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xparthxvorax/larachat
=====================

A real-time socket based chat application for Laravel

v0.0.1(7y ago)434PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Nov 18Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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#### Prerequisites:

[](#prerequisites)

You must have PHP > 7.0, Laravel > 5.0, Web server (Apache/Ngnix), Node.js and npm installed on your machine #### Please follow below steps to install the package to a new or an existing Laravel site:

[](#please-follow-below-steps-to-install-the-package-to-a-new-or-an-existing-laravel-site)

1. Run `php artisan make:auth` to scaffold basic login and registration views and routes
2. Install package using `composer require xparthxvorax/larachat` command
3. Run `php artisan larachat:install` command
4. Setup front-end:

    - Run `npm install -g laravel-echo-server` command
    - Add below dependencies to the `package.json` file:

    ```
    "dependencies": {
       "laravel-echo": "^1.4.1",
       "socket.io-client": "^2.1.1"
    }

    ```

    - Run `npm install` command
    - Add below lines to `resources/js/bootstrap.js`

    ```
    import Echo from "laravel-echo"
    window.io = require('socket.io-client');
    window.Echo = new Echo({
        broadcaster: 'socket.io',
        host: window.location.hostname + ':6001'
    });

    ```

    - Add below line to `resources/js/app.js`

    ```
    Vue.component('larachat-component', require('./components/LarachatComponent.vue'));

    ```

    - To display a user list, add `` in `resources/views/home.blade.php` like:

    ```

                 Dashboard

                     @if (session('status'))

                             {{ session('status') }}

                     @endif

                     You are logged in!

    ```

    Or you may put `` to any other view wherever it fits best as per your site design layout. Also you may modify Vue component's default HTML and CSS into `resources\js\components\LarachatComponent.vue` as per your requirement.
5. Set `BROADCAST_DRIVER=redis` and add `LARAVEL_ECHO_SERVER_AUTH_HOST=your-site-url`
6. Runn `npm run dev` command to compile front-end assets
7. Run `laravel-echo-server start` to start socket server. Keep the command running or you may use supervisor for that()

**Demo video:**

**Live demo site:**

1. Account 1:

    Username:

    Password: secret
2. Account 2:

    Username:

    Password: secret
3. Account 3:

    Username:

    Password: secret

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2729d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3cac68b315c1580ca11a4a5ce659551eda1768ac53d8c85412af48dc3e56d06f?d=identicon)[parthvora777](/maintainers/parthvora777)

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Top Contributors

[![parth-vora7](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/263009169?v=4)](https://github.com/parth-vora7 "parth-vora7 (15 commits)")

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