Reverb & Boost

Laravel Reverb

Reverb is a first-party WebSocket server for real-time Laravel applications.

// Install: composer require laravel/reverb
// Publish: php artisan reverb:install
// Start: php artisan reverb:start

// config/reverb.php
return [
    "apps" => [
        [
            "app_id" => env("REVERB_APP_ID"),
            "app_key" => env("REVERB_APP_KEY"),
            "app_secret" => env("REVERB_APP_SECRET"),
            "allowed_origins" => ["*"],
            "ping_interval" => 30,
            "max_message_size" => 10000,
        ],
    ],
];

// Broadcasting events
use Illuminate\Broadcasting\Channel;
use Illuminate\Broadcasting\PrivateChannel;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;

class OrderShipped implements ShouldBroadcast
{
    public function broadcastOn(): array
    {
        return [
            new PrivateChannel("orders.{$this->order->id}"),
        ];
    }
}

Laravel Boost

Boost enables server-sent events (SSE), streaming responses, and progressive enhancement with Livewire.

// Install: composer require laravel/boost

// SSE Streaming
use Laravel\Boost\Facades\Boost;

Route::get("/stream", function () {
    return Boost::stream(function () {
        foreach (range(1, 5) as $i) {
            Boost::send(["progress" => $i * 20]);
            sleep(1);
        }
        Boost::send(["status" => "complete"]);
    });
});

// Artisan progress bars with Boost
Boost::progress("Processing items...", $items, function ($item) {
    $item->process();
});