README.md

The Ultimate Open Source WebChat Platform

• NEW! Rocket.Chat Moving to a Single Codebase
• Community
• Mobile Apps
• Desktop Apps
• Deployment
  • Snaps
  • DigitalOcean
  • RocketChatLauncher
  • Layershift
  • Yunohost.org
  • IndieHosters
  • Ubuntu 16.04
  • Cloudron.io
  • Heroku
  • Helm Kubernetes
  • Scalingo
  • Sloppy.io
  • Docker
  • Ansible
  • Raspberry Pi 4
  • Koozali SME
  • Ubuntu VPS
  • WeDeploy
  • D2C.io
  • Syncloud.org
• About Rocket.Chat
  • In the News
  • Features
  • Roadmap
  • How it all started
  • Awards
  • Issues
  • Stack Overflow
  • Integrations
  • Documentation
  • License
• Development
• Quick Start
• Branching Model
• Translations
• How to Contribute
• Credits
• Help Wanted
• Donate

Moving to a Single Codebase

Rocket.Chat is moving to a single codebase. Get to know the reasons and how the community will benefit from it. Read the details.

Help Wanted

At Rocket.Chat, our community drives everything we do. The Rocket.Chat team is expanding, and we know no better place to find qualified new team members than right here - in our GitHub community.

If you are passionate about our project, want to work with a world-leading open source team, and enjoy working remotely at a location of your choice, then we want to talk to you!

Get to know more about us and explore current openings at https://jobs.rocket.chat/"

Community

Join thousands of members worldwide 24/7 in our community server.

for help from our community with general Rocket.Chat questions.

for developers needing help from the community to developing new features.

You can also join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.

Share your story

We’d love to hear about your experience and potentially feature it on our Blog.

Subscribe for Updates

Once a month our marketing team releases an email update with news about product releases, company related topics, events and use cases. Sign Up!

Desktop Apps

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

Mobile Apps

Deployment

Instant Server Installation with Snaps

Install Rocket.Chat in seconds on Linux (Ubuntu and others) with:

sudo snap install rocketchat-server

Installing snaps is very quick. By running that command you have your full Rocket.Chat server up and running. Snaps are secure. They are isolated with all of their dependencies. Snaps also auto-update when we release new versions.

Our snap features a built-in reverse proxy that can request and maintain free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates. You can go from zero to a public-facing SSL-secured Rocket.Chat server in less than 5 minutes.

Find out more information about our snaps here.

DigitalOcean droplet

Deploy to a DigitalOcean droplet with our one-click install listing from the DigitalOcean Marketplace.

Layershift

Instantly deploy your Rocket.Chat server for free on next generation auto-scaling PaaS.

Painless SSL. Automatically scale your server cluster based on usage demand.

Yunohost.org

Host your own Rocket.Chat server in a few seconds.

IndieHosters

Get your Rocket.Chat instance hosted in an "as a Service" style. You register and we manage it for you! (updates, backup...).

Cloudron.io

Install Rocket.Chat on Cloudron Smartserver:

Heroku

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

Helm Kubernetes

Deploy on Kubernetes using the official helm chart.

Scalingo

Deploy your own Rocket.Chat server instantly on Scalingo.

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

Ansible

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

Raspberry Pi 4

Run Rocket.Chat on this world famous $35 quad-core server.

Koozali SME

Add Rocket.Chat to this world famous time tested small enterprise server today.

Ubuntu VPS

Follow these deployment instructions.

WeDeploy

Install Rocket.Chat on WeDeploy:

D2C.io

Deploy Rocket.Chat stack to your server with D2C. Scale with a single click, check live logs and metrics:

Syncloud.org

Run Rocket.Chat on your easy to use personal device.

About Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor full stack 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.

In the News

Wired

Open Sourcers Race to Build Better Versions of Slack

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。