Rocket.Chat

Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack).

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Last committoday19 Oct 2026

LicenceMITPer the project

From GitHub, fetched 19 Oct 2026.

Communications platform that puts data protection first (alternative to Gitter.im and Slack).

Self-hosting requirements

Runs with	Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes
Docker	Yes awesome-selfhosted lists Docker as a way to deploy it.

Sources: github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/software/rocket.chat.yml, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs with” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

Status	Open source
Licence	MIT
Platforms	Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes
Category	Communication - Custom Communication Systems
Website	rocket.chat
Source	GitHub

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