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baklysystems/laravel-chat-messenger
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Laravel chat package

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Laravel Chat Messenger
======================

[](#laravel-chat-messenger)

A Laravel JQuery chat that is just like Facebook chat

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

[](#installation)

Laravel Messenger supports Laravel 5.3 and higher.

### Package

[](#package)

Require via composer

```
$ composer require baklysystems/laravel-chat-messenger
```

In `config/app.php` file

```
'providers' => [
    ...
    BaklySystems\LaravelMessenger\LaravelMessengerServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Messenger' => BaklySystems\LaravelMessenger\Facades\Messenger::class,
    ...
];
```

### Laravel Messenger Files

[](#laravel-messenger-files)

Then, run `php artisan vendor:publish` to publish the config file, MessageController and assets and routes.

### Laravel Messenger Styles and Scripts

[](#laravel-messenger-styles-and-scripts)

Make sure to add `@yield('css-styles')` in your app/master head section and `@yield('js-scripts')` to your app/master scripts section, or edit section naming in `view/vendor/messenger/messenger.blade.php`

JQuery is required for the messenger script.

Make sure to add `include('messenger.php');` to your web.php

### Laravel Messenger Pusher

[](#laravel-messenger-pusher)

Add your pusher keys in `config/messenger.php` file.

And voila, you can start conversation with any user by linking to `your-domain.com/messenger/t/{userId}`.

Customization
-------------

[](#customization)

### Migrations

[](#migrations)

To publish and edit messenger migrations, run the publish command with `messenger-migrations` tag.

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag messenger-migrations
```

### Views

[](#views)

To publish and edit messenger views, run the publish command with `messenger-views` tag.

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag messenger-views
```

TODO
----

[](#todo)

- emotions.
- upload photos.
- Attach files.
- Show date before every conversation beginning.
- paginate and load threads.
- Laravel Messenger chatbox.
- Unauthenticated chatbox to message customer service.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.8% 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

Every ~47 days

Recently: every ~56 days

Total

8

Last Release

2783d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae40e9a505cc770df9cf08ccc3deae2d3abec9b95df4e0c6dfc852eccc176049?d=identicon)[elbakly](/maintainers/elbakly)

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Top Contributors

[![mohamed-abdul-fattah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9275467?v=4)](https://github.com/mohamed-abdul-fattah "mohamed-abdul-fattah (46 commits)")[![elbakly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2504606?v=4)](https://github.com/elbakly "elbakly (22 commits)")[![jlozano254](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8600559?v=4)](https://github.com/jlozano254 "jlozano254 (3 commits)")

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Tags

messagephplaravelreal-timerealtimechatinboxconversationstalksupport chatfb chatlike facebook chatlike facebook messenger

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