Sanity Media Library is a centralized, organization-wide application for managing digital assets such as images, videos, and files. It integrates directly with Sanity's content platform, allowing teams to structure, organize, and deliver media assets alongside other content, with global access and schema control across all projects and datasets.

Key Features

Centralized Asset Storage Store and manage all digital assets in a single location.

• Assets (images, videos, files) are accessible across multiple applications and datasets.
• Maintains a single source of truth for media content.

Structured Asset Management Treat assets as structured content, not just files.

• Define custom data structures, validations, and relationships in code.
• Organize assets with aspects (custom groupings) for flexible management.

Global Access and Integration Assets are available across all projects and teams.

• Reference the same asset in multiple projects without duplication.
• Integrates with Sanity Studio and supports multi-site architectures.

Programmable and Automated Workflows Automate asset workflows and enforce content architecture.

• Use APIs for custom transformations, validations, and business logic.
• Bulk upload, drag-and-drop, and intuitive filtering for asset organization.

Versioning and Propagation Update assets once and propagate changes everywhere they're used.

• Ensures content consistency and reduces manual updates.

Access Control and Security Role-based permissions and authenticated delivery.

• Control access to confidential or time-sensitive media.
• Prevent accidental reuse and early leaks.

Advanced Search and Cleanup Powerful filtering and usage tracking.

• Identify unused assets to clean up storage and optimize licensing.

Benefits

Improved Content Consistency Ensures all projects use the latest, approved versions of assets.

• Centralized updates automatically propagate across all content.
• Reduces risk of outdated or inconsistent media usage.

Efficient Asset Management Streamlines workflows for content and media teams.

• Eliminates duplication and manual file management.
• Enables rapid onboarding and scaling for new projects or brands.

Enhanced Security and Compliance Protects sensitive assets and enforces organizational policies.

• Fine-grained access control and auditability.
• Supports compliance with licensing and usage requirements