Rocket.Chat
★ 46.0kA self-hosted alternative to Discord, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall14 Containers — 14 containers — heavy hosting footprintDocker · K8s · Snap +2No external DB5 documented maintainers
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Rocket.Chat is an open-source communications platform aimed at organizations that need secure, customizable collaboration tools. It supports team messaging and real-time conversations for internal...
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Features
- real-time conversations
- messaging
- voice calls
- federation
- apps marketplace
- Apps-Engine integration
- identity management
- end-to-end encryption
- role-based access control
- air-gapped deployment
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 29, 2026
- Created
- May 19, 2015
- Install Methods
- dockerkubernetessnappackage-managersource
- Requirements
- DockerPodmanKubernetes
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- NodejsDockerK8S
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-UserMulti-Tenant
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓14 Containers — heavy hosting footprintRuns as 14 containers
Docker Compose
14 services · infra: nats, traefik · 4 unclassified (all-in-one, grafana, prometheus, cadvisor)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (8 volumes)
apps/meteor/ee/server/services/docker-compose.yml · @ 70c4d9e · scanned Jun 6, 2026
version: '3.1'
services:
authorization-service:
container_name: authorization-service
build:
context: .
args:
SERVICE: authorization
image: rocketchat/authorization-service:latest
env_file: .config/services/service.env
depends_on:
- nats
account-service:
container_name: account-service
build:
context: .
args:
SERVICE: account
# ...
Open-source health
FOSS with issues
open-washingpoisoned-sourceopen-corelimited-corevc-fundingunclear-foss-offering
Source: isitreallyfoss.com · reviewed Jun 2025
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