Rocket.Chat
Active Mixed or custom
A team chat platform with channels, direct messages, video calls and integrations that you can host yourself.
Open-source alternative to: Slack
- GitHub stars
- 46,349
- License
- Mixed or custom
- Last code push
- Oct 29, 2026
- Latest release
- 9.0.0-rc.1 · Oct 28, 2026
- Runs as
- Self-hosted web app
- Hosted plan
- Offered by the project
- Main language
- TypeScript
- Repository
- RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
- Website
- rocket.chat
Is Rocket.Chat still maintained?
Active Yes. Rocket.Chat had a code push on Oct 29, 2026 (0 days before our last check on Oct 29, 2026), and its latest release is 9.0.0-rc.1 from Oct 28, 2026.
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Before you switch
Activity: Code pushed or a release published in the last 180 days.
License: GitHub could not identify a single standard license for this repository (often a mix of open-source and commercial parts). Read the LICENSE file before using it.
Setup: Rocket.Chat runs on a server. You can also use the hosted plan from the project if you do not want to manage one.
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