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Laravel Messages
================

[](#laravel-messages)

This package will allow you to add a full user messaging system into your Laravel application.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Multiple conversations per user
- Optionally loop in additional users with each new message
- View the last message for each thread available
- Returns either all messages in the system, all messages associated to the user
- Return the users unread message count easily
- Very flexible usage so you can implement your own access control

Common uses
-----------

[](#common-uses)

- Open threads (everyone can see everything)
- Group messaging (only participants can see their threads)
- One to one messaging (private or direct thread)

Installation (Laravel 5.x)
--------------------------

[](#installation-laravel-5x)

```
composer require chrisidakwo/laravel-messages

```

Or place manually in composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "chrisidakwo/laravel-messages": "~1.0"
}
```

Run:

```
composer update
```

Add the service provider to `config/app.php` under `providers`:

```
'providers' => [
    ChrisIdakwo\Messages\MessagesServiceProvider::class,
],
```

> **Note**: If you are using Laravel 5.5, this step is unnecessary. Laravel Messages supports [Package Discovery](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/packages#package-discovery).

Publish config:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="ChrisIdakwo\Messages\MessagesServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Update config file to reference your User Model:

```
config/messages.php
```

Publish migrations:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="ChrisIdakwo\Messages\MessagesServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
```

Migrate your database:

```
php artisan migrate
```

Add the trait to your user model:

```
use ChrisIdakwo\Messages\Traits\HasMessages;

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

Contributing?
-------------

[](#contributing)

Please format your code before creating a pull-request. This will format all files as specified in `.php_cs`:

```
vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix .
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email [Chris Idakwo](mailto:chris.idakwo@gmail.com) instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Chris Idakwo](https://github.com/chrisidakwo)

### Special Thanks

[](#special-thanks)

This package used [cmgmyr/laravel-messenger](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger) as a starting point.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

2245d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6f9d8495283ff2495d41150c337c2b0c4791af2de575a80e8e35f174565f6abd?d=identicon)[chrisidakwo](/maintainers/chrisidakwo)

---

Top Contributors

[![chrisidakwo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29854560?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisidakwo "chrisidakwo (3 commits)")

---

Tags

chatconversationlaravelmessagesmessagingphproomusermessagelaraveleloquentusersendmessagingsystemchatMessenger

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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