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[GH-ISSUE #4260] [FEAT]: Allow (some) users the ability to download documents from the workspace and/or file browser #2714

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opened 2026-02-22 18:30:55 -05:00 by yindo · 3 comments
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:30:55 -05:00
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Originally created by @terencemcdevitt-argondigital on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/4260

What would you like to see?

Once documents are uploaded into AnythingLLM, there's no way to download them, if needed.

Our team will often need to "deep dive" a bit into documents that are embedded in a workspace (e.g. to validate responses from the model or to better understand a citation).

In the current implementation, there's no way to download documents.

We'd like to see download buttons next to each of the documents in both the "My Documents" file browser and the workspace's embedded documents.

There may be situations where we'd only want admins or managers to be able to download docs and not regular users so perhaps making this a workspace-specific configuration would be nice (e.g. "Allow all users to download embedded documents?").

Originally created by @terencemcdevitt-argondigital on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm/issues/4260 ### What would you like to see? Once documents are uploaded into AnythingLLM, there's no way to download them, if needed. Our team will often need to "deep dive" a bit into documents that are embedded in a workspace (e.g. to validate responses from the model or to better understand a citation). In the current implementation, there's no way to download documents. We'd like to see download buttons next to each of the documents in both the "My Documents" file browser and the workspace's embedded documents. There may be situations where we'd only want admins or managers to be able to download docs and not regular users so perhaps making this a workspace-specific configuration would be nice (e.g. "Allow all users to download embedded documents?").
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yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:30:55 -05:00
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@terencemcdevitt-argondigital commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):

API endpoints for document download would also be nice.

@terencemcdevitt-argondigital commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025): API endpoints for document download would also be nice.
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:30:55 -05:00
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@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):

We do not keep a copy of the original source file and instead keep a shallow text-only representation of the file. This is to prevent uploading of massive documents, bloating storage.

The downside of this is we cannot render a "PDF/File viewer" of the native file or permit downloads since all formatting and breaks would be lost in the process during conversion to text.

@timothycarambat commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025): We do not keep a copy of the original source file and instead keep a shallow text-only representation of the file. This is to prevent uploading of massive documents, bloating storage. The downside of this is we cannot render a "PDF/File viewer" of the native file or permit downloads since all formatting and breaks would be lost in the process during conversion to text.
yindo commented 2026-02-22 18:30:55 -05:00
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@terencemcdevitt-argondigital commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):

Got it.

Any chance we could specify some metadata for each document that could include something like an optional source URL? That way, our team could at least put in the URL and user wanting the source would know where to get it (e.g. Sharepoint, Box, whatever)

@terencemcdevitt-argondigital commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025): Got it. Any chance we could specify some metadata for each document that could include something like an optional source URL? That way, our team could at least put in the URL and user wanting the source would know where to get it (e.g. Sharepoint, Box, whatever)
yindo changed title from [FEAT]: Allow (some) users the ability to download documents from the workspace and/or file browser to [GH-ISSUE #4260] [FEAT]: Allow (some) users the ability to download documents from the workspace and/or file browser 2026-06-05 14:48:07 -04:00
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