Rocket.Chat

The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations

⭐ 45,980 stars on GitHub · 🍴 13,788 forks · 📜 License: other · 💻 Language: TypeScript

What is Rocket.Chat?

Replacing SaaS collaboration tools with a self-hosted alternative is the only way to guarantee absolute data sovereignty over your internal and external communications. This TypeScript-based platform delivers real-time team chat, decentralized federation, and omnichannel customer support

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ chat
• 🏷️ collaboration
• 🏷️ foss
• 🏷️ free
• 🏷️ hacktoberfest
• 🏷️ javascript
• 🏷️ meteor
• 🏷️ mit
• 🏷️ real-time
• 🏷️ slack

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

See the README for detailed install instructions. Most projects support Docker — if the repo has a Dockerfile, use:

git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.git
cd Rocket.Chat
docker build -t Rocket.Chat .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 Rocket.Chat

Minimum system requirements

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🎯 Benefits:

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
• 🌐 Homepage: https://rocket.chat/
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 15/08/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.