Store, transform, and optimize digital assets.

Store and access your files with ease. Benefit from on-the-fly resizing, compression, and transformations with our global CDN.

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A powerful digital asset manager for any project.

You own your files - connect directly to your asset storage and get an intuitive GUI for managing files while respecting permissions. 

A UI and APIs for storing any files.

Access any S3-compatible storage or use your local filesystem to manage, edit, and share assets. 

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  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • S3
  • CockroachDB
  • SQLite
  • Azure
  • OracleDB
  • MS SQL Server
  • GCP
  • MariaDB
  • Aurora
  • Local
  • Redshift
  • SQL Variants
  • S3-Based

Bring your own storage or use ours

Connect with any local filesystem or S3-compatible storage, or use provided Directus Cloud storage.

Powerful URL-based processing

Access and process your files using any combination of URL parameters, including quality and type optimizations.

Take advantage of built-in caching

Deliver your assets with blazing speed thanks to integrated Redis caching for data and files.

A screenshot of an open source website abundant in pictures.

Fully manage and edit your digital assets.

Store, organize, browse, and transform your files inside of Directus. Use roles and permissions to give the right level of access.

example.com/assets/<file-id>/<optional-file-name-for-seo>

Access and manage assets via APIs.

Create, access, update, and delete files using the Directus APIs or SDK. Optimize and transform assets to decrease bandwidth usage and improve performance.

Combine with other tools in the Directus toolkit.

Whether you specialize in frontend, backend, or fullstack, you'll get a suite of dev tools that'll make you even more efficient.

Editor

Editor

Create and manage data in custom extensible forms.

Connect

Connect

Generate REST and GraphQL APIs for any database.

Automate

Automate

Design complex workflows with flexible automation.

Our users now have a high-quality experience and can now customize their image previews any way they like, quickly and with minimal effort.

Organize, store, and access assets with ease 😮‍💨

Implement your own powerful digital asset manager with Directus Files. Effortless file management, right at your fingertips.

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