The Ultimate Open Source WebChat Platform

• Live Demo
• Mobile apps
• Desktop apps
• Deployment
  • Heroku
  • Scalingo
  • Sandstorm.io
  • Sloppy.io
  • Docker
  • FreeBSD
  • Ansible
  • Raspberry Pi 2
  • Ubuntu VPS
  • Ubuntu Software Center
• About Rocket.Chat
  • On the News
  • Features
  • Roadmap
  • Issues
  • Integrations
  • Documentation
  • License
• Development
• Quick Start
• Branching Model
• Translations
• Community
• How to Contribute
• Credits
• Donate

Live Demo

Checkout the latest version at https://demo.rocket.chat

Desktop Apps

Download the Native Cross-Platform Desktop Application at Rocket.Chat.Electron

Mobile Apps

Available from the AppStore

Available from Google Play

Now compatible with all Android devices as old as version 4.0.x - download here, even on BlackBerry Passport!

Also available as FirefoxOS app

Deployment

Host your own Rocket.Chat server in four seconds flat

Heroku

Host your own Rocket.Chat server for FREE with One-Click Deploy

Scalingo

Deploy your own Rocket.Chat server instantly on Scalingo

Sandstorm.io

Grab the Sandstorm SPK for the latest Rocket.Chat release for testing on your own server.

Sloppy.io

Host your docker container at sloppy.io. Get an account and use the quickstarter

Docker

Deploy with docker compose

or

Use the automated build image of our most recent release

docker pull rocketchat/rocket.chat:latest

OR select a specific release (details of releases available):

docker pull rocketchat/rocket.chat:vX.X.X

OR our official docker registry image, containing recent stable release build approved by Docker:

docker pull rocket.chat

FreeBSD

Run solid five-nines deployment on industry workhorse FreeBSD server:

Ansible

Automated production-grade deployment in minutes, for RHEL / CentOS 7 or Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04:

Raspberry Pi 2

Run Rocket.Chat on this world famous $30 quad core server:

Ubuntu VPS

Follow these deployment instructions

Ubuntu Software Center

Easy one click install right from your Ubuntu Desktop (coming soon)

About Rocket.Chat

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.

On the News

Hacker News

Yes, we made it to the #1

Product Hunt

Your own open source Slack-like chat

JavaScript Weekly

An open source Web based, channel based chat system (a la Slack) built using Meteor, the full stack JavaScript development platform.

Open Source China

Rocket.Chat 是特性最丰富的 Slack 开源替代品之一。 主要功能：群组聊天，直接通信，私聊群，桌面通知，媒体嵌入，链接预览，文件上传，语音/视频 聊天，截图等等。

wwwhatsnew.com

Para los programadores que quieran ofrecer un chat en su web

clasesdeperiodismo.com

Un chat de código abierto que puedes añadir a la web

snowulf.com

Why Slack when you can Rocket.chat?

liminality.xyz

Self-hosted alternatives to popular cloud services

Features

• BYOS (bring your own server)
• Multiple Rooms
• Direct Messages
• Private Groups
• Public Channels
• Desktop Notifications
• Mentions
• Avatars
• Markdown
• Emojis
• Media Embeds
• Link Previews
• Sent Message Edit and Deletion
• Transcripts / History
• File Upload / Sharing
• Full text search
• Live chat / Messaging call center
• LDAP Authentication
• CAS 1.0 support for education institutions and hosting providers worldwide
• Support for Okta SSO through SAML v2
• I18n - Supports 22 Languages
• Hubot Friendly
• Face to Face Video Conferencing (aka WebRTC)
• Multi-users Video Group Chat
• Audio calls
• Multi-users Audio Conference
• Screensharing
• XMPP bridge (try it)
• REST APIs
• Remote Locations Video Monitoring
• Chat-ops powered by Hubot: scalable horizontal app integration (early access)
• Massively scalable hosting and provisioning (beta testing now)
• Native Cross-Platform Desktop Application Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux
• Mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Download on AppStore!
• Mobile app for Android phone, tablet, and TV stick Available now on Google Play!
• Native Firefox OS Application (also for Desktop Firefox and Firefox for Android!) - Check the wiki page for install instructions
• Sandstorm.io instant Rocket.Chat server Now on Sandstorm App Store

Roadmap

In Progress

• XMPP Support via Webhook bridge Issue #404
• Federation via matrix.org, see hubot-freddie and Federation project : Issue #520, Issue #601
• Support multiple teams on the same instance / same VPS infrastructure: Issue #658, Issue #630
• Support for PostgreSQL: Issue #533, Issue #822
• Native iOS Application Issue #270, Rocket.Chat.iOS - HELP WANTED
• Native Android Application Issue #271 - HELP WANTED
• Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging Issue #36, Issue #268 - HELP WANTED
• API-enabled methods: Issue #202, Issue #454, Issue #455, Issue #759
• Scalable WebRTC broadcaster / media-server integration, Issue #1118 - HELP WANTED

Planned

• Kerberos Authentication: Issue #839
• More webhooks: GitLab, Confluence, Jira, Piwik, Wordpress: Issue #233, Issue #525, Issue #637, Issue #638, Issue #747
• Anonymous use of Rocket.Chat: Issue #604
• File Sharing via P2P and Scalable Multicast: Issue #369, Issue #370
• Anti-virus checking on file uploads: Issue #757

Issues

Github Issues are used to track todos, bugs, feature requests, and more.

Integrations

Hubot

The docker image is ready. Everyone can start hacking the adapter code, or launch his/her own bot within a few minutes now. Please head over to the Hubot Integration Project for more information.

Chat-ops integrations powered by Hubot

Integrate your application with fly-in panels today! Early access is available for developers.

Many, many, many more to come!

We are developing the APIs based on the competition, so stay tuned and you will see a lot happening here.

Documentation

Checkout Github Wiki

License

Note that Rocket.Chat is distributed under the MIT License.

Development

Quick start for code developers

Prerequisites:

• Git
• Meteor

Now just clone and start the app:

git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.git
cd Rocket.Chat
meteor

If you are not a developer and just want to run the server - see deployment methods.

Branching Model

See Branches and Releases.

It is based on Gitflow Workflow, reference section below is derived from Vincent Driessen at nvie.

See also this Git Workflows Comparison for more details.

Translations

We are experimenting Lingohub. If you want to help, send an email to support at rocket.chat to be invited to the translation project.

Community

Join the conversation at Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus

How to Contribute

Already a JavaScript developer? Familiar with Meteor? Pick an issue, push a PR and instantly become a member of Rocket.Chat's international contributors community.

A lot of work has already gone into Rocket.Chat, but we have much bigger plans for it!

Credits

Thanks to Aaron Ogle, Bradley Hilton, Diego Sampaio, Gabriel Engel, Marcelo Schmidt, Rafael Caferati, Rodrigo Nascimento, Sing Li, and many others.

Emoji provided free by Emoji One

Performance monitoring provided by Kadira

Hosting powered by Rackspace

Donate

Rocket.Chat will be free forever, but you can help us speed-up the development!

BountySource