Rocketchat

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted team chat platform — channels, DMs, threaded messages, voice/video, screen sharing, federation. MongoDB-backed, Node.js-based, with apps for every platform. Direct competitor to Slack and Mattermost, with strong focus on extensibility via apps marketplace.

For teams needing more extensibility than Mattermost but with self-hosting commitment, Rocket.Chat is the leading choice.

What it's for

  • Team chat — Slack-replacement with channels, DMs, threads
  • Customer chat — Omnichannel live chat widget
  • Federation — chat across Rocket.Chat instances
  • Voice + video — built-in WebRTC + Jitsi integration
  • Marketplace apps — extend with productivity apps

Who it's for

  • Engineering teams rejecting Slack pricing
  • Customer support orgs unifying internal chat + customer widget
  • Privacy-bound orgs keeping chat in-network
  • Cost-conscious teams at any scale
  • Developers building chat-based custom integrations

Why teams pick Rocket.Chat over alternatives

  • MIT license — fully open
  • Marketplace apps — strong extension ecosystem
  • Omnichannel — built-in live chat widget
  • Mobile apps — strong iOS + Android
  • Federation — connect multiple instances
  • Active development — backed by Rocket.Chat (BR)

Integrations

  • Live chat widget — embed customer chat on marketing site
  • Bots — Hubot + Botpress bot framework
  • Voice + video — Jitsi + custom WebRTC
  • Authentication — local + LDAP + SAML + OAuth (Google, GitHub, custom)
  • API — REST + Realtime API
  • Apps marketplace — Jira, GitLab, polls, custom apps
  • Webhooks — bidirectional triggers

Notable users & community

  • 40k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by Audi, Lufthansa, federal agencies worldwide
  • Backed by Rocket.Chat (BR) with commercial enterprise tier
  • Active Discord + community forums
  • Annual Rocket.Chat Conference

Tips & operations

  • MongoDB sizing matters — chat history grows fast; plan disk + replica
  • Push notification proxy — official apps need it for FCM/APNs
  • TLS + WebSocket — chat depends on WSS; nginx config needs WS upgrade
  • App marketplace permissions — installable apps have varying permissions; review
  • Backup MongoDB + uploads — both essential
  • Federation setup — optional but useful for multi-instance orgs

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker compose: Rocket.Chat + MongoDB
  • Pinned rocketchat/rocket.chat:7 (release-tagged)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
  • Admin user via env config
  • Persistent MongoDB + uploads
  • Push notification proxy documented
  • Backup hook covers MongoDB + uploads
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