A real-time chat package for Laravel.
Direct messages, group conversations, typing indicators, attachments, and more — installable with a single Artisan command.

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v2 is in beta. Install with composer require munafio/chatify:^2.0@beta. v1 remains stable on ^1.6. See the Upgrading Guide for details.

Features

• Direct messages between any two authenticated users
• Group conversations with roles, permissions, and participant management
• Saved messages — Telegram-style self-chat for bookmarks and notes
• Real-time typing indicators, read receipts, and presence (online/offline)
• Attachments — images, documents, audio, video with configurable size limits
• Reply, edit, delete, and forward messages
• Voice notes recording and playback
• Favorites and blocking system
• Message search within conversations
• Giphy stickers and link previews
• Themes, fonts, colors, and wallpaper — all user-configurable
• Localization with RTL support (English and Arabic included)
• Bundled messenger UI (Vue 3 + Pinia + Tailwind CSS) served at /chatify
• Headless JSON API for custom frontends (SPA, mobile, etc.)
• Gravatar integration for default avatars

...and much more!

Requirements

| Dependency | Version | | --- | --- | | PHP | 8.2+ | | Laravel | 11+| | Broadcasting | Pusher, Laravel Reverb, or compatible WebSocket server |

Documentation

Full documentation is available at chatifyphp.com/docs — covering installation, configuration, groups, API reference, broadcasting setup, customization, and more.

Demo

| Resource | Link | | --- | --- | | Demo application | munafio/chatify-v2-demo | | Video walkthrough | YouTube |

Community

Join the Discord server for help, announcements, showcases, and discussion.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please see the contributing guide for details.

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it via the GitHub Security Policy. Do not open a public issue.

License

Chatify is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

Author

Munaf A. Mahdi