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hidrarga/chatbox
================

A small chat using websockets

1.3.2(9y ago)037GPLv3PHP

Since May 8Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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

[](#introduction)

ChatBox is a small chat service using websockets.

The php server use [Ratchet](http://socketo.me/).

The javascript client use [jQuery](http://jquery.com/), [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/), [web-socket-js](https://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js) (for compatibility with old browsers and smartphones) and [webL10n](https://github.com/fabi1cazenave/webL10n)

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

[](#installation)

All you need to do is running bower and composer.

```
bower update
```

```
composer update
```

If you don't have bower installed, run:

```
npm install -g bower
```

If you don't have composer installed, run:

```
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run the server:

```
php bin/server.php
```

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

[](#configuration)

### Server

[](#server)

You can decide to disable logs by setting `LOGGING` off in `src/ChatBox/Chat.php`.

You can change the number of message stored in the log file by editing `LENGTH` in `src/ChatBox/Logger.php`.

### Client

[](#client)

Don't forget to change the hostname and the location of WebSocketMain.swf in `js/chat.js`

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

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 ~108 days

Recently: every ~134 days

Total

6

Last Release

3509d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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