Chatverse – Real-Time Chat App with Laravel, Reverb, Echo, and Core JS

Chatverse is a real-time messaging application built using Laravel for the backend, Tailwind CSS for styling, and Core JavaScript with Laravel Echo and Reverb for real-time communication.

🔧 Technologies Used

• Laravel 11
• Laravel Reverb (WebSocket server)
• Laravel Echo
• Tailwind CSS
• Core JavaScript (No frontend frameworks)
• Breeze for Authentication

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📁 Project Structure Overview

• routes/web.php: Web routes for chat views for fetching and storing messages
• resources/views/chat.blade.php: Frontend chat UI
• resources/js/chat.js: Handles chat interaction logic
• resources/js/echo.js: Echo setup for real-time listening
• app/Models/Message.php: Message model
• app/Http/Controllers/MessageController.php: Handles message fetch/store
• app/Events/MessageSent.php: Broadcast message event

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🚀 Steps to Run

1. Clone and Install Dependencies

git clone https://github.com/Darshan-KC/chatverse.git
cd chatverse
composer install
npm install
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

2. Setup Database

php artisan migrate

3. Setup Reverb

php artisan reverb:install

4. Compile Assets

npm run dev

5. Serve App

php artisan serve
php artisan reverb:start
php artisan queue:work

Make sure your .env includes:

VITE_REVERB_APP_KEY=your-key
VITE_REVERB_HOST=127.0.0.1
VITE_REVERB_PORT=6001
VITE_REVERB_SCHEME=http

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💬 Features

• Real-time messaging with Laravel Reverb
• User-to-user direct chat
• Timestamps on messages
• Clean and responsive Tailwind UI
• Dynamic chat UI updates
• Message persistence in database

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for improvements or new features, feel free to fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software in compliance with the license terms.

©️ Copyright

© 2025 Darshan KC All rights reserved.
ChatVerse is an open-source project released under the MIT license.