PHPackages socieboy/chat - PHPackages - PHPackages [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register) 1. [Directory](/) 2. / 3. [Framework](/categories/framework) 4. / 5. socieboy/chat AbandonedArchivedPackage[Framework](/categories/framework) socieboy/chat ============= Laravel Chat 212479[1 issues](https://github.com/socieboy/chat/issues)JavaScript Since Apr 20Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/socieboy/chat)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/socieboy/chat)[ RSS](/packages/socieboy-chat/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) Deprecated Laravel Chat ============ [](#laravel-chat) Laravel Chat is a package to make on your own app a chat with multi users and private conversations. This package use redis and socket.io to better performance. Installation ------------ [](#installation) Required -------- [](#required) Install redis on your server. ``` nmp install socket.io nmp install ioredis ``` Download and Installation ------------------------- [](#download-and-installation) Download laravel chat package to your project ``` composer require "socieboy/chat" "dev-master" ``` Then execute the command ``` Composer update ``` Place the service provider on your app.php config file. ``` Socieboy\Chat\ChatServiceProvider::class, ``` Migrations ---------- [](#migrations) Now execute the command. ``` php artisan chat:tables ``` Then run ``` php artisan migrate ``` Update laravel auth ------------------- [](#update-laravel-auth) Update the AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers trait of the laravel auth controller. This trait is updated to fire events when a new user has been logged in and out. ``` Socieboy\Chat\Traits\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers ``` Styles and Scripts ------------------ [](#styles-and-scripts) Publish the scripts and styles with the command ``` php artisan vendor:publish ``` Set up on your master view page the fallow code. On the meta tags area between the <head></head> tags. ``` ``` Also you have to add the style scripts. ``` ``` Same thing with the JS files required, make sure to place them in end before to close the <body><\\body> tag. ``` ``` Usage ===== [](#usage) Run redis on your server ``` redis-server ``` Then on your project folder execute this code ``` node socket.js ``` ### Health Score 26 — LowBetter than 41% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity23 Limited adoption so far Community11 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record 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. ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7442695?v=4)[Frank Sepulveda](/maintainers/socieboy)[@socieboy](https://github.com/socieboy) --- Top Contributors [![socieboy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7442695?v=4)](https://github.com/socieboy "socieboy (27 commits)") ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/socieboy-chat/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/socieboy-chat/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/socieboy-chat) ``` ### Alternatives [laravel/dusk Laravel Dusk provides simple end-to-end testing and browser automation. 1.9k39.6M299](/packages/laravel-dusk)[nineinchnick/edatatables Grid widget for the Yii Framework, wrapper for the DataTables jQuery plugin 173.2k](/packages/nineinchnick-edatatables)[link-cloud/fast-hyperf LinkCloud Fast Hyperf 241.2k1](/packages/link-cloud-fast-hyperf) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)