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abhibunt/active-users
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A Laravel Package for easily retrieving a list of active users and guests that are currently online.

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A Laravel Package for easily retrieving a list of active users and guests that are currently online.
====================================================================================================

[](#a-laravel-package-for-easily-retrieving-a-list-of-active-users-and-guests-that-are-currently-online)

This is a small, simple little package for seeing who's currently online.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via composer with:

```
composer require abhibunt/active-users

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

### Sessions and Database

[](#sessions-and-database)

For now, this package only supports the 'database' type for session storage. Open your .env file and change the session driver to database:

```
SESSION_DRIVER=database

```

and also make sure to publish the default session table with:

```
php artisan session:table

php artisan migrate

```

### Providers and Aliases

[](#providers-and-aliases)

In order to use the Active class, reference the full vendor namespace, or just import the class at the top of the file that you want to use it in. Eg:

```
\Rainwater\Active\Active::users();

```

or

```
use Rainwater\Active\Active;
Active::users();

```

This package also includes a provider and alias to make things easier. To set those up properly, open `config/app.php` and add this to your providers array:

```
Rainwater\Active\ActiveServiceProvider::class

```

and this to your aliases array:

```
'Active' => Rainwater\Active\ActiveFacade::class

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Grabbing Most Recent Activities

[](#grabbing-most-recent-activities)

Import the Active facade at the top and then do a simple query.

```
// Import at the top
use Active;

// Find latest users
$users = Active::users()->get();

// Loop through and echo user's name
foreach ($users as $activity) {
    echo $activity->user->name . '';
}

```

By default, the 'users' method will return users that have been active in the past 5 minutes. If you want to display a different timespan, use the following functions:

```
$users = Active::users(3)->get();   				// Last 3 minutes
$users = Active::usersWithinSeconds(30)->get();  	// Get active users within the last 30 seconds
$users = Active::usersWithinMinutes(10)->get();  	// Get active users within the last 10 minutes
$users = Active::usersWithinHours(1)->get();     	// Get active users within the last 1 hour

```

The functions listed above all return Eloquent Queries, so you can do anything with the results that would do with any other model:

```
$numberOfUsers = Active::users()->count();        // Count the number of active users

```

### Sorting Methods

[](#sorting-methods)

There are a couple convenience methods for sorting results, as well:

```
$users = Active::users()->mostRecent()->get();   // Get active users and sort them by most recent
$users = Active::users()->orderByUsers('email')->get(); // Sort by the email column on the users table.

```

### Guests

[](#guests)

You can also view online guests with all the same methods as users above:

```
$guests = Active::guests(1)->get();   				// Last 1 minute
$guests = Active::guests(3)->get();   				// Last 3 minutes
$guests = Active::guestsWithinSeconds(30)->get();  	// Get active guests within the last 30 seconds
$guests = Active::guestsWithinMinutes(10)->get();  	// Get active guests within the last 10 minutes
$guests = Active::guestsWithinHours(1)->get();     	// Get active guests within the last 1 hour

$numberOfGuests = Active::guests()->count();      // Count the number of active guests

```

Many thanks to [thomastkim/laravel-online-users](https://github.com/thomastkim/laravel-online-users) on which this is very heavily based.

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is free software distributed under the terms of the MIT license.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1266d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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