Categories / Communication - Custom Communication Systems
Rocket.Chat
Communications platform that puts data protection first.
Self-hosted alternative to
- Website
- https://rocket.chat/
- Source code
- https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
- GitHub stars
- 46,357
- Repository activity
- 31 October 2026
- Latest release
- 9.0.0-rc.3, 31 October 2026
- Health
- Active From the repository record in this build
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- Nodejs, Docker, K8S
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