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hamedmehryar/laravel-chat
=========================

Chat feature for laravel

1.0.1(10y ago)259568[1 issues](https://github.com/hamedmehryar/laravel-chat/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Laravel Chat
============

[](#laravel-chat)

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

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Thread based conversation
- Invite other users to the thread

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 in not recommended because this is a pre-release package)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#installation-laravel-5x-installation-in-not-recommended-because-this-is-a-pre-release-package)

In composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "hamedmehryar/laravel-chat" "0.0.0"
}

```

Run:

```
composer update

```

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

```
'providers' => [
    Hamedmehryar\Chat\ChatServiceProvider::class,
]

```

Publish Assets

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Hamedmehryar\Chat\ChatServiceProvider"

```

Update config file to reference your User Model:

```
config/chat.php

```

Migrate your database:

```
php artisan migrate

```

Add the trait to your user model:

```
use Hamedmehryar\Chat\Traits\Chatable;

class User extends Model {
	use Chatable;
}

```

Add smiley.css file to your page

```

```

**Note:** These examples use the [laravelcollective/html](http://laravelcollective.com/docs/5.0/html) package that is no longer included in Laravel 5 out of the box. Make sure you require this dependency in your `composer.json` file if you intend to use the example files.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Hamed Mehryar](https://github.com/hamedmehryar)

### Special Thanks

[](#special-thanks)

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

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.9% 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 ~24 days

Total

3

Last Release

3843d ago

Major Versions

0.0.0 → 1.0.02015-12-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6290979?v=4)[Hamed Mehryar](/maintainers/hamedmehryar)[@hamedmehryar](https://github.com/hamedmehryar)

---

Top Contributors

[![hamed-netlinks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17270136?v=4)](https://github.com/hamed-netlinks "hamed-netlinks (31 commits)")[![hamedmehryar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6290979?v=4)](https://github.com/hamedmehryar "hamedmehryar (1 commits)")[![hiren207](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43753274?v=4)](https://github.com/hiren207 "hiren207 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelmessagingchatuser messaging

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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