Commentify Pro

Self-hosted comments for Laravel, with a native Filament admin. Comments for a blog, reviews for a product, notes on a recipe. Same package. The MIT Commentify package is the Livewire thread. Commentify Pro layers on it (it never forks it): a versioned JSON API, React and Vue SDKs that match the Livewire UI, discussion / reviews / Q&A modes, bring-your-own-key AI, a spam pipeline, and Filament Pro tools (moderation queue, spam log, audit trail, charts).

Live demo: commentify.pro
Full docs: docs.commentify.pro
Checkout: Anystack
Free core: GitHub

Requirements

PHP 8.3+
Laravel 12 or 13
Filament v4 or v5 (optional, required for the admin plugins)
Livewire 4 if you use the Blade UI
Tailwind CSS v4 or Bootstrap 5 for the published views

Filament at a glance

Plugin	What you get
`CommentifyPlugin` (core, MIT)	Comments resource, Comment reports resource, Commentify Settings page
`CommentifyProPlugin` (Pro)	Moderation queue (type, rating, accept, draft reply), Spam log, Moderation audit, pending-count widget, comments-per-day chart

Navigation group: Commentify.

Installation

1. Core (always)

composer require usamamuneerchaudhary/commentify
php artisan migrate

2. Pro (after purchase)

composer config repositories.commentify-pro composer https://commentify.composer.sh
composer require usamamuneerchaudhary/commentify-pro
php artisan commentify-pro:install

The installer publishes config/commentify-pro.php, asks which frontends you use (Livewire / React / Vue), which API guard, which spam checkers, and which models may receive comments. It is safe to re-run. Scripted:

php artisan commentify-pro:install \
    --frontend=livewire --guard=web --spam=heuristic --migrate --no-interaction

License checks happen at Composer install only. There is no runtime phone-home. If you already published config/commentify.php from the free package, merge those values into commentify-pro.core and delete the extra file. Until you do, Pro will not overlay core settings.

3. Register the Filament plugins

In your panel provider (for example app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php):

use Usamamuneerchaudhary\Commentify\Filament\CommentifyPlugin;
use Usamamuneerchaudhary\CommentifyPro\Filament\CommentifyProPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel->plugins([
        CommentifyPlugin::make(),
        CommentifyProPlugin::make(),
    ]);
}

Free-only installs omit CommentifyProPlugin.

Make a model commentable

use Usamamuneerchaudhary\Commentify\Traits\Commentable;

class Article extends Model
{
    use Commentable;
}

Livewire (core UI)

<livewire:comments :model="$article" />

Pro’s spam pipeline, approval, webhooks, and broadcasts run on the Comment model, so they apply to Livewire automatically.

React / Vue (Pro)

Map a URL-safe alias. The API never accepts class names:

// config/commentify-pro.php
'commentables' => [
    'articles' => \App\Models\Article::class,
    'products' => [
        'model' => \App\Models\Product::class,
        'mode' => 'reviews', // discussion | reviews | qa
    ],
],

import { CommentThread } from "@commentify/react";

<CommentThread type="articles" id={article.id} loginUrl="/login" />

The React and Vue SDKs ship inside the Composer package (not npm). The installer copies them to resources/js/vendor/commentify/ and adds file: dependencies. Point Tailwind at that path so classes are not purged:

@source '../js/vendor/commentify';

See docs.commentify.pro/javascript for Vite / React Refresh notes.

Filament: free plugin

Comments

View, edit, and delete comments. Likes count, replies count, reports count, commentable type, parent/child, soft deletes. When require_approval is on:

Approve / Disapprove on each row
Bulk approve / disapprove
Filter by approval status (Approved / Pending / All)

Comment reports

Community reports from the thread kebab menu (spam, inappropriate, offensive, other). Review, dismiss, filter by status. Each visitor can report a comment once.

Commentify Settings

Toggle most core flags from the panel: CSS framework (Tailwind / Bootstrap), theme (light / dark / auto), sorting, reporting, notifications, markdown toolbar/preview, emoji picker, read-only, require approval. Guest commenting (allow_guests) stays in config.

Filament: Pro plugin

Moderation queue

Dedicated queue over the same Comment model. Navigation badge shows the pending count. Filters: pending only, has reports, contains links, commentable type, unanswered questions, reviews missing a rating.

Action	Behaviour
Approve / Unapprove	Sets `is_approved`; writes the audit log
Ban author	Sets `comment_banned_until` (+30 days) on the user
Pin / Unpin	One top-level pin per thread
Accept / Unaccept	Q&A replies
Draft reply	Queues a BYO-key AI draft (pending until approved)
Bulk approve, unapprove, delete, ban authors	All go through `Moderator` so the audit log cannot drift

Spam log

Every non-allow spam verdict (review or deny): excerpt, checker, reasons, user id. Not spam re-approves the matched held comment and submits ham to Akismet when a key is configured.

Moderation audit

Who did what: approve, unapprove, delete, ban_author, not_spam, pin, unpin.

Widgets

Pending moderation stat
Comments per day chart

Spam pipeline (Pro)

Every comment, from Livewire or the API, is inspected on create and on body edit.

Verdict	Result
deny	Save aborted. API `422` / `spam_rejected`. Logged.
review	Saved unapproved. Hidden from the public thread.
allow	Normal flow (still respects `require_approval`).

Built-in checkers (run in order; worst verdict wins):

heuristic: link caps, blocked terms/domains, duplicate window, trust after N approved comments. Stricter rules for guests.
akismet: AKISMET_KEY. Honours Akismet’s discard header.
toxicity: Google Perspective, COMMENTIFY_PERSPECTIVE_KEY, hold/deny thresholds.

Write your own by implementing Usamamuneerchaudhary\CommentifyPro\Contracts\SpamChecker and listing the class in spam.checkers.

Configuration

Pro publishes one file: config/commentify-pro.php. Core Commentify keys live under core and are copied onto config('commentify') at boot.

'core' => [
    'user_model' => \App\Models\User::class,
    'pagination_count' => 10,
    'css_framework' => 'tailwind', // or bootstrap
    'comment_nesting' => true,
    'read_only' => false,
    'default_sort' => 'newest',
    'enable_sorting' => true,
    'enable_reporting' => true,
    'theme' => 'auto',
    'enable_emoji_picker' => true,
    'enable_markdown_toolbar' => true,
    'enable_markdown_preview' => true,
    'require_approval' => false,
    'allow_guests' => false,
    'guest' => [
        'require_email' => true,
        'show_gravatar' => true,
    ],
],

Avatars: add HasUserAvatar on your user model and set core.user_model. Comment bans: add HasCommentBan and a comment_banned_until column. Filament Pro’s Ban author uses it.

JSON API (Pro)

Prefix commentify/api/v1 (configurable). Pair api.guard with api.middleware or writes return 401 while reads still work:

App	`guard`	`middleware`
Same-origin Blade / Livewire / Inertia	`web`	`['web']`
Cross-origin SPA / tokens	`sanctum`	`['api']`

Method	Path	Purpose
GET	`ui`	Labels, feature flags, auth state
GET	`{type}/{id}/comments`	Paginated comments
POST	`{type}/{id}/comments`	Create / reply
POST	`{type}/{id}/duplicates`	Pre-post similar comments
GET	`comments/{id}/replies`	Nested replies
PATCH / DELETE	`comments/{id}`	Edit / delete own
POST	`comments/{id}/like`	Toggle like
POST	`comments/{id}/report`	Report
POST / DELETE	`comments/{id}/pin`	Pin (moderators)
POST / DELETE	`comments/{id}/accept`	Accept a reply (Q&A)
POST	`markdown/preview`	Same HTML as Blade
GET	`users?q=`	@mention autocomplete (auth required)
POST	`media`	Image upload when enabled

Stable error code values: spam_rejected, read_only, comment_banned, already_reported, nesting_disabled, parent_mismatch, cannot_pin_reply, cannot_accept_parent, accepted_answers_disabled.

Other Pro features

Thread modes: discussion, reviews (1-5 stars, one per author), qa (accept a reply). See docs.commentify.pro/modes.
BYO-key AI: OpenAI-compatible embeddings and chat. Duplicate intercept + Post anyway, Filament Draft reply. No hosted models. See docs.commentify.pro/ai.
Guests: name + email posting is a core MIT flag (allow_guests). Pro adds stricter spam and API/SDK fields. Guests cannot edit or delete.
Mail: reply, @mention, thread subscriptions (subscribe_to_replies), signed unsubscribe, php artisan commentify:digest-moderators.
Media: GIF / JPEG / PNG / WebP, per-role size and rate limits, optional S3 bucket.
Reverb: COMMENTIFY_REALTIME=true broadcasts approved creates and likes on commentify.{alias}.{id}.
Webhooks: queued JSON POSTs for pending, report, spam_deny.
Badges & pins: author / staff / guest badges; one pinned parent per thread.
Import: php artisan commentify:import-disqus and commentify:import-wordpress (idempotent via import_source + import_id; requires allow_guests).
GDPR: commentify:gdpr-export, commentify:gdpr-erase, commentify:gdpr-anonymize-ips.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Projects
Personal	$59, renews $49	1 production project
Business	$149, renews $99	Up to 5
Forever	$499 one-time (launch-only)	Unlimited

The React and Vue SDKs are included in the Composer package. One license covers PHP and JavaScript.

Support

Email hello@usamamuneer.me. Full documentation: docs.commentify.pro

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Requirements

Filament at a glance

Installation

1. Core (always)

2. Pro (after purchase)

3. Register the Filament plugins

Make a model commentable

Livewire (core UI)

React / Vue (Pro)

Filament: free plugin

Comments

Comment reports

Commentify Settings

Filament: Pro plugin

Moderation queue

Spam log

Moderation audit

Widgets

Spam pipeline (Pro)

Configuration

JSON API (Pro)

Other Pro features

Pricing

Support

​Commentify Pro

​Requirements

​Filament at a glance

​Installation

​1. Core (always)

​2. Pro (after purchase)

​3. Register the Filament plugins

​Make a model commentable

​Livewire (core UI)

​React / Vue (Pro)

​Filament: free plugin

​Comments

​Comment reports

​Commentify Settings

​Filament: Pro plugin

​Moderation queue

​Spam log

​Moderation audit

​Widgets

​Spam pipeline (Pro)

​Configuration

​JSON API (Pro)

​Other Pro features

​Pricing

​Support

Commentify Pro

Requirements

Filament at a glance

Installation

1. Core (always)

2. Pro (after purchase)

3. Register the Filament plugins

Make a model commentable

Livewire (core UI)

React / Vue (Pro)

Filament: free plugin

Comments

Comment reports

Commentify Settings

Filament: Pro plugin

Moderation queue

Spam log

Moderation audit

Widgets

Spam pipeline (Pro)

Configuration

JSON API (Pro)

Other Pro features

Pricing

Support