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Manage messages in laravel

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Manage messages in Laravel
==========================

[](#manage-messages-in-laravel)

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Thread-based polymorphic messaging for any Eloquent model. Supports multi-participant conversations, read/unread tracking, and soft-deletes on both threads and messages.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require centrex/laravel-messages
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="laravel-messages-migrations"
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### 1. Add the trait to your model

[](#1-add-the-trait-to-your-model)

```
use Centrex\Messages\Concerns\HasMessages;

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

### 2. Create a thread and add messages

[](#2-create-a-thread-and-add-messages)

```
use Centrex\Messages\Models\Thread;

// Create a new thread
$thread = Thread::create(['subject' => 'Order inquiry']);

// Add participants
$thread->addParticipant($user);
$thread->addParticipant($support);
// or multiple at once
$thread->addParticipants([$user, $support, $manager]);

// Post a message
$thread->addMessage(['body' => 'When will my order ship?'], $user);
```

### 3. Read threads and messages

[](#3-read-threads-and-messages)

```
// All threads a user participates in
$user->threads;

// Threads with unread messages
Thread::forModelWithNewMessages($user)->get();

// All threads for a participant
Thread::forModel($user)->get();

// Latest message in a thread
$thread->getLatestMessage();

// All messages in a thread
$thread->messages;

// Who started the thread
$thread->creator();
```

### 4. Unread tracking

[](#4-unread-tracking)

```
// Mark thread as read by user
$thread->markAsRead($user);

// Check if thread has unread messages for user
$thread->isUnread($user);  // bool

// Count of threads with new messages
$user->newMessagesCount();

// IDs of threads with new messages
$user->threadsWithNewMessages();
```

### 5. Participant management

[](#5-participant-management)

```
$thread->hasParticipant($user);   // bool
$thread->activateAllParticipants(); // restore soft-deleted participants
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test        # full suite
composer test:unit   # pest only
composer test:types  # phpstan
composer lint        # pint
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [centrex](https://github.com/centrex)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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 ~111 days

Total

5

Last Release

461d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^8.0|^8.1

v1.0.2PHP ^8.1|^8.2

v1.1.0PHP ^8.2|^8.3|^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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