Laravel Chatify miss u

A real-time chat messaging system built with Laravel + Chatify for learning socket-based chat applications with a clean workflow.

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🚀 Features

✅ Real-time messaging using Laravel Echo and Pusher
✅ User-to-user private chat
✅ Read/seen indicators
✅ User authentication
✅ Responsive and clean chat UI
✅ Laravel best practices

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🛠️ Installation

1️⃣ Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/4urie/laravel-chatify.git
cd laravel-chatify

2️⃣ Install dependencies:

composer install
npm install

3️⃣ Setup environment:

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

4️⃣ Configure .env:

Set your database credentials.

Set your Pusher credentials for real-time messaging:

PUSHER_APP_ID=your_id
PUSHER_APP_KEY=your_key
PUSHER_APP_SECRET=your_secret
PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=your_cluster

5️⃣ Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

6️⃣ Compile assets:

npm run build

(or npm run dev during development)

7️⃣ Run the server:

php artisan serve

📸 Screenshots Chat UI

🧰 Tech Stack Laravel 12

Chatify

Laravel Echo + Pusher

PHP 8.x

MySQL

TailwindCSS / Bootstrap