# maknz/slack

A simple PHP package for sending messages to Slack, with a focus on ease of use and elegant syntax.

Repository: https://github.com/maknz/slack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maknz-slack
Language: PHP
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-05-15T09:30:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4503, "days_push": 840, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1161, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.235231+00:00)

## What it is
A simple PHP package for sending messages to Slack via incoming webhooks, with an elegant, easy-to-use client API. It supports default settings for channel, username, icons, markdown, and attachments.

## Use cases
- send slack notifications from php
- post messages to a slack channel via webhook
- notify team of deploy events in slack
- send alerts from a php app to slack
- integrate slack messaging into laravel

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, fluent PHP client for Slack incoming webhooks
- you want simple message posting without the full Slack API
- you use Laravel and want a familiar elegant syntax

## When to avoid
- you need the full Slack Web API (files, reactions, scheduling)
- you need actively maintained software - the package is no longer actively maintained
- you need Slack's newer Block Kit features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, webhook, sdk
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: php, cli
- tags: slack, incoming-webhooks, notifications, chat-notifications, laravel, automation

## Member repositories
- maknz/slack (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.235231+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 2026-08-30T06:31:43.132555+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maknz/slack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.235231+00:00, sha 6e04f3dfd069)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.