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flagrow/byobu
=============

Well integrated, advanced private discussions.

1.4.7(1mo ago)598.3k33[8 issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/byobu/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/byobu/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI failing

Since Jan 27Pushed 6d ago4 watchersCompare

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Byōbu by FriendsOfFlarum
========================

[](#byōbu-by-friendsofflarum)

[![MIT license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/byobu/blob/master/LICENSE)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7d0a84b2ad848821428d12144c48fa5c1213cd242d01264d10b5efe46d99c5e9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f666f662f62796f62752e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/byobu)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0bda261f60c8443571c72b76d0e3b5fdb6a3ca51b0dd4b350b78fa81f2d672af/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f666f662f62796f62752e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/byobu)[![Donate](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/aae3164da00e2f6cc9140b898be8b1d0f489a2aebc920a3bd03c0c117adb38f7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6f70656e636f6c6c6563746976652d737570706f72742d626c75652e737667)](https://opencollective.com/fof)

Private discussions for your forum. Allows you to select specific recipients for your discussions.

Goals
-----

[](#goals)

- Create discussions only specific users or groups can participate in.
- Force new posts in these private discussions to show real-time.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require fof/byobu:"*"
```

Updating
--------

[](#updating)

```
composer update fof/byobu
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear
```

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

[](#configuration)

Enable the extension under the extensions tab in the admin area.

Make sure you configure the private discussions permission on the Admin Permissions tab to your needs;

- Create private discussions with users
- Create private discussions with groups
- Create private discussions with blockers
- Edit recipient users of private discussions
- Edit recipient groups of private discussions

Notifications
-------------

[](#notifications)

Browser alert and email notifications are available for `user` recipients of private discussions for:

- Private discussion started
- Private discussion replied
- User added to private discussion
- User left the private discussion

Notifications for `group` recipients are available for:

- Private discussion started
- Private discussion replied

(More notification types are planned for `groups` soon)

Support our work
----------------

[](#support-our-work)

We prefer to keep our work available to everyone. In order to do so we rely on voluntary contributions on [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/fof).

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Discuss](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/4762)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/byobu)
- [Issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/byobu/issues)
- [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/byobu)

An extension by FriendsOfFlarum.

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~30 days

Recently: every ~8 days

Total

111

Last Release

49d ago

Major Versions

0.6.1 → 1.0.0-beta.12021-05-26

1.4.3 → 2.0.0-beta.12025-11-27

1.4.4 → 2.0.0-beta.82026-03-14

1.4.5 → 2.0.0-beta.102026-04-07

1.4.6 → 2.x-dev2026-04-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)[Daniël Klabbers](/maintainers/Luceos)[@luceos](https://github.com/luceos)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

flagrowflarumflarum-extensionhacktoberfestprivate-discussionsmessagingflarumpmprivate discussionsfof

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