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ianm/follow-users
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Follow users and be notified of new discussions or posts

1.5.1(2mo ago)444.8k↑54.3%8[2 issues](https://github.com/imorland/follow-users/issues)1MITPHPCI passing

Since Dec 20Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Follow Users
============

[](#follow-users)

[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b35522085fa5d0c00150a59c163b9a51e42bc94b0f5f985d6beab4db7ee43915/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f69616e6d2f666f6c6c6f772d75736572732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/ianm/follow-users)

[![Extiverse](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2cb0654fb31775aa1d2782f1795e3866147d2553244f620c94d561b47c97724/68747470733a2f2f6578746976657273652e636f6d2f657874656e73696f6e2f69616e6d2f666f6c6c6f772d75736572732f6f70656e2d67726170682d696d616765)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2cb0654fb31775aa1d2782f1795e3866147d2553244f620c94d561b47c97724/68747470733a2f2f6578746976657273652e636f6d2f657874656e73696f6e2f69616e6d2f666f6c6c6f772d75736572732f6f70656e2d67726170682d696d616765)

A [Flarum](http://flarum.org) extension. Follow users and be notified of new discussions

Building on top of `fof/follow-tags`, this extension allows for following of individual users.

### Features

[](#features)

- Adds a 'Followed User' badge to users that *you* follow, forum wide
- Adds A 'Followed Users' filter to the following filter
- Permission for which groups can be followed
- User preference to block followers
- Notifications for 'Followed', 'Unfollowed', 'Followed User Started Discussion' and 'Followed User Posted'
- Integration with `fof/user-directory`
- Provides a search gambit `is:followeduser`
- \[Developers\] events dispatched for `Following` and `Unfollowing`

##### Discussion list

[](#discussion-list)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770472-2161df00-437c-11eb-8274-6f73d58b1042.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770472-2161df00-437c-11eb-8274-6f73d58b1042.png)

##### Following dropdown

[](#following-dropdown)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770549-40f90780-437c-11eb-801e-a7fb9e08e704.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770549-40f90780-437c-11eb-801e-a7fb9e08e704.png)

##### User profile page following view

[](#user-profile-page-following-view)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591121-c11ec7ea-91fc-4836-9ded-4b33bc230fca.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591121-c11ec7ea-91fc-4836-9ded-4b33bc230fca.png)

##### User card integration

[](#user-card-integration)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591272-4295dbc3-5a79-4213-9d06-d7de8f444ab5.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591272-4295dbc3-5a79-4213-9d06-d7de8f444ab5.png)

##### `fof/user-directory` integration

[](#fofuser-directory-integration)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591023-effd4e19-8719-48b8-8be1-11a1c38e5c74.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/184591023-effd4e19-8719-48b8-8be1-11a1c38e5c74.png)

##### Notification preferences

[](#notification-preferences)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770611-55d59b00-437c-11eb-8d57-408770c34d69.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770611-55d59b00-437c-11eb-8d57-408770c34d69.png)

##### Privacy setting

[](#privacy-setting)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770745-8e757480-437c-11eb-903b-4a999bdb5228.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/102770745-8e757480-437c-11eb-903b-4a999bdb5228.png)

### Installation

[](#installation)

Install with composer:

```
composer require ianm/follow-users:"*"
```

`fof/follow-tags` *must* be enabled *before* this extension is enabled.

### Updating

[](#updating)

```
composer update ianm/follow-users
```

Support
-------

[](#support)

Please consider supporting my extension development and maintenance work.

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###  Health Score

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance74

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.2% 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 ~48 days

Recently: every ~13 days

Total

41

Last Release

81d ago

Major Versions

0.2.2 → 1.0.02021-05-26

1.4.11 → 2.0.0-beta.12026-01-01

1.5.0 → 2.0.0-beta.62026-02-21

1.5.1 → 2.0.0-beta.72026-04-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16573496?v=4)[IanM](/maintainers/imorland)[@imorland](https://github.com/imorland)

---

Top Contributors

[![imorland](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16573496?v=4)](https://github.com/imorland "imorland (71 commits)")[![flarum-bot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39334649?v=4)](https://github.com/flarum-bot "flarum-bot (29 commits)")[![davwheat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7406822?v=4)](https://github.com/davwheat "davwheat (9 commits)")[![DavideIadeluca](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146922689?v=4)](https://github.com/DavideIadeluca "DavideIadeluca (2 commits)")[![iPurpl3x](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18526076?v=4)](https://github.com/iPurpl3x "iPurpl3x (2 commits)")[![rafaucau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25438601?v=4)](https://github.com/rafaucau "rafaucau (2 commits)")[![luceos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)](https://github.com/luceos "luceos (1 commits)")[![gianniguida](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53989450?v=4)](https://github.com/gianniguida "gianniguida (1 commits)")[![StyleCIBot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11048387?v=4)](https://github.com/StyleCIBot "StyleCIBot (1 commits)")

---

Tags

friendssubscribeflarumfollowing

### Embed Badge

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

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ianm-follow-users/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ianm-follow-users)
```

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