The Complete Open Source Chat Solution
Demo
Checkout the latest version at https://rocket.chat
About
Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor 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.
On the News
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.
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Para los programadores que quieran ofrecer un chat en su web
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Un chat de código abierto que puedes añadir a la web
Features
Current
- BYOS (bring your own server)
- Multiple Rooms
- Direct Messages
- Private Groups
- Public Channels
- Desktop Notifications
- Mentions
- Avatars
- Markdown
- Emojis
- Transcripts / History
- I18n - Internationalization with Lingohub
- Hubot Friendly - Hubot Integration Project
- Media Embeds
- Link Previews
- LDAP Authentication - LDAP Authentication on Rocket.Chat Wiki
- WebRTC signalling - ALPHA - help wanted - Issue #115
Roadmap for v1.0
- File uploads
- Full text search
- REST-like APIs
- Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging
- Kerberos Authentication
- XMPP Multi-user chat (MUC)
- Native Mobile App
- Native Desktop App
Issues
Github Issues are used to track todos, bugs, feature requests, and more.
Integrations
Hubot
The docker image is ready. Everyone can start hacking the adapter code, or launch his/her own bot within a few minutes now. Please head over to the Hubot Integration Project for more information.
Many, many, many more to come!
We are developing the APIs based on the competition, so stay tunned and you will see a lot happening here.
Documentation
Checkout Github Wiki (coming soon)
Production Deployment
Docker
Use the automated build at our Official Docker Registry
docker pull rocketchat/rocket.chat
Heroku
Host your own Rocket.Chat server for FREE with One-Click Deploy
Development Installation
Prerequisites:
Now just clone and start the app:
git clone https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.git
cd Rocket.Chat
meteor
Credits
Thanks to Diego Sampaio, Gabriel Engel, Marcelo Schmidt, Rafael Caferati e Rodrigo Nascimento
Emoji provided free by Emoji One
Performance monitoring provided by Kadira
Contributions
We Need Your Help!
A lot of work has already gone into Rocket.Chat, but we have much bigger plans for it!
So if you'd like to be part of the project, please check out the roadmap and issues to see if there's anything you can help with.
Translations
We are experimenting Lingohub. If you want to help, send an email to support at rocket.chat to be invited to the translation project.
Community
Join the the conversation at Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus
License
Note that Rocket.Chat is distributed under the MIT License.
Donate
Rocket.Chat will be free forever, but you can help us speed-up the development!