CKBox documentation

CKBox is a complete file and image management platform for modern web applications. It gives your users a polished interface to upload, organize, edit, and insert assets – and gives your team a backend-agnostic, cloud or on-premises service that handles storage, optimization, and delivery out of the box. Available in over 40 languages and built to integrate with CKEditor 5 and any popular framework, CKBox turns a tedious build-it-yourself problem into a feature you can ship in an afternoon.

Everything you need to manage assets at scale, in one service:

• Asset management – Upload, move, describe, categorize, and search files through an intuitive interface. Organize assets into custom categories, tag them, and find anything in seconds.
• Multi-tenancy – Isolate data and users with workspaces. Give each tenant, team, or customer its own separate storage and data space, with precise control over who can access what.
• Image optimization – Serve responsive, automatically optimized webp images with tunable quality. Cut the data your users download without sacrificing visual fidelity.
• Version control – Keep a full history of every asset. Replace binary content while preserving a stable URL, then review, restore, or remove previous revisions at any time.
• AI auto-tagging & semantic search – Let generative AI describe and tag your images on upload, then find assets by what they actually contain – no manual metadata required.
• Permissions system – Control access with a fine-grained permissions model, role-based access, and private categories that keep sensitive resources protected.
• Security – Authentication and authorization are handled with JWT tokens signed on your side with a shared secret, so access to your assets is always under your control.

To find out more about CKBox, the brand-new file manager, visit the CKBox website.

With CKBox, you can effortlessly:

• Organize your assets into customizable categories and tags.
• Create, rename, and delete folders.
• Search files and filter results by numerous file properties.
• Easily access recently used files.
• View your images in a high-resolution full-page preview.
• Define alternative text for images and reuse it forever.

This site will provide you with all the necessary information about:

• Getting started with CKBox – Setting up your copy of CKBox, configuring it, and integrating it with CKEditor 5 and popular frameworks.
• CKBox features – Using and administrating CKBox file manager on a daily basis.
• Examples – Various live implementations and customizations examples of CKBox.
• Support – Getting support and troubleshooting.

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