft deletes. Each record gets an auto-generated UUID and tracks uploaded_by (foreign key to users).

Database Schema

The package creates two tables:

media_library -- Central media records

Column	Type
id	bigint (PK)
uuid	string (unique)
title	string (nullable)
alt_text	string (nullable)
caption	text (nullable)
description	text (nullable)
disk	string (default: 'public')
uploaded_by	foreign key to users (nullable)
created_at	timestamp
updated_at	timestamp
deleted_at	timestamp (soft delete)

mediables -- Polymorphic pivot table

Column	Type
id	bigint (PK)
media_id	foreign key to media_library
mediable_type	string
mediable_id	bigint
collection	string (default: 'default')
order	unsigned int (default: 0)
created_at	timestamp
updated_at	timestamp

Spatie Media Library also creates its own media table for the underlying file records.

Publishing Assets

# Config
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-media-library-config

# Migrations (only if you need to customize them)
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-media-library-migrations

# Views (for template customization)
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=filament-media-library-views

Storage Disk

Set the storage disk via environment variable or config:

MEDIA_LIBRARY_DISK=s3

Any disk defined in config/filesystems.php works -- public, s3, r2, or a custom disk.

Extending the Media Model

Swap in your own Media model by updating the config:

// config/filament-media-library.php
'models' => [
    'media' => App\Models\CustomMedia::class,
],

Your custom model should extend the package's Media model:

namespace App\Models;

use Crumbls\FilamentMediaLibrary\Models\Media;

class CustomMedia extends Media
{
    // Add custom methods, scopes, or relationships
}

Security

Uploads are validated server-side:

• MIME type validation -- Files are checked against accepted_file_types using glob-style matching (e.g., image/* matches image/png). Rejected files are not stored.
• File size limits -- Enforced against max_file_size config value.
• Filename sanitization -- Uploaded filenames are slugified to strip path traversal sequences, special characters, and double extensions.
• Metadata validation -- Title and alt text are limited to 255 characters, caption to 1000, description to 5000.

Rejected uploads dispatch an fml-uploads-rejected Livewire event with details for frontend notification.

Development

Code Style

This project uses Laravel Pint for code formatting. A pre-push git hook runs Pint automatically and blocks pushes with style violations.

Run Pint manually:

vendor/bin/pint src config database tests

Static Analysis

Larastan is configured at level 5:

vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --configuration=packages/filament-media-library/phpstan.neon

Roadmap

Add throttling to uploads. Add lifecycle events. Add tenant scoping.

Testing

The package uses Pest with 197 tests:

vendor/bin/pest --test-directory packages/filament-media-library/tests --configuration packages/filament-media-library/phpunit.xml

License

MIT. See LICENSE.