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TalkBridge

Real-time chat package for Laravel 11, 12 and 13.

Private and group conversations, message reactions, file attachments, message status (sent / delivered / seen), typing indicators, user blocking, group management, FCM and Web Push notifications, WebSocket broadcasting via Reverb or Pusher.

Zero manual steps. Everything is configured automatically on install and removed on uninstall.

Requirements

All optional packages (Reverb, Pusher, Firebase, Web Push) are installed automatically based on your choices during talkbridge:install.

Quick Start

The wizard asks two questions, then does everything else automatically:

After answering, TalkBridge:

• Installs the broadcaster package (composer require laravel/reverb etc.)
• Installs the push notification package (composer require kreait/laravel-firebase etc.)
• Runs composer dump-autoload after each install
• Publishes config/talkbridge.php
• Publishes all database migrations
• Writes all .env variables
• Injects HasTalkBridgeFeatures into your App\Models\User
• Adds last_seen_at to $fillable (if your model uses $fillable)
• Registers middleware alias, scheduler, broadcast channels, API routes — all via ServiceProvider

After Install

Configuration

Open config/talkbridge.php. The most important section is user_fields.

User field mapping

TalkBridge needs to know your column names. Change the values to match your database:

Composite name columns

If your users table stores first and last name separately:

TalkBridge will automatically join them with a space everywhere — system messages, presence channel payloads, reaction lists, conversation resources.

Disable built-in routes

If you want to define routes yourself:

Copy stubs/talkbridge/ to your routes folder and register manually in bootstrap/app.php.

Change route prefix or middleware

Change upload disk

Group defaults

Control what settings new groups get:

Using TalkBridge in Your Own Code

Every feature is available as a service method. Inject ChatService anywhere in your application.

Inject the service

Or use the Facade:

Conversations

Messages

Reactions

Group Management

User Blocking and Restricting

Customizing Existing Behavior

Override a controller

Publish the stubs:

Then create your own controller that extends the package controller:

Disable the built-in routes and register yours:

Extend ChatService

Bind it in your AppServiceProvider:

Listen to real-time events in your backend

Add custom fields to conversation or message responses

Publish the resource stubs and override:

Extend the resource:

Bind in AppServiceProvider:

Use helpers directly

Use trait methods on your User model

After install, your User model has these methods available:

Frontend Integration

Vue 3 / React — echo.js (Reverb)

Channel subscriptions

For Flutter and React Native integration, see docs/mobile/README.md.

API Endpoints

All under /api/v1 with Sanctum auth (Authorization: Bearer {token}).

Conversations

Messages

Reactions

Group

Users

API Docx (Postman Collection)

• API Documentation

Real-Time Events

ConversationEvent — user.{id} (private) or conversation.{id} (presence)

MessageEvent — conversation.{id} (presence)

Artisan Commands

Uninstall

TalkBridge reads TALKBRIDGE_INSTALLED_BROADCASTER and TALKBRIDGE_INSTALLED_PUSH from .env to know exactly which packages it installed, so it only removes those — it never touches packages that were already in your project.

After uninstall:

API Docx (Postman Collection)

• API Documentation

Resources:

• Packagist
• Video Guide
• Technical Documentation
• Implement Documentation

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Author: MD. RAHATUL RABBI — github.com/learnwithfair