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wirechat/wirechat
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A Laravel Livewire messaging app for teams with private chats and group conversations.

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**Wirechat** 🚀
==============

[](#wirechat-)

[![Wirechat Preview](wirechat-preview.png)](wirechat-preview.png)

**Wirechat** is a powerful Laravel Livewire chat package that brings real-time private &amp; group communication to your application. With embeddable components, it seamlessly integrates into your project, providing a feature-rich chat experience for your users.

Some of the features include :

- **Private &amp; Group Chats**: Real-time messaging with customizable groups, admins, and permissions.
- **Smart Deletes**: Delete messages or chats without affecting others.
- **Media Sharing**: Send files with easy previews and attachment management.
- **Search &amp; Realtime**: Instant messaging with powerful search capabilities.
- **Customizable Themes**: Match your brand with configurable colors and dark mode.
- **Message Replies**: Easily reply to messages and attachments.

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Documentation 📚
---------------

[](#documentation-)

Explore the full documentation to get started and unlock Wirechat's potential:
👉 [**Wirechat Documentation**](https://wirechat.namuio.com)

---

Contributing 🔧
--------------

[](#contributing-)

Thank you for considering contributing to WireChat! You can find out more on how to get started on the [**Contribution Docs**](https://wirechat.namuio.com/docs/contribution).

Support Me ❤️
-------------

[](#support-me-️)

I've invested a lot of time and resources in building and maintaining Wirechat, and your support truly makes a difference. If you find Wirechat helpful, please consider showing your appreciation by:

- **Sponsoring on GitHub** – Your sponsorship helps me continue improving and supporting Wirechat.
- **Buying Me a Coffee** – A small donation goes a long way in keeping the project running.
- Sharing Wirechat with your network or contributing code, ideas, or feedback.

Every bit of support fuels future enhancements and ensures Wirechat remains a powerful tool for the community. Thank you for being part of the journey!

[GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/namumakwembo) | [Buy Me a Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/namuio)

[![Buy Me A Coffee](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0cf29a542375e1a46e84d8bf5805a4e5c0a6ee98b6547ccdc0c55eed49d99c69/68747470733a2f2f63646e2e6275796d6561636f666665652e636f6d2f627574746f6e732f76322f64656661756c742d79656c6c6f772e706e67)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/namuio)

Changelog 📜
-----------

[](#changelog-)

Stay updated with the latest changes and improvements:
👉 [**View the Changelog**](https://github.com/namumakwembo/wirechat/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

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Author ✍️
---------

[](#author-️)

Wirechat is developed and maintained by [**Namu Makwembo**](https://x.com/namuio).

###  Health Score

59

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity47

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.3% 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 ~14 days

Total

34

Last Release

52d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cf89919ce854f04abccb2aa73519bd822548a310a17770f34b143fb238eaa6b0?d=identicon)[namu](/maintainers/namu)

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Top Contributors

[![namumakwembo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77463693?v=4)](https://github.com/namumakwembo "namumakwembo (533 commits)")[![Copilot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/1143301?v=4)](https://github.com/Copilot "Copilot (16 commits)")[![SenatorMatt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55585086?v=4)](https://github.com/SenatorMatt "SenatorMatt (2 commits)")[![tony98ms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62909225?v=4)](https://github.com/tony98ms "tony98ms (2 commits)")[![refringe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127057?v=4)](https://github.com/refringe "refringe (1 commits)")[![simaremare](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6852642?v=4)](https://github.com/simaremare "simaremare (1 commits)")[![viktorruskai](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9396295?v=4)](https://github.com/viktorruskai "viktorruskai (1 commits)")[![fbrissi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/339706?v=4)](https://github.com/fbrissi "fbrissi (1 commits)")[![jorioux](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/876027?v=4)](https://github.com/jorioux "jorioux (1 commits)")[![laravel-shift](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15991828?v=4)](https://github.com/laravel-shift "laravel-shift (1 commits)")

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Tags

aplinejschatchat-appchat-applicationlaravellaravel-packagelivewirelivewire-componentstailwindcsswebsocket

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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