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A beautiful Laravel Livewire chat component built with Flux UI, supporting both standard polling and real-time messaging with Laravel Reverb.

✨ Features

• 🎨 Beautiful UI - Built with Flux UI components
• ⚡ Real-time Support - Optional Laravel Reverb integration
• 🔄 Fallback Polling - Works without WebSocket server
• 🌍 Multi-language - English and Norwegian included
• 📱 Responsive Design - Works on all devices
• 🔧 Highly Configurable - Customize everything
• 🚀 Easy Installation - One command setup

📋 Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 12.0+
• Livewire 3.0+
• Flux UI Pro 2.0+

🚀 Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require wirelabs/fluxchat

Run the installation command:

php artisan fluxchat:install

Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

🎯 Basic Usage

Add the component to your Blade view:

<livewire:fluxchat :contacts="$contacts" />

Where $contacts is a collection of users/contacts:

// In your controller
$contacts = User::where('id', '!=', auth()->id())->get();

return view('chat', compact('contacts'));

⚙️ Configuration

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="fluxchat-config"

Basic Configuration

// config/fluxchat.php

return [
    'realtime' => [
        'enabled' => env('FLUXCHAT_REALTIME_ENABLED', false),
        'auto_refresh_interval' => env('FLUXCHAT_AUTO_REFRESH', 5), // seconds
    ],
    
    'ui' => [
        'theme' => env('FLUXCHAT_THEME', 'dark'),
        'avatar_size' => env('FLUXCHAT_AVATAR_SIZE', 'sm'),
    ],
];

Environment Variables

Add to your .env file:

# Standard mode (polling every 5 seconds)
FLUXCHAT_REALTIME_ENABLED=false
FLUXCHAT_AUTO_REFRESH=5

# Real-time mode (requires Reverb)
FLUXCHAT_REALTIME_ENABLED=true
BROADCAST_CONNECTION=reverb

🔥 Real-time Messaging

FluxChat supports two modes:

1. Standard Mode (Default)

• Polls for new messages every 5 seconds
• No additional server required
• Works everywhere

2. Real-time Mode

• Instant message delivery via WebSockets
• Requires Laravel Reverb
• Better user experience

To enable real-time messaging:

1. Install and configure Laravel Reverb:

php artisan install:broadcasting

1. Update your .env:

FLUXCHAT_REALTIME_ENABLED=true
BROADCAST_CONNECTION=reverb

1. Start the Reverb server:

php artisan reverb:start

🎨 Customization

Custom Contact Model

<livewire:fluxchat 
    :contacts="$contacts"
    contact-model="App\Models\Contact"
    contact-name-field="full_name"
    :contact-search-fields="['name', 'email']"
/>

Custom Styling

Publish the views to customize:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="fluxchat-views"

Views will be published to resources/views/vendor/fluxchat/.

Language Customization

Publish language files:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="fluxchat-lang"

Add your own translations in resources/lang/vendor/fluxchat/.

📚 Advanced Usage

Programmatic Control

// In your Livewire component
use Wirelabs\FluxChat\Models\Conversation;
use Wirelabs\FluxChat\Models\Message;

// Create a conversation
$conversation = Conversation::create([
    'type' => 'private',
    'is_group' => false,
]);

// Add participants
$conversation->addParticipant(auth()->user());
$conversation->addParticipant($contact);

// Send a message
$message = $conversation->messages()->create([
    'sendable_id' => auth()->id(),
    'sendable_type' => User::class,
    'body' => 'Hello!',
    'type' => 'text',
]);

Events

Listen to FluxChat events:

// EventServiceProvider
use Wirelabs\FluxChat\Events\MessageSent;

protected $listen = [
    MessageSent::class => [
        SendMessageNotification::class,
    ],
];

🧪 Testing

composer test

📖 API Reference

Component Properties

Models

Conversation

• messages() - Get all messages
• participants() - Get all participants
• addParticipant($user) - Add participant
• markAsRead($user) - Mark as read

Message

• conversation() - Get conversation
• sendable() - Get sender
• isEdited() - Check if edited

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Real-time not working

1. Check Reverb is running:

php artisan reverb:start --debug

1. Verify configuration:

php artisan config:show broadcasting.default

1. Check browser console for WebSocket connections

Messages not updating

1. Ensure auto-refresh is enabled:

FLUXCHAT_AUTO_REFRESH=5

1. Check Livewire is working:

@livewireScripts

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

📄 License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

🙏 Credits

• Built by Wirelabs
• Powered by Laravel
• UI by Flux UI
• Real-time by Laravel Reverb

Made with ❤️ by Wirelabs