Why Laravel Chat?
Laravel Chat makes it super easy to add messaging features to your Laravel app.
Instead of spending weeks building everything from scratch (like message storage, read & unread , file uploads, and real-time events), this package gives you all the tools out of the box, so you can focus on your app.
What Problems Does It Solve?
Building chat from scratch means:
- Handling complex real-time events
- Managing database relationships for messages, users, and channels
- Keeping track of read/unread messages
- Supporting file uploads (locally or on S3)
- Encrypting and securing message content
It’s all handled for you just install, configure, and go.
Common Use Cases
You can use Laravel Chat in all kinds of applications:
- Marketplaces – messaging between buyers and sellers
- Customer Support – in-app help with real-time responses
- Internal Tools – team communication and project collaboration
- Social Platforms – user-to-user
- File Collaboration – share documents and media directly in chat
Use it however you want, it's flexible and extendable.