Media Overview

TinaCMS provides multiple options for managing media.

All of the media configuration is done in the defineConfig function under config.media.

Example:

Only Repo-based Media or an External Media Provider can be configured, but not both

Filtering by file type

The media manager's toolbar has a type filter for narrowing a large library to images, video, audio or documents.

Opening the manager from an image field that declares accept replaces that control with a locked chip, and the library shows only the types the field takes.

The filter is only shown when the media store can filter by extension. Repo-based media, TinaCloud media and the local dev server all can; staticMedia can't, so the control is hidden there.

Repo-based Media (default)

With the built-in repo-based media option, media is stored within the site's repository.

Repo-based media keeps your assets alongside your content, making it easy to track changes and roll back versions for both code and media.

This approach simplifies workflows by eliminating the need for external media servers, as all updates happen within a unified system.

Read more about repo-based media here

External Media Providers

TinaCMS also supports pluggable external media providers.

Read more about the external media store implementation here

Video Tutorial

For those who prefer to learn from video, you can check out a snippet on media from our "TinaCMS Deep Dive" series.