Laravel Reverb & WebSockets
Real-Time Features, Zero Pusher Fees
We build live chat, instant notifications, real-time dashboards, presence systems, and event-driven architectures using Laravel Reverb — Laravel's official first-party WebSocket server. Self-hosted, cost-efficient, and infinitely scalable.
- Laravel Reverb setup, configuration & horizontal scaling
- Public, private & presence channel architecture
- Laravel Echo frontend integration — Vue, React, Alpine.js
- Redis pub/sub for multi-server broadcast scaling
- Replaces Pusher & Ably — own your infrastructure
Laravel Real-Time Services We Provide
From initial Reverb server setup to complex multi-tenant SaaS real-time architectures — we cover every layer of your WebSocket infrastructure.
Laravel Reverb Setup & Config
- Reverb installation & configuration
- WebSocket server setup
- Broadcasting driver configuration
- Supervisor process management
Real-Time Chat Applications
- One-to-one & group chat
- Presence detection ("typing...")
- Live support chat platforms
- Message delivery receipts
Live Notification Systems
- Real-time push notifications
- Browser notification setup
- Live alert management
- Per-user notification targeting
Real-Time Dashboard Development
- Live analytics dashboards
- Real-time business reports
- KPI monitoring systems
- Dynamic data visualisation
Event Broadcasting Systems
- Laravel event broadcasting
- Private & presence channels
- Event-driven architecture
- Channel policy authorization
Real-Time Tracking Systems
- Live order tracking
- GPS & location tracking
- Delivery status updates
- Driver/fleet tracking dashboards
High-Traffic WebSocket Scaling
- Redis pub/sub for multi-server
- Sticky-session load balancing
- Horizontal Reverb scaling
- 100K+ concurrent connections
SaaS & Enterprise Real-Time
- Multi-tenant SaaS real-time
- CRM & ERP live modules
- Team activity monitoring
- Collaborative document editing
WebSocket Security & Auth
- Token-based channel auth
- Authorization policy setup
- SSL/wss:// configuration
- Role-based channel access
Laravel Echo Frontend
- Echo setup for Vue & React
- Alpine.js & vanilla JS clients
- Livewire event listeners
- Inertia.js real-time updates
Queue & Redis Integration
- Redis broadcasting driver
- Queue worker optimisation
- Event throttling systems
- Background event processing
Monitoring & Maintenance
- WebSocket server monitoring
- Connection health tracking
- Error tracking & debugging
- Long-term maintenance support
Three Channel Types.
One Reverb Server.
Laravel Reverb supports three channel types, each with different access control models. We design your channel architecture to fit your application's exact security and communication requirements.
Real-Time Features We Build
Click a use case to see the interactive preview and implementation approach.
Live Chat Systems Built with Presence Channels
We build one-to-one messaging, group chat, and live support platforms using Reverb's presence channels to track who is online and who is typing — all delivered in under 50ms with no polling.
- Real-time message delivery via private channels
- "User is typing..." via presence channel member data
- Message read receipts via Echo event listeners
- History loaded from DB; new messages pushed via Reverb
- Works in Vue, React, Livewire, and vanilla JS
Real-Time KPI Dashboards Without Polling
We build live business dashboards that update the moment data changes — revenue counters, order queues, server health metrics, and analytics — all pushed from your Laravel backend via Reverb with zero HTTP polling overhead.
- Backend jobs broadcast events on data change
- Echo listener updates Vue/React state instantly
- Zero database polling — pure event-push architecture
- Multi-tenant: each tenant sees only their data (private channel)
Per-User Real-Time Notification Feeds
We build real-time notification systems that push directly to individual users via private channels — order updates, payment confirmations, system alerts — without any browser refresh or polling loop.
- Laravel Notifications broadcast via private channel
- Instant delivery: event fired → user sees it in <50ms
- Notification categories with read/unread state management
- Persistent notifications stored in DB; live ones via Reverb
Laravel WebSocket Issues We Fix
Real-time systems fail in subtle ways. We've debugged every scenario — and built our process to prevent them.
WebSocket Connection Failures
- WebSocket connection refused (port 8080 blocked)
- SSL/wss:// handshake failures behind Nginx
- Broadcasting driver misconfiguration (.env issues)
- Channel authentication 403 errors
Slow or Delayed Real-Time Updates
- Events firing but clients not receiving them
- High memory usage under concurrent connections
- Delayed broadcasting due to queue saturation
- Redis pub/sub misconfigured for broadcasting
Multi-Server WebSocket Problems
- Broadcasts not reaching clients on other servers
- Sticky session missing from load balancer config
- Redis pub/sub not shared across Reverb instances
- SaaS tenant channel isolation failures
Reverb Server Infrastructure Issues
- Reverb process not managed by Supervisor
- Server restart kills all WebSocket connections
- Queue worker failures dropping broadcast events
- Echo frontend not connecting to correct Reverb host
Technologies We Build With
Frequently Asked Questions
Laravel Reverb is the official first-party WebSocket server for Laravel, released in 2024. It replaces third-party services like Pusher or Ably with a self-hosted, cost-efficient alternative that integrates directly with Laravel Broadcasting. You own your infrastructure, eliminate per-connection fees, and can scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent connections.
We build live chat systems, real-time notifications, live dashboards and KPI counters, presence detection (who is online/typing), collaborative document editing, live order tracking, GPS tracking, auction bidding, sports score feeds, and any feature requiring instant server-push to connected clients.
Reverb supports horizontal scaling via Redis pub/sub. All Reverb instances share a Redis cluster, so a broadcast on one instance reaches clients connected to any server. We configure this alongside sticky-session load balancing to keep WebSocket connections stable across server restarts and rolling deployments.
Yes — this is core to our implementation. Private channels use your existing Laravel authorization policies (via broadcasting/auth endpoint) to verify subscribers. Presence channels extend this with member metadata. We never expose private data on public channels, and we test authorization thoroughly before going live.
Yes. Laravel Echo (the official client library) works with Vue, React, Alpine.js, vanilla JS, and Livewire. We have implementations for all of these. Livewire and Inertia.js both have native Reverb integration patterns that we apply to keep your codebase clean and consistent.
Build Your Real-Time Laravel Feature Today
Tell us what you want to build — chat, notifications, dashboards, or tracking. We'll outline the Reverb architecture, channel design, and delivery timeline.
- Free real-time architecture consultation
- Response within 24 hours
- Channel design & tech stack recommendations
- Fixed-price quote or hourly engagement
- Ongoing monitoring & performance support
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Service: Laravel Reverb & WebSockets