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ashmawi/laravel-follow
======================

User follow unfollow system for Laravel.

1.0.0(4y ago)011MITPHP

Since Oct 4Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Follow
==============

[](#laravel-follow)

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
$ composer require ashmawi/laravel-follow

```

```
$ php artisan migrate

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

This step is optional

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-follow-config

```

Migrations
----------

[](#migrations)

This step is also optional, if you want to custom the pivot table, you can publish the migration files

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-follow-migrations

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Traits

[](#traits)

```
use Ashmawi\LaravelFollow\Traits\Followable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Followable;
}
```

### API

[](#api)

```
$user1->follow($user2);
$user1->unfollow($user2);

$user1->isFollowing($user2)
```

### Get followings

[](#get-followings)

```
$user->followings
```

### Get followers

[](#get-followers)

```
$user->followers
```

### Aggregations

[](#aggregations)

```
// followings count
$user->followings()->count();

// with query where
$user->followings()->where('x', 'x')->count();

// followers count
$user->followers()->count();
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

1682d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/519ac77e0e68efca1c28efdd0f3fca74f653547e3a3662dedccf0eeac0c06e84?d=identicon)[Ashmawi](/maintainers/Ashmawi)

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