laravel-reverb

Laravel Reverb

Agent Workflow (MANDATORY)

Before ANY implementation, use TeamCreate to spawn 3 agents:

1. fuse-ai-pilot:explore-codebase - Analyze existing broadcasting patterns
2. fuse-ai-pilot:research-expert - Verify Reverb docs via Context7
3. mcp__context7__query-docs - Check WebSocket and event patterns

After implementation, run fuse-ai-pilot:sniper for validation.

Overview

| Component | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | Reverb Server | First-party WebSocket server for Laravel | | Broadcasting | Send events from server to client | | Channels | Public, private, presence scoping | | Echo | Client-side event listener |

Decision Guide

Need real-time?
├── Live notifications → Reverb + private channel
├── Chat / messaging → Reverb + presence channel
├── Live dashboard → Reverb + public channel
├── Collaborative editing → Reverb + whisper
└── Background tasks → NOT Reverb (use Queues)

Quick Setup

php artisan install:broadcasting

BROADCAST_CONNECTION=reverb
REVERB_APP_ID=my-app
REVERB_APP_KEY=my-key
REVERB_APP_SECRET=my-secret
REVERB_HOST=0.0.0.0
REVERB_PORT=8080

Critical Rules

1. Use private channels for authenticated data
2. Authorize channels in routes/channels.php
3. Use ShouldBroadcast for queued delivery (recommended)
4. Run Reverb behind Nginx/Caddy in production with SSL

Reference Guide

| Need | Reference | |------|-----------| | Channel types, authorization | [channels.md](references/channels.md) | | Echo setup, client listeners | [client.md](references/client.md) |

Best Practices

DO

• Use ShouldBroadcast with queue for scalability
• Authorize private and presence channels
• Use presence channels for user awareness

DON'T

• Broadcast sensitive data on public channels
• Forget to configure CORS for cross-origin clients
• Expose Reverb directly without a reverse proxy

Laravel 13 Notes

Reverb 1.4 est compatible Laravel 13 sans changement. À noter :

• La queue broadcast profite du nouveau Queue::route() (voir [[laravel-queues]])
• Context::add() propagé automatiquement dans les broadcast events
• PHP 8.3 minimum pour le serveur Reverb embarqué