Scope: the Nuxeo Platform LTS 2025 (current LTS, released 2025-03-31) with its built-in DAM document types and the add-ons on the Nuxeo Marketplace. Nuxeo is a configurable platform: many capabilities below are building blocks (document types, listeners, Automation chains, Studio configuration) or add-ons, not ready-made screens. Each item says which.
Ingestion & storage
- Web UI upload: drag and drop into a workspace, or an Import tab that lets users fill metadata before the documents are created; dropping a file on an existing document replaces its main file S33.
- Desktop: Nuxeo Drive syncs Nuxeo folders with a local folder; files moved into the synced folder are imported (open-source client, release 7.0.1 on 2026-09-17) S33 S30.
- Cloud drives: Nuxeo Live Connect references files kept in Dropbox, Google Drive, Box or OneDrive as if they were stored in Nuxeo, with thumbnails, full text and conversions S33.
- High-speed transfer: IBM Aspera connector for large media (requires an Aspera on Cloud subscription and S3 storage) S57.
- API and bulk: batch upload API with resumable chunked upload S6; S3 direct upload to a transient bucket with temporary credentials S13; server-side importers (platform importer, CSV import, scan importer) as Marketplace packages S42. Hyland cites "high-speed bulk uploads" in LTS 2025 v3 S73.
- Formats: images (JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD, AI…), video (AVI, MP4, WMV…), audio (MP3, WAV…), Office and PDF; full list on a dedicated page S33. Imported files are typed automatically: image MIME types become Picture documents,
video/*becomes Video S32. - Maximum file size: Not public (no documented product limit; depends on the deployment and storage).
- Versioning: major/minor versions with labels, automatic (policy-based) or manual; all versions can be viewed, restored or deleted S34. Versions keep their own tags S92.
- Storage: binaries go to pluggable blob stores; packages exist for Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Storage S42. S3 options cover storage class, client- and server-side encryption, and direct download through short-lived presigned URLs (default 1 h) S13. A Cold Storage add-on is listed for LTS 2025 S42.
Metadata & taxonomy
- Content model: everything is a document with a type, facets and schemas. Types, schemas and forms are defined in Nuxeo Studio (low-code) or XML extensions, and can be read at runtime through
/api/v1/config/types|schemas|facetsS3 S89. Hyland markets this as "the industry's most advanced metadata modeling" S63 (vendor claim). - DAM schemas:
picture(picture views),image_metadata(EXIF), IPTC stored partly in Dublin Core,video(info, transcodings, storyboard) S32. - Embedded metadata: ExifTool-based extraction of EXIF, GPS, IPTC and XMP. Mapping is bidirectional by default: values read from the file, and edited fields written back into the file, unless the mapping is set read-only S37. On DAM, IPTC caption, copyright and source fill description, rights and source automatically S33.
- Controlled vocabularies: directories (flat or hierarchical vocabularies, SQL/LDAP/MongoDB-backed) with full CRUD in the REST API S3.
- Tags: free tagging with type-ahead suggestions, available to any user with read access S92.
- Bulk edit: the Nuxeo Spreadsheet add-on edits a result set in a grid with copy-paste S34. Bulk actions can also run on a query via the API S7.
- Compound assets: the Compound Documents add-on (beta, LTS 2021+) handles InDesign packages, 3D product designs, material files and Premiere/Avid projects as a parent with modifiable children; upload as a ZIP that a script unpacks into the structure S40.
Search & discovery
- Engines: Elasticsearch (9), OpenSearch 1/2 and, since the Q1 2026 release, MongoDB Atlas Search as search back-ends S42 S75. LTS 2025 v3 added "independent search" (search deployable separately) S73.
- UI searches: a dedicated Assets search (type, format, width, height…) with faceted aggregates and counts; a general search form on any metadata; quick search with highlighted matches; saved, shared and deletable searches S32 S35.
- Query language: NXQL, an SQL-like language with
LIKE/ILIKE,STARTSWITHon paths,ecm:fulltext, ancestor filters, list and complex properties S11. Highlights are available through the API S7. - Full text: binary text extraction feeds full-text search S11.
- Visual / similarity search: Insight Deduplication finds images similar to existing ones (requires a Nuxeo Insight subscription) S38. Forrester singles out duplicate identification S76.
- Natural-language search: no native NL search box documented. The Nuxeo MCP Server translates plain-English requests into NXQL for AI assistants S24, and Hyland Knowledge Discovery agents can query Nuxeo repositories through the Content Innovation Cloud S73.
AI capabilities
- Nuxeo AI (core + extensions): a stream-based pipeline that sends new or changed images, videos, audio or extracted text to AI services and stores the results as tags or a facet. Extensions: AWS (Rekognition, Comprehend, Translate), Google Cloud, image quality S38 S42.
- Nuxeo Insight: Hyland's trainable, "business-specific" AI that business users train without data scientists, predicting taxonomies for metadata enrichment and process automation; sold as a subscription S63 S77 S78.
- Speech-to-text (Google Cloud) for audio and video: sample package, "no support provided" S48.
- Hyland Content Innovation Cloud: Nuxeo content can be pushed to Knowledge Enrichment (multimodal classification, tagging, PII masking across 600+ file types) and queried by Knowledge Discovery agents, through the HxAI and Content Intelligence connectors S73 S49 S42.
- Generative AI: a partner package from Maretha.io ("Nuxeo Generative AI", 2023) S42. No native generative features (asset generation, copy writing) documented.
- Face recognition, OCR: OCR via a partner package (Oceane Consulting) and AWS Textract labs connector S42; face recognition Unknown.
- AI governance / opt-out: AI processing is opt-in (packages and per-stream configuration flags, default
false) S38. Data-use and training policy for Insight: Not public.
Organization
- Folders and workspaces: a hierarchical repository (domains, workspaces, folders) with inherited permissions S36.
- Collections: folder-like groupings that link to documents without moving them; private by default in personal workspaces, shareable by granting permissions S36. In LTS 2025 a collection holds at most 10,000 documents by default (configurable) S18.
- Publication sections: documents can be published to sections; tags are copied to the published document S92.
- Brand portal: no packaged brand portal. A sample "Nuxeo DAM Catalog Portal" sits in the DAM category (sandbox, no support) S43. The DAM workflow example ends with publication "to the brand portal" S34.
Workflow & collaboration
- Workflow engine: graph-based workflows designed in Studio, with tasks, comments, annotation, notifications, review/approve/reject and publication to portals S34. Workflows and tasks have REST endpoints S3.
- Annotations: annotation REST adapter S8; viewer add-ons (ARender, Enhanced Viewer) S42; 3D annotation in the 3D Viewer S39.
- Creative tools: Nuxeo for Adobe CC (InDesign placement with links kept, editing from Photoshop/Illustrator) S54; Frame.io publication into Nuxeo S46.
- Office: Office Online editing (WOPI), OnlyOffice (partner), Outlook connector S42.
- Automation: 100+ Automation operations and Studio-built chains triggered by user actions or events S3.
Rights & governance
- Permissions model: ACLs on documents, inherited down the tree; grants can carry start and end dates S36 S91. ACL REST adapter S8.
- Policy-based security: the Security Policy Service restricts access from document properties (e.g. "Confidential") S36.
- Usage rights / licences: no dedicated rights module documented. Vendor guidance is a custom schema for IP data, workflow-controlled approval and watermarking S36.
- Watermarking: watermark operations for images, Office documents and video (logo overlay, position x/y) S36 S32.
- Retention & records: Nuxeo Retention add-on (rules, legal holds), extended to Azure in Q4 2025 S42 S74 S15.
- Audit trail: events from creation onward (creation, modification, ACL changes, deletion, login) are audited and customizable; audit available per document through the API S36 S8.
- Data loss prevention: a DLP scanner package exists (LTS 2025) S42.
Distribution & delivery
- Picture views: generated on upload: Thumbnail (100 px), Small (280 px), Medium (550 px), FullHD (1,920 px), OriginalJpeg; custom conversions configurable S32.
- Renditions / exports: PDF of Office files, watermarked image, resized video, XML export; export one document or a whole folder S36. REST
@renditionand@convertadapters S8. - Delivery to channels: the REST API with enrichers (e.g. thumbnail in one call) is the vendor-recommended way to publish assets to websites; export to local or cloud storage (S3) S36.
- Public links: EasyShare folders let external users view and download without login S41; "Instant share" by email S36; a sandbox Public Download Link add-on generates revocable public URLs for a file or rendition S50.
- Dynamic transformations: the Nuxeo Dynamic Asset Transformation package adds an API endpoint for crop, resize and format conversion of pictures (AWS variant available; "no support provided") S44. No built-in CDN; S3 presigned direct download and an Amazon CloudFront option exist S13.
- Templating / documents: template rendering (document generation from templates) S42. Web-to-print brand templates: Unknown (none documented).
Video & rich media
- Video: metadata extraction, HTML5 player, storyboard with time-based navigation, preview screenshot, automatic transcoding (WebM, MP4 by default; custom conversions via FFmpeg) S32.
- Video operations: add watermark, concatenate, slice, extract closed captions (ccextractor) S32; a "Video Suite" partner add-on (Genus Technologies, extra subscription) S53; CMSWire's 2026 overview mentions pay-as-you-go video transcoding S81.
- Audio: Audio document type with player S35; speech-to-text sample (Google) S48.
- 3D: Nuxeo 3D Viewer (add-on announced in Hyland's Q2 2024 release S93; LTS 2025 version): 3D document type, real-time preview, OBJ→GLB and optimized GLB conversions, annotations S39; the older
nuxeo-platform-3dmodules were removed in LTS 2025 S15. DAM-category packages for GLB preview, Wavefront OBJ conversion, VNTANA and Photoroom connectors S43. Hyland lists GLB/FBX/OBJ and CAD support for DAM S64. - Subtitles / streaming (HLS/DASH): Unknown beyond closed-caption extraction.
Analytics & reporting
- Audit-based reporting: audit log queries (UI, API, MCP
search_auditfor admins) S36 S24; a "Repository Dashboard" labs package S42. - Usage reports (Nuxeo Cloud): monthly and yearly reports on document count, binary storage, API activity and database storage S67.
- Asset-level analytics (views, downloads per asset, dashboards): Not public (no packaged DAM analytics found).
Administration
- Admin UIs: Web UI administration (users, groups, vocabularies, OAuth consumers, cloud services) S4; Nuxeo Admin Console with stream management (Q4 2025) S74.
- Provisioning: user/group CRUD by UI and REST, LDAP/AD and multi-directory, external user invitation S5; SCIM 2.0 package S45 S15.
- Multi-tenant / multi-brand: Multi Tenant add-on S42.
- Configuration: Nuxeo Studio projects packaged as Marketplace packages and deployed through CI/CD;
nuxeo.confproperties for the server S22 S67. - Environments: Nuxeo Cloud gives Production, Pre-Production and an optional Development Sandbox; customers deploy self-service up to Pre-Production; hotfix hold can be set from the Cloud Customer Console S67.
- Release cadence: an LTS every 18–24 months, updates every three weeks during the active phase, monthly in maintenance; UI-affecting features arrive behind flags S19.