Top 15 Rocket.Chat Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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.

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 - Iframely Responsive Web Embeds

1. Camfrog

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2. HipChat

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3. Qwebirc

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4. LekkerIM

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5. leafChat

leafChat leafChat is an IRC client for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Chat with your friends using popular IRC networks. leafChat has a friendly, clean interface that doesn't get in the way of your conversations. Connect to multiple servers at once on the same screen, so that it's easy to......

6. bIRC

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7. Typetalk

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8. Skygear Chat

Skygear Chat Key Features in SDKs:1. Full-featured cross-platform messaging2. Create direct conversations and group chats3. Real time send message & receive message4. Image and media files support5. Unread conversations/messages count6. Manage users in chat groups7. Typing indicators and recipient status8. Push notifications9. Chat history10. Devices / user online presence indicator......

9. Festar

Festar Festar is a dating app that let’s users chatting with potential matches right away, getting rid of the need to spend hours crafting the perfect profile, eliminating endless swiping, and putting an end to desperate pick up lines. Sign up, enter a party room that matches your interests, and meet......

10. ChatFlirt

ChatFlirt Chat Flirt is a new chat site for the UK only, offering one to one and group chat in a new kind of chat room environment.Users have the option to share images and videos through the sites main chat or through private messaging.Members have the option to create a mini......

11. Mibbit

Mibbit No Java, no flash. With Mibbit, chatting online is easy, just choose your nickname and press go! No sign-up is required and you can use it from wherever you are with just a web browser.......

12. MongooseIM

MongooseIM MongooseIM is aimed at large, complex enterprise level projects where real-time communication is critical for business success. It provides high availability, ease of deployment, development and reliability in production.......

13. IRCAnywhere

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14. Yazak

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15. Web-IRC

Web-IRC The goal for this project is to become the best in-browser IRC client available, and bring the best ideas from modern web applications to IRC. It was inspired by a request for improvements to qwebirc by Paul Irish.Web-IRC is based on node.js and Martyn Smith's node-irc on the backend, and......