DevArt Documents is a native Joomla 6 document management package for publishing, searching, and securely delivering files on production websites.

Document library

Document records with title, alias, descriptions, image, ordering, and download counters
Joomla categories through comcategories
Joomla tags through comtags for com_devartdocuments.document
Publish up and publish down windows
Dashboard statistics and storage security status

Access control

Access levels and user groups
Category inheritance
Per-document open and download permissions
SQL-level ACL filtering on frontend listings for large databases

Storage

Local storage in a protected folder with directory hardening
Google Drive integration with per-category folder configuration
Streaming upload, serve, and search indexing paths for Google Drive
HTTP Range (206 Partial Content) support for local open and download
Centralized MIME validation for upload, serve, and Media Manager operations

Frontend presentation

Shared DevArt document card renderer for component, module, and content plugin
Display themes: red, orange, blue, green, yellow, gray, and dark
Category menu scope stored in menu parameters with clean canonical URLs
Routing and display settings in Tools → Settings

Search

Full-text search on the category menu item page
Local search index or optional external MariaDB index backend
Search index administration under Tools → Search index
Scheduled indexing through the task plugin
CAPTCHA and rate limits on public search endpoints

Administrator tools

Folder scan profiles for batch imports from disk
Metadata backup export and import (JSON)
Media Manager filesystem adapter for the protected storage area

Package contents

comdevartdocuments — component (administrator and site)
moddevartdocuments — frontend module
plgcontentdevartdocuments — article document cards
plgeditors-xtddevartdocuments — editor button
plgsystemdevartdocuments — system integration
plgfilesystemdevartdocuments — Media Manager adapter
plgtaskdevartdocuments — scheduled search indexing and folder scan imports

Requirements

Joomla 6.0 or newer
PHP 8.3 or newer
MySQL or MariaDB supported by Joomla 6

Installation and updates
Always install or update using the full package ZIP. Do not install the standalone component ZIP on a clean website.
Updates are delivered through the Joomla update system:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devartgr/joomla-devart-documents/main/update.xml
Download and documentation:
https://github.com/devartgr/joomla-devart-documents

License
GNU General Public License version 3 or later.

Google Drive is a trademark of Google LLC. DevArt Documents integrates with Google Drive when the site administrator configures Google API credentials. DevArt is not affiliated with Google.