Platform overview by RocketChat
The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations
About Platform overview
From the project's README at github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
The ultimate secure open-source solution for team communications
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform developed in TypeScript for organizations with high standards of data protection.
We are the ultimate solution for team communications, enabling real-time conversations between colleagues, with other companies, and with your customers or citizens, regardless of how they connect with you. The result is an increase in productivity and user satisfaction rates.
Every day, tens of millions of users in over 150 countries and in organizations such as Deutsche Bahn, The US Navy, and Credit Suisse trust Rocket.Chat to keep their communications completely private and secure.
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 45k | github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat |
| GitHub forks | 14k | github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat |
| Docker Hub pulls | 97178k | hub.docker.com / rocketchat |
| NPM downloads (last month) | 22 | rocket.chat |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 11.0 years | since May 2015 |
| Last commit | 2 days ago | May 5, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 1,206 | last: 6 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Security advisories
GHSA-ffxg-5f8m-h72j. What people say on Hacker News
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Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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