Laravel Paper: A Flat-File Eloquent Driver

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.