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hkan/follow
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Follow
======

[](#follow)

User follow system for Laravel 4.

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

[](#installation)

Add the following line to your `composer.json`'s `require` array.

```
"hkan/follow": "dev-master"

```

Migrate to database

```
php artisan migrate --package="hkan/follow"

```

Copy the following line to the `providers` array of `app/config/app.php`

```
'Hkan\Follow\FollowServiceProvider'

```

Add the trait to your `User` model.

```
use \Hkan\Follow\Traits\FollowTrait;

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Follow and unfollow users

[](#follow-and-unfollow-users)

```
$user->follow($prettyGirl)
$user->unfollow($belieberGirl)

```

#### Check if following or being followed by someone

[](#check-if-following-or-being-followed-by-someone)

```
$user->isFollowing($someDude)
$user->isFollowedBy($creepyDude)

```

#### Followers and followings relations

[](#followers-and-followings-relations)

```
$user->followers()
$user->followings()

$user->follower_count // Shortcut for $user->followers()->count()
$user->following_count // Shortcut for $user->followings()->count()

```

#### Bonus: Most followed user(s)

[](#bonus-most-followed-users)

```
User::mostFollowed()->first() // Most followed user
User::mostFollowed()->take(10)->get() // Most followed 10 users

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2135597?v=4)[Hakan Aktas](/maintainers/hkan)[@hkan](https://github.com/hkan)

---

Top Contributors

[![hkan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2135597?v=4)](https://github.com/hkan "hkan (5 commits)")

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![Health badge](/badges/hkan-follow/health.svg)

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```

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