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ghostzero/tmi
=============

PHP Twitch Messaging Interface

2.3.3(3y ago)267.3k↓16.7%8[1 PRs](https://github.com/ghostzero/tmi/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0

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PHP Twitch Messaging Interface
==============================

[](#php-twitch-messaging-interface)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Inspired by [tmi.js](https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js) and [php-irc-client](https://github.com/jerodev/php-irc-client) this package is a full featured, high performance Twitch IRC client written in PHP 7.4.

Also have a look at [ghostzero/tmi-cluster](https://github.com/ghostzero/tmi-cluster). TMI Cluster is a Laravel package that makes the PHP TMI client scalable.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Connecting to Twitch IRC with SSL
- Generic IRC Commands
- Supports Twitch IRC Tags (IRC v3)
- Supports Twitch IRC Membership
- Supports Twitch IRC Commands

Official Documentation
----------------------

[](#official-documentation)

You can view our official documentation [here](https://tmiphp.com/docs/).

Getting Started (w/o OAuth Token)
---------------------------------

[](#getting-started-wo-oauth-token)

```
use GhostZero\Tmi\Client;
use GhostZero\Tmi\ClientOptions;
use GhostZero\Tmi\Events\Twitch\MessageEvent;

$client = new Client(new ClientOptions([
    'connection' => [
        'secure' => true,
        'reconnect' => true,
        'rejoin' => true,
    ],
    'channels' => ['ghostzero']
]));

$client->on(MessageEvent::class, function (MessageEvent $e) {
    print "{$e->tags['display-name']}: {$e->message}";
});

$client->connect();
```

Getting Started (w/ OAuth Token)
--------------------------------

[](#getting-started-w-oauth-token)

```
use GhostZero\Tmi\Client;
use GhostZero\Tmi\ClientOptions;
use GhostZero\Tmi\Events\Twitch\MessageEvent;

$client = new Client(new ClientOptions([
    'options' => ['debug' => true],
    'connection' => [
        'secure' => true,
        'reconnect' => true,
        'rejoin' => true,
    ],
    'identity' => [
        'username' => 'ghostzero',
        'password' => 'oauth:...',
    ],
    'channels' => ['ghostzero']
]));

$client->on(MessageEvent::class, function (MessageEvent $e) use ($client) {
    if ($e->self) return;

    if (strtolower($e->message) === '!hello') {
        $client->say($e->channel->getName(), "@{$e->user}, heya!");
    }
});

$client->connect();
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.7% 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 ~83 days

Recently: every ~174 days

Total

12

Last Release

1153d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.0-rc.12020-11-01

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.4

2.1.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/03da561a330aa76d1a09096b2ee0c48ee53ca51d62fa0239469d9615b6855733?d=identicon)[ghostzero](/maintainers/ghostzero)

---

Top Contributors

[![ghostzero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6547306?v=4)](https://github.com/ghostzero "ghostzero (55 commits)")[![Katzen48](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19516002?v=4)](https://github.com/Katzen48 "Katzen48 (5 commits)")[![Bjornar97](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1843267?v=4)](https://github.com/Bjornar97 "Bjornar97 (1 commits)")[![danilopolani](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6277291?v=4)](https://github.com/danilopolani "danilopolani (1 commits)")

---

Tags

chatbotircphp7tmitmi-clustertwitchdev

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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