Real-time chat for Laravel, installed in one command
Chatify ships direct messages, group conversations, voice notes, typing indicators, read receipts, and a complete messenger UI — plus a headless JSON API when you would rather build your own.
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Inbox
Every conversation in one place with unread counts, last message previews, pinning, and live presence.
Installation
Three commands.
That's it.
The Artisan installer publishes the config, migrations, routes, and the full messenger UI. Add one trait to your User model and visit /chatify.
- Works with your existing users table
- Any Pusher-protocol driver — Reverb, Pusher, or Soketi
- No queue worker required to go live
Developer experience
An API you will actually enjoy
Chatify is a Laravel package, not a hosted service. Everything runs on your servers, your database, and your broadcasting driver — and every piece is documented and replaceable.
// Send a message from anywhere in your app
$message = $alice->sendMessageTo($bob, 'Hello from code!');
// Or resolve the conversation first
$conversation = $alice->conversationWith($bob);
$alice->participatesInConversation($conversation->id); // true
Actions, events, and policies
Every behaviour lives in a single-purpose action class you can rebind through the container. No god objects, no magic.
Ten broadcast events
MessageSent, UserTyping, ConversationRead, UserPresenceChanged, GroupParticipantsChanged, and more — all documented.
Bring your own frontend
A Sanctum-secured JSON API covers every screen, so Livewire, Inertia, React, or native mobile all work out of the box.
The UI is yours
Publish the Vue 3 + Pinia + Tailwind messenger into your app and edit it like any other component you own.
Localized and RTL-ready
English and Arabic ship by default, with full right-to-left layout support and drop-in language files.
Secure by default
Policy-driven authorization, per-user rate limiting, private broadcast channels, and SSRF-protected link previews.
Everything is documented
Installation, configuration, conversations, groups, events, security, localization, and a complete API reference — written for people who read the source.
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