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The Complete Open Source Chat Solution

## Demo

Checkout the latest version at http://rocket.chat

## About

Rockect.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/install) 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.

## Installation

Prerequisites:

* [Git](http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
* [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/install)

Now just clone and start the app:

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

## Features

- Direct Messages
- Private Groups
- New message alerts
- I18n

### Roadmap

The development team uses [Trello](https://trello.com/b/dKS6CCbS/rocket-chat-roadmap) to track progress and discuss new features.

#### Changelog

Changelog can be found in the HISTORY.md file.

### Issues

[Github Issues](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues) are used to track todos, bugs, feature requests, and more.

### Documentation

Checkout [Github Wiki](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/wiki) (coming soon)

## Credits

Thanks to [Diego Sampaio](https://github.com/sampaiodiego), [Gabriel Engel](https://github.com/engelgabriel), [Marcelo Schmidt](https://github.com/marceloschmidt), [Rafael Caferati](https://github.com/rcaferati) e [Rodrigo Nascimento](https://github.com/rodrigok)


### Contributions

##### We Need Your Help!

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A lot of work has already gone into Rocket.Chat, but we have much bigger plans for it!
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So if you'd like to be part of the project, please check out the [roadmap](https://trello.com/b/dKS6CCbS/rocket-chat-roadmap) and [issues](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues) to see if there's anything you can help with.

### Community

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Join the the converation at [Twitter](http://twitter.com/RocketChatApp), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/RocketChatApp) or [Google Plus](https://plus.google.com/+RocketChatApp)
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### License

Note that Rocket.Chat is distributed under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).