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pushman/pushman
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Pushman PHP Websocket Manager

2.5.0(10y ago)383115MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since May 18Pushed 10y ago13 watchersCompare

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Pushman
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[](#pushman)

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Pushman is an open source web socket event manager. It allows you to push events over HTTP to your own Pushman server which will push event information down to a client via a Web Socket.

You can bind server side events to client notifications.

Demo on the [Pushman Website](http://pushman.dfl.mn).

Todo for Version 3
------------------

[](#todo-for-version-3)

*Okay, testing is the next big thing. Thanks to laravel 5.1, I'll write up tests in PHPUnit!*

- Rewrite PushmanHandler -> Use Non-queued job instead of a class
- General code cleanup (lots of mess around)
- Make API endpoint for broadcasting to a specific client only.
- Write for Pushman :) Integrate with travis-ci
- Way better documentation for building your own Pushman.
    - Implement Swagger.io? Easy clean docs for the API.
- Allow users to broadcast back to the server?

### Long term todo list

[](#long-term-todo-list)

- Shad is working on a cool new User Interface
- Build Pushman Lite as an independant Package to include in single sites.
- Push console logs out on PushmanInternal Channel.

Official Documentation
----------------------

[](#official-documentation)

Documentation for usage can be found on the [Pushman website](http://pushman.dfl.mn/documentation).

Documentation for building your own Pushman instance is found below.

### Building your own Pushman Instance

[](#building-your-own-pushman-instance)

Pushman works fantastically on Laravel's [Forge](http://forge.laravel.com)! **You still need to install prerequisites though.**

#### PHP Extensions

[](#php-extensions)

Pushman requires [ZeroMQ](http://zeromq.org/) which is a custom binary (Windows and Linux), along with it's PHP extension.

You can follow zmq's installation instructions, but you should know building it for a Forge server is easy.

##### Step 1 - Install the Binary

[](#step-1---install-the-binary)

*When installing on Windows, you can just install the .exe from [their website](http://zeromq.org/distro:microsoft-windows).*

For Debian based systems, there is an apt package: `apt-get install libzmq3-dev`

[ZeroMQ Download](http://zeromq.org/area:download)

##### Step 2 - Install the PHP Extension

[](#step-2---install-the-php-extension)

You can always build the PHP extension yourself:

```
git clone git://github.com/mkoppanen/php-zmq.git
$ cd php-zmq
phpize && ./configure
$ sudo make
$ sudo make install

```

*When building the extension for Windows, you can just download an existing .dll file from their website and place it in the php /ext directory. You will also need to add the `extension=zmq.dll` to your php.ini file.*

[PHP Extension Download](http://zeromq.org/bindings:php#toc3)

#### Port Requirements

[](#port-requirements)

Pushman requires two ports to function, an `INTERNAL` and a `PUBLIC` port, the public port handles websocket connections and the other handles incoming API requests.

By default both of these ports are configurable in the `.env` file in the root directory or by setting an environment variable. You only need to setup a firewall rule for the `PUBLIC` port, but do ensure both ports are free to bind to.

.env file:

```
PUSHMAN_PORT=8080
PUSHMAN_INTERNAL=5555

```

#### Installing the Code

[](#installing-the-code)

On forge, you can just build a new site, and give the it the Github repo to install itself. `Duffleman/pushman` on the *master* branch is what you need to enter.

On a regular server, git clone the directory and run `composer install --no-dev` to install the requirements.

#### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Pushman requires a database, so for both Forge and a regular server, enter your Database editor of choice, or sqlite, and build a database and enter the details in the `.env` file in the root web directory.

Once the database configuration is set, you can run `php artisan migrate` followed by `php artisan key:generate` to publish the database layout. Or on Forge, just redeploy the site.

**You MUST set an App Key.**

You may also need to run `chmod -R 777 storage/` to grant write permissions on your storage folder. You may also need to run `chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache` to grant write permissions on the cache directory.

#### Runtime

[](#runtime)

Pushman itself can then be run by using `php artisan pushman:run`. I highly recommend setting up a supervisord task for this or in Forge, go into your server tab and enter the full path to artisan and Forge will auto monitor the task for you.

###### Example Command

[](#example-command)

`php /home/forge/pushman.dfl.mn/artisan pushman:run`

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

If you discover a security vulnerability within Pushman, please send an e-mail to George Miller at . All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

License
-------

[](#license)

Pushman is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Thinking out load
=================

[](#thinking-out-load)

Payload Pushing
---------------

[](#payload-pushing)

Currently we use a TOKEN in the URL string to see if the user is authorized to connect. Could we find a better way to push data to the server, things like a unique ID identifying them as a user perhaps?

After that, we can allow an API to /api/listeners or something which returns the listeners of a channel, the events they listen to, and any of that data. Then we allow an API point for /api/whisper which broadcasts back to a specific user only.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~2 days

Total

13

Last Release

3994d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/45f4521df25fa81f638ba15f7df5e894056fa902cf9d9664d6b0d82801374a2a?d=identicon)[DuffleOne](/maintainers/DuffleOne)

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Top Contributors

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