# overtrue/laravel-follow

:heart: This package helps you to add user based follow system to your model.

Repository: https://github.com/overtrue/laravel-follow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-follow
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, followers, follow, like, subscribe, favorite
Last push: 2026-05-07T13:51:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 43, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3582, "days_push": 118, "days_rel": 167, "gap_med": 387, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1221, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.061481+00:00)

## What it is
A Laravel package that adds a user-based follow/unfollow system to Eloquent models via traits. It supports follow requests with approval, toggling, and querying followings/followers relationships.

## Use cases
- add follow system to laravel models
- implement followers and following in laravel app
- follow/unfollow users with approval requests
- add social graph features to eloquent models
- track which users follow channels or models
- toggle follow state on a model

## When to choose
- you use Laravel/Eloquent and need follow relationships between users or models
- you want follow requests with approve/reject workflow
- you want a drop-in trait-based solution with migrations

## When to avoid
- you are not using Laravel or Eloquent ORM
- you need a full social network platform rather than a single feature
- you need likes, votes, or subscriptions - use the sibling packages instead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: orm, database
- domain: web-development, backend, social-media
- platform: php
- tags: laravel-package, follow-system, eloquent-traits, social-features, composer, laravel

## Member repositories
- overtrue/laravel-follow (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.061481+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:53.069846+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/overtrue/laravel-follow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.061481+00:00, sha e86e58572ce8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.