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muyaedward/messenger
====================

Simple user messaging tool for Laravel

1.3.7(6y ago)3115MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0CI failing

Since Nov 18Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Messenger
=================

[](#laravel-messenger)

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

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Multiple conversations per user
- Optionally loop in additional users with each new message
- View the last message for each thread available
- Returns either all messages in the system, all messages associated to the user, or all message associated to the user with new/unread messages
- Return the users unread message count easily
- Very flexible usage so you can implement your own access control

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-laravel-5x)

```
composer require muyaedward/messenger

```

Or place manually in composer.json:

```
"require": {
    "muyaedward/messenger": "dev-master"
}

```

Run:

```
composer update

```

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

```
'providers' => [
    Muyaedward\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider::class,
],
```

> **Note**: If you are using Laravel 5.5, this step is unnecessary. Laravel Messenger supports [Package Discovery](https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/packages#package-discovery).

Publish config:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Muyaedward\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider" --tag="config"

```

Update config file to reference your User Model:

```
config/messenger.php

```

Create a `users` table if you do not have one already. If you need one, the default Laravel migration will be satisfactory.

**(Optional)** Define names of database tables in package config file if you don't want to use default ones:

```
'messages_table' => 'messenger_messages',
'participants_table' => 'messenger_participants',
'threads_table' => 'messenger_threads',
```

Publish migrations:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Muyaedward\Messenger\MessengerServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

```

Migrate your database:

```
php artisan migrate

```

Add the trait to your user model:

```
use Muyaedward\Messenger\Traits\Messagable;

class User extends Authenticatable {
    use Messagable;
}
```

Contributing?
-------------

[](#contributing)

Please format your code before creating a pull-request. This will format all files as specified in `.php_cs`:

```
vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix .

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Chris Gmyr](https://github.com/cmgmyr)
- [Anton Komarev](https://github.com/antonkomarev)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

### Special Thanks

[](#special-thanks)

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

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~38 days

Total

10

Last Release

2387d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP >=5.5.0

1.2PHP ^7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1068abc44a610494c51024b5a679afcaee66be85d34c9b3f5e2a44672922707e?d=identicon)[kikuyu1](/maintainers/kikuyu1)

---

Top Contributors

[![muyaedward](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7256186?v=4)](https://github.com/muyaedward "muyaedward (14 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelmessagingMessengeruser messaging

###  Code Quality

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Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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