AnyCable Laravel Broadcaster

A Laravel broadcaster implementation to use AnyCable as a WebSocket server with Laravel Echo clients. For client-side integration, see @anycable/echo package.

Tip

The quickest way to get started with AnyCable server is to use our free managed offering: plus.anycable.io

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11+

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require anycable/laravel-broadcaster

Configuration

First, add the AnyCable provider to the bootstrap/providers.php file:

 <?php

 return [
     App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
     // ...
+    AnyCable\Laravel\Providers\AnyCableBroadcastServiceProvider::class,
 ];

Then, add the following to your config/broadcasting.php file:

'anycable' => [
    'driver' => 'anycable',
],

That's a minimal configuration, all AnyCable related parameters would be inferred from the default env. This is our default config:

'anycable' => [
    'secret' => env('ANYCABLE_SECRET', null),
    'http_broadcast_url' => env('ANYCABLE_HTTP_BROADCAST_URL', null),
    'timeout' => env('ANYCABLE_BROADCAST_TIMEOUT', 5) // timeout for broadcast HTTP requests
]

On the client-side, configure Echo to use AnyCable adapter:

import Echo from "laravel-echo";
import { EchoCable } from "@anycable/echo";

window.Echo = new Echo({
    broadcaster: EchoCable,
    cableOptions: {
        url: url: import.meta.env.VITE_WEBSOCKET_URL || 'ws://localhost:8080/cable',
    },
    // other configuration options such as auth, etc
});

Usage

You can use Laravel's broadcasting features as you normally would:

MyEvent::dispatch($data);

See Broadcasting documentation.

AnyCable server management

This package includes a command to manage the AnyCable server binary. The command will automatically download the binary if it's not found in the specified path:

# Run AnyCable server, downloading the binary if necessary
php artisan anycable:server

# Download the binary without running the server
php artisan anycable:server --download-only

# Specify a custom path for the binary
php artisan anycable:server --binary-path=/path/to/anycable-go

# Specify a custom version to download
php artisan anycable:server --version=1.6.3

# Specify download directory
php artisan anycable:server --download-dir=/path/to/directory

The command will detect your platform and architecture automatically and download the appropriate binary from the AnyCable GitHub releases. The default download path is storage/dist, so make sure it's Git-ignored.

You can also pass AnyCable flags as follows:

php artisan anycable:server -- --public_streams --pusher_app_key=my-app-key

IMPORTANT: In containerized enviroments, we recommend using our official Docker images.

Configuration

You can use CLI options, env variables, or in the config/broadcasting.php. The latter is recommended to avoid potential issues with cached env (due to php artisan config:cache).

Add a server key to your AnyCable broadcasting connection in config/broadcasting.php:

'anycable' => [
    'driver' => 'anycable',
    // ...
    'server' => [
        'broadcast_adapter' => env('ANYCABLE_BROADCAST_ADAPTER', 'http'),
        'presets' => env('ANYCABLE_PRESETS', 'broker'),
        'public' => env('ANYCABLE_PUBLIC', false),
        // Add any AnyCable server option here
    ],
],

Each key in the server array is automatically converted to an ANYCABLE_* environment variable and passed to the anycable-go binary (e.g., 'broadcast_adapter' becomes ANYCABLE_BROADCAST_ADAPTER). See AnyCable configuration docs for available options.

The server command also recognizes Reverb env variables (such as REVERB_APP_ID, REVERB_APP_KEY, etc.) providing Pusher credentials. You can also provide AnyCable specific env vars to configure the Pusher compatibility feature for AnyCable: docs.

Private Channels

AnyCable supports private and presence channels. To use them, you need to set the ANYCABLE_SECRET environment variable.

Then, don't forget to add authorization callbacks like this:

Broadcast::channel('private-channel', function ($user) {
    return true;
});

Contributing

Contributions are welcomed! All you need to start developing the project locally is PHP 8.2+, Composer and:

# install deps
composer install

# run tests
composer test

# run linters
composer lint

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.