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springboardvr/laravel-ably-broadcaster
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An Ably broadcaster for Laravel

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Ably Broadcaster for Laravel
============================

[](#ably-broadcaster-for-laravel)

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Adding support for the [Ably](https://ably.io) broadcaster to Laravel! This uses the native [Ably PHP SDK](https://github.com/ably/ably-php) and adds a custom Laravel Broadcast Driver.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require springboardvr/laravel-ably-broadcaster
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Currently to use Ably with Laravel Echo in the frontend you need to enable the Pusher Protocol Support inside of your Abbly account.

1. Go to Settings for your Application
2. Enable Pusher protocol support under Protocol Adapter Settings

Once you've got that setup you can continue to configuring your Laravel application.

Change your default Broadcast driver name in `config/broadcasting.php`

```
'default' => env('BROADCAST_DRIVER', 'ably'),
```

Then you need to add Ably to your `config/broadcasting.php` config file under `connections`.

```
'ably' => [
    'driver' => 'ably',
    'key' => env('ABLY_KEY'),
],
```

Then you need to update your `.env` file with your Ably configuration details. The Key is available in the API Keys section of Ably. You need a key with full Privileges.

The `ABLY_KEY` value will look something like `g7CSSj.E08Odw:t2w2LkZ7OcR2Xk7S`For the `MIX_ABLY_KEY` value you need to take everything before the `:` in your `ABLY_KEY`, like `g7CSSj.E08Odw`

```
BROADCAST_DRIVER=ably
ABLY_KEY=
MIX_ABLY_KEY=
```

Once you've got the Laravel side setup you also need to update Laravel Echo to use Ably! It keeps using the Pusher JS library but you use the Websocket Host that Ably provides.

```
import Echo from "laravel-echo"

window.Pusher = require('pusher-js');

window.Echo = new Echo({
    broadcaster: 'pusher',
    key: process.env.MIX_ABLY_KEY,
    wsHost: 'realtime-pusher.ably.io',
    wsPort: 443,
    disableStats: true,
    encrypted: true,
});
```

That's it! Public, Private, and Presence channels will all work as with Pusher.

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Limitations

[](#limitations)

- Currently in the frontend it is using the PusherJS library rather then the Ably library. We will be evaluating adding support for this library to Laravel Echo in the future.
- When you are broadcasting to multiple channels we aren't yet using the [Bulk Publish](https://www.ably.io/documentation/rest-api/beta#batch-publish) endpoints. Once these are moved out of Beta we will update the library to support them.
- Limited testing! Needs to be expanded to cover the Auth functions.

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Matthew Hall](https://github.com/springboardvr)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~151 days

Total

3

Last Release

2065d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28344339?v=4)[springboardVR](/maintainers/springboardVR)[@springboardVR](https://github.com/springboardVR)

---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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