{"id":26017,"date":"2016-04-13T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26017"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T10:15:06","slug":"rocket-chat-the-ultimate-self-hosted-open-source-chat-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/13\/rocket-chat-the-ultimate-self-hosted-open-source-chat-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket.Chat – the ultimate self-hosted open source chat platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chat is becoming more and more important for team communication and collaboration (what is ChatOps?<\/a>). \u00a0Old school applications like Skype are being replaced with modern, web-based chat platforms, that provide group\/room and one-on-one chats, file uploads, screen sharing, voice and video communications, API integration and more. \u00a0There are plenty of solutions to choose from too.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, self-hosted solutions were difficult to setup and maintain, and were lacking in integration options. \u00a0So many teams\u00a0choose to go for the third-party hosted approach. \u00a0This is not very exciting for companies that deal with sensitive data though.<\/p>\n

As mentioned before<\/a>, at work, we are using HipChat<\/a>. \u00a0It’s nice, it’s free, and it integrates nicely. \u00a0Lately, there has been a lot of hype about Slack<\/a>, which I tried, but didn’t particularly like.<\/p>\n

\"rocket.chat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, however, I came across a very nice option, which seems to be a breeze to self-host and maintain – Rocket.Chat<\/a>. \u00a0It’s modern – written in JavaScript, it has a long list of features<\/a>, and there is a vibrant community around it.<\/p>\n

You can try the live demo<\/a>, or deploy it to your infrastructure<\/a> via a gadzillion different methods, or read the beautiful documentation<\/a>. \u00a0And there’s a rumor of HipChat and Slack import tool, so you won’t have to start from scratch…<\/p>\n

Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Chat is becoming more and more important for team communication and collaboration (what is ChatOps?). \u00a0Old school applications like Skype are being replaced with modern, web-based chat platforms, that provide group\/room and one-on-one chats, file uploads, screen sharing, voice and video communications, API integration and more. \u00a0There are plenty of solutions to choose from too. … Continue reading Rocket.Chat – the ultimate self-hosted open source chat platform<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Rocket.Chat - the ultimate self-hosted open source chat platform #Chat #WebWork #HipChat #Slack #RocketChat","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[3408,3179,90,3397,2295,3416,3415],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-chatops","tag-collaboration","tag-communications","tag-hipchat","tag-instant-messaging","tag-rocket-chat","tag-slack"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28494,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/18\/zulip-open-source-team-chat-with-threads\/","url_meta":{"origin":26017,"position":0},"title":"Zulip – Open Source team chat with threads","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Zulip is yet another Open Source team chat solution (much like Rocket.Chat).\u00a0 It has a number of cool features, including Markdown support for messages and drag-n-drop uploads, numerous integrations, and can be used as a self-hosted solution or as a SaaS.","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/message-formatting-332x500.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25167,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/10\/what-is-chatops-a-guide-to-its-evolution-adoption-significance\/","url_meta":{"origin":26017,"position":1},"title":"What is ChatOps? 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