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cmgmyr/messenger
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Simple user messaging tool for Laravel

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Laravel Messenger
=================

[](#laravel-messenger)

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

Leave some feedback
-------------------

[](#leave-some-feedback)

[How are you using laravel-messenger?](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/issues/55)

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, or all message associated to the user with new/unread messages
- 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)

Laravel Versions
----------------

[](#laravel-versions)

LaravelMessenger4.\*1.\*5.0-5.4<= 2.16.25.5+2.\*Installation (Laravel 4.x - no longer actively supported)
---------------------------------------------------------

[](#installation-laravel-4x---no-longer-actively-supported)

Installation instructions for Laravel 4 can be [found here](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/tree/v1).

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

[](#installation-laravel-5x)

```
composer require cmgmyr/messenger

```

Or place manually in composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "cmgmyr/messenger": "~2.0"
}

```

Run:

```
composer update

```

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

```
'providers' => [
    Cmgmyr\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider::class,
],
```

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

Publish config:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Cmgmyr\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider" --tag="config"

```

Update config file to reference your User Model:

```
config/messenger.php

```

Create a `users` table if you do not have one already. If you need one, the default Laravel migration will be satisfactory.

**(Optional)** Define names of database tables in package config file if you don't want to use default ones:

```
'messages_table' => 'messenger_messages',
'participants_table' => 'messenger_participants',
'threads_table' => 'messenger_threads',
```

Publish migrations:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Cmgmyr\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

```

Migrate your database:

```
php artisan migrate

```

Add the trait to your user model:

```
use Cmgmyr\Messenger\Traits\Messagable;

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

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

- [Controller](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/tree/master/examples/MessagesController.php)
- [Routes](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/tree/master/examples/routes.php)
- [Views](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger/tree/master/examples/views)

Example Projects
----------------

[](#example-projects)

- \[WIP\] [Pusher](https://github.com/cmgmyr/laravel-messenger-pusher-demo)
- \[WIP\] [Lumen API](https://github.com/cmgmyr/lumen-messenger-api)

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Chris Gmyr](https://github.com/cmgmyr)
- [Anton Komarev](https://github.com/antonkomarev)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

### Special Thanks

[](#special-thanks)

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

###  Health Score

74

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity70

Solid adoption and visibility

Community43

Growing community involvement

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 79.8% 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 ~64 days

Recently: every ~270 days

Total

65

Last Release

62d ago

Major Versions

1.7.1 → 2.82015-09-27

1.8 → 2.8.12015-10-06

1.8.1 → 2.92015-12-11

1.8.2 → 2.9.12016-01-29

1.x-dev → 2.102016-02-25

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0PHP >=5.4.0

2.15PHP >=5.5.0

2.17PHP ^7.1.3

2.21PHP ^7.2

2.22PHP ^7.2|^8.0

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