# laravel/reverb

Laravel Reverb provides a real-time WebSocket communication backend for Laravel applications.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/reverb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/reverb
Homepage: https://reverb.laravel.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-11T14:14:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1400, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 20.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1604, forks 155 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:09.939870+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel Reverb is a first-party, open-source WebSocket server for Laravel applications, built on the Pusher protocol. It integrates seamlessly with Laravel's event broadcasting and Echo, and supports horizontal scaling via Redis.

## Use cases
- add real-time WebSocket communication to a Laravel app
- replace Pusher with a self-hosted WebSocket server
- broadcast events to browsers in real time from Laravel
- run a scalable WebSocket cluster with Redis-backed horizontal scaling
- power live notifications, chat, and dashboards with Laravel Echo
- host WebSockets on Laravel Forge or Laravel Cloud

## When to choose
- you use Laravel and want first-party, zero-friction real-time broadcasting
- you want Pusher-protocol compatibility without Pusher's pricing
- you need thousands of concurrent connections with Redis-based scaling

## When to avoid
- your stack is not Laravel/PHP
- you need MQTT or non-Pusher WebSocket protocols
- you prefer a language-agnostic WebSocket server like Socket.IO or Centrifugo

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, http-server, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: php, self-hosted, cli
- tags: laravel, pusher-protocol, event-broadcasting, realtime, echo, horizontal-scaling, real-time, messaging, web-server

## Member repositories
- laravel/reverb (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.939870+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 2026-08-30T03:52:21.327173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/reverb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.939870+00:00, sha 2a75b16481ff)
  - homepage: https://reverb.laravel.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:07.455446+00:00, sha 67da8f69ad74)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/docs/reverb (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:07.458167+00:00, sha 50856652007a)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/docs/broadcasting (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:07.460791+00:00, sha 212a1b99fd8f)
  - site_page: https://cloud.laravel.com/docs/resources/websockets (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:07.462624+00:00, sha 366c8fd4f5b7)
  - site_page: https://forge.laravel.com/docs/sites/laravel (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:07.464874+00:00, sha 65adff99a826)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.