# walkor/workerman-chat

Websocket chat room written in PHP based on workerman.

Repository: https://github.com/walkor/workerman-chat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/workerman-chat
Homepage: http://chat.workerman.net/
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: websocket, chat, chatroom
Last push: 2023-08-12T12:33:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4562, "days_push": 1117, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1209, forks 592 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.891302+00:00)

## What it is
A high-performance websocket chat room application built on PHP's workerman GatewayWorker framework, supporting distributed multi-server deployment. It features multiple rooms, private messaging, auto-reconnect, and emoji/image parsing in chat content.

## Use cases
- build a self-hosted websocket chat room
- deploy a multi-room chat system in PHP
- add private messaging to a web chat
- run a distributed chat server across multiple machines
- learn how to build realtime apps with workerman

## When to choose
- you need a PHP-based realtime chat server with websocket support
- you want a ready-to-run chatroom with rooms and private messages
- you need horizontal scaling across multiple chat servers

## When to avoid
- you need a modern JavaScript or Node.js chat stack
- you require rich media sharing beyond image URL parsing
- you need mobile push notifications or end-to-end encryption

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, chat-interface, http-server
- domain: web-development, messaging-platforms
- platform: windows, php, self-hosted
- tags: chatroom, gateway-worker, distributed-deployment, private-messaging, multi-room, real-time, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- walkor/workerman-chat (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.891302+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 2026-08-30T06:18:37.258686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/walkor/workerman-chat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.891302+00:00, sha b41b8feb438e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.