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neoncube/flarum-private-messages
================================

A Flarum extension for adding private messages to your forum! Private messages (PM's) are also known as "direct messages" (DM's). (e.g. "Send me a PM!" or "Send me a DM!")

1.5.4(1y ago)411.7k—5.6%5[5 issues](https://github.com/neoncube2/flarum-private-messages/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/neoncube2/flarum-private-messages/pulls)1MITJavaScript

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Private Messages
================

[](#private-messages)

A [Flarum](http://flarum.org) extension for adding private messages to your forum!

Private messages (PM's) are also known as "direct messages" (DM's). (e.g. "Send me a PM!" or "Send me a DM!")

[![Flarum Private Messages screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neoncube2/flarum-private-messages/main/resources/screenshot.jpg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neoncube2/flarum-private-messages/main/resources/screenshot.jpg)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer remove kyrne/whisper --no-update
composer remove littlecxm/whisper --no-update
composer require neoncube/flarum-private-messages:"*"

```

Updating
--------

[](#updating)

```
composer update neoncube/flarum-private-messages
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

```

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Report an issue via Flarum forums](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/35388-private-messages)
- [Report an issue via Github](https://github.com/neoncube2/flarum-private-messages/issues)

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Thank you to [Kyrne](https://redevs.org), who made the original [Whisper](https://flarum.org/index.php/extension/kyrne/whisper) extension, which this extension is mostly based off of!

Thank you to [David Wheatleu](https://davwheat.dev) and [CXM](https://littlecxm.me/) for their many bug fixes and contributions!

[![MIT license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](https://github.com/neoncube/flarum-private-messages/blob/master/LICENSE)

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance22

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.8% 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 ~24 days

Total

10

Last Release

464d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a99c5ff204f3c0f2a800dd3c37d786d2838f63b3809b20c8319156e4127b1117?d=identicon)[neoncube](/maintainers/neoncube)

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Top Contributors

[![neoncube2](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10658081?v=4)](https://github.com/neoncube2 "neoncube2 (48 commits)")[![davwheat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7406822?v=4)](https://github.com/davwheat "davwheat (16 commits)")[![KyrneDev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13856015?v=4)](https://github.com/KyrneDev "KyrneDev (9 commits)")[![littlecxm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16154023?v=4)](https://github.com/littlecxm "littlecxm (8 commits)")[![tolgaaaltas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10291048?v=4)](https://github.com/tolgaaaltas "tolgaaaltas (2 commits)")[![katosdev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7927609?v=4)](https://github.com/katosdev "katosdev (1 commits)")[![etfb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5212578?v=4)](https://github.com/etfb "etfb (1 commits)")[![Pathologic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3012304?v=4)](https://github.com/Pathologic "Pathologic (1 commits)")

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Tags

direct-messagesdirect-messagingflarumflarum-extensionprivate-messagesprivate-messagingflarumpmfriendsofflarumprivate messageprivate messagingDMdirect messsagedirect messaging

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