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Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. Created by RocketChat

Free Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Self-Hosted
Cloudron

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework.

It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.

VIDEO CONFERENCE
Chat with your colleagues and friends face-to-face over audio and video.

HELPDESK CHAT
Have your website visitors contact you in real-time and increase conversions. More Info »

FILE SHARING
Drag-and-drop files or select them from your computer or mobile device.

VOICE MESSAGES
Record and transmit voice messages to a channel, group or private conversation.

LINK PREVIEW
Post a link and immediately view its content. YouTube, Twitter, Gifs!

API
Integrate your chat to multiple services: GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, Confluence and others.

EXTENDABILITY
Want a killer new feature? Add a new package. It is as simple as that.

NATIVE APPLICATIONS
Native client applications available for download on Linux, Windows and OSX.

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Mobile client applications available for iOS and Android on their respective stores.

Other features:

* BYOS (bring your own server)
* Multiple Rooms
* Direct Messages
* Private Groups
* Public Channels
* Desktop Notifications
* Mentions
* Avatars
* Markdown
* Emojis
* Transcripts / History
* I18n - Internationalization with Lingohub
* Hubot Friendly - Hubot Integration Project
* Media Embeds - Iframely Responsive Web Embeds
* Link Previews
* LDAP Authentication
* REST-full APIs
* Remote Locations Video Monitoring
* Native Cross-Platform Desktop Application

Links to official Rocket.Chat sites

Official Website Facebook Twitter GitHub

Features

Ad-free Chat Bot Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Group chat Integrated File Sharing Location Mapping Share your screen Voice messages Add a feature

Categories

Office & Productivity Social & Communications

Tags

ad-free channels chat-bot chat-rooms chat-servers extensible group-chat help-desk-chat integrated-file-sharing live-chat location-mapping meteor.js screen-sharing self-hosted video-conferencing voice-messages

Rocket.Chat (sometimes referred to as RocketChat, Rocket Chat) was added by julime in Jun 2015 and the latest update was made in Mar 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2018 There is a history of all activites on Rocket.Chat in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Rocket.Chat or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

MORE APP INFO Official website

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Rocket.Chat Comments

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Comment by Guest

about Rocket.Chat · May 2017 · Report as spam

It is great for working in teams and since you can selfhost it makes it more customizable

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Link to the live demo.

Comment by JohnFastman

about Rocket.Chat · Jan 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

If you want a feel of what Rocket.Chat is like, you can sign up for a temporary account and see try out the demo:
https://demo.rocket.chat/home

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