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laravel-interaction/follow
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User follow/unfollow behaviour for Laravel.

3.5.0(1mo ago)19MITPHPPHP ^8.0

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Laravel Follow
==============

[](#laravel-follow)

User follow/unfollow behaviour for Laravel.

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

[](#introduction)

It let people express how they feel about the model(documentation/subject/topic).

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/427dfd50a6f56a30ae79df585c9d90524e20939decf7241c1248d2dc0fef29a4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f466f6c6c6f772d312e326b2d627269676874677265656e3f7374796c653d736f6369616c)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/427dfd50a6f56a30ae79df585c9d90524e20939decf7241c1248d2dc0fef29a4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f466f6c6c6f772d312e326b2d627269676874677265656e3f7374796c653d736f6369616c)

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

[](#installation)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- [PHP 8.0+](https://php.net/releases/)
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)
- [Laravel 8.0+](https://laravel.com/docs/releases)

### Instructions

[](#instructions)

Require Laravel Follow using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

```
composer require laravel-interaction/follow
```

Publish configuration and migrations

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=follow-config
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=follow-migrations
```

Run database migrations.

```
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Setup Follower

[](#setup-follower)

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use LaravelInteraction\Follow\Concerns\Follower;

class User extends Model
{
    use Follower;
}
```

### Setup Followable

[](#setup-followable)

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use LaravelInteraction\Follow\Concerns\Followable;

class Channel extends Model
{
    use Followable;
}
```

### Follower

[](#follower)

```
use LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\Channel;
/** @var \LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\User $user */
/** @var \LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\Channel $channel */
// Follow to Followable
$user->follow($channel);
$user->unfollow($channel);
$user->toggleFollow($channel);

// Compare Followable
$user->hasFollowed($channel);
$user->hasNotFollowed($channel);

// Get followed info
$user->followerFollowings()->count();

// with type
$user->followerFollowings()->withType(Channel::class)->count();

// get followed channels
Channel::query()->whereFollowedBy($user)->get();

// get followed channels doesnt followed
Channel::query()->whereNotFollowedBy($user)->get();
```

### Followable

[](#followable)

```
use LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\User;
use LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\Channel;
/** @var \LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\User $user */
/** @var \LaravelInteraction\Follow\Tests\Models\Channel $channel */
// Compare Follower
$channel->isFollowedBy($user);
$channel->isNotFollowedBy($user);
// Get followers info
$channel->followers->each(function (User $user){
    echo $user->getKey();
});

$channels = Channel::query()->withCount('followers')->get();
$channels->each(function (Channel $channel){
    echo $channel->followers()->count(); // 1100
    echo $channel->followers_count; // "1100"
    echo $channel->followersCount(); // 1100
    echo $channel->followersCountForHumans(); // "1.1K"
});
```

### Events

[](#events)

EventFired`LaravelInteraction\Follow\Events\Followed`When an object get followed.`LaravelInteraction\Follow\Events\Unfollowed`When an object get unfollowed.License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel Follow is an open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.2% 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 ~71 days

Recently: every ~274 days

Total

26

Last Release

55d ago

Major Versions

0.6.0 → 1.0.0-alpha.12021-08-28

0.6.1 → 1.0.0-alpha.22021-08-31

1.x-dev → 2.0.0-beta.12022-03-10

2.x-dev → 3.0.02022-11-27

PHP version history (3 changes)0.4.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

2.0.0-beta.1PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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