Support & Roadmap

Wirechat support policy defines which release lines are actively supported, which PHP and Laravel versions are declared or tested, and how older docs should be used.

Current Support

Wirechat 0.6x is the active release line. New features and regular fixes target the active line first.

Wirechat 0.5x is in maintenance support while existing applications move to 0.6x. Maintenance support covers security fixes and critical bug fixes, not new features.

These dates describe documentation and package maintenance for Wirechat itself. Your application must still follow the support policy for Laravel, Livewire, PHP, and any other packages it depends on.

Compatibility Reference

The package metadata and CI matrix are the source of truth for supported runtime combinations.

Current free CI coverage is narrower than the Composer constraints:

Older release lines used the compatibility available at the time they shipped. For example, 0.2x and 0.3x declared PHP 8.1-8.4, Laravel 10-12, and Livewire 3.2.3.

Versioning Policy

Wirechat follows semantic versioning for public package releases.

• Major releases may include breaking changes.
• Minor releases add features without intentional breaking changes.
• Patch releases include bug fixes and small maintenance updates.

The latest minor release is the active support line. Previous minor releases may receive a limited maintenance window for security and critical fixes. End-of-life lines remain documented for historical reference.

When installing Wirechat, use a Composer constraint that matches the release line you want to receive:

composer require wirechat/wirechat:^0.6

Minor and patch releases should not intentionally break documented public APIs. Internal classes, private methods, unpublished views, and undocumented behavior may change as the package evolves.

Roadmap

As Wirechat continues to improve with each release, these are some of the future features planned:

• API support
• Channel chat room support
• Disappearing messages