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

Documentation

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

Demo

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