---
title: "Laravel Paper: A Flat-File Eloquent Driver"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-paper-a-flat-file-eloquent-driver-de8wq2vd3
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-paper-a-flat-file-eloquent-driver
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2026-05-25T13:18:35.196Z
updated: 2026-08-24T06:55:52.140Z
tags: ["php", "laravel", "markdown"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 82
comments: 16
language: en
---

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# Laravel Paper: A Flat-File Eloquent Driver

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 2 min read · 82 upvotes · 16 comments

## Summary

Laravel Paper is a package that lets you use Markdown and JSON files as Eloquent data sources, eliminating the need for a traditional database in content-heavy scenarios. It supports the standard Eloquent query API (where, orderBy, find, whereContains), file-based relationships (belongsToPaper, hasManyPaper), and full CRUD operations that map directly to filesystem reads and writes. The package requires PHP 8.4 and Laravel 12.0+, uses PHP 8 attributes for configuration, and supports YAML frontmatter for metadata in Markdown files.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@markojr** · 4 upvotes

> Finally a real Document-Database

**@ax\_prashant** · 3 upvotes

> Can we rename package to filebase?

**@tranduc01** · 3 upvotes

> ![GIF](https://static.klipy.com/ii/feea28532d9709f5128558f418c779d0/10/36/4rZGmVf9.gif)

**@igds76** · 1 upvotes

> Nice! Simple and elegant approach to bringing the Eloquent experience to flat files.

**@di2namic11** · 1 upvotes

> ![GIF](https://static.klipy.com/ii/35ccce3d852f7995dd2da910f2abd795/87/20/yfyke2Vc.gif)

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