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Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted open-source team chat and collaborative software released by Gabriel Engel and Konecty team in 2015. The software company is based out of Wilmington, Delaware with the R&D office in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Overview
Rocket.Chat was originally developed as proprietary software offspring of Konecty, a customer relationship management-related software company. In May 2015, Konekty's team open-sourced it under the MIT License (MIT) and started the Rocket.Chat technology company. The company raised $7.9 million through two seed investments (2016 and 2019 rounds by a number of VC funds including ONEVC, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Monashees and DGF Investimentos. The company was originally established in Porto Alegre, Brazil but later moved its headquarters to Delaware. Rocket.Chat was boosted by the coronavirus pandemic as many of its online communication services are similar to its competitors including Slack and Zoolip among others.

Technology and applications
Rocket.Chat is written in several programming languages including TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Shell. Its web framework is React for the desktop and React Native for mobile app versions. The software runs on Node.js and uses MongoDB back end. Among main software features of Rocket.Chat are communication channels, audio calls, video calls (integrated through Jitsi), file sharing, user management, web-hooks and web widget apps. Its security components offer end-to-end conversation encryption by enabling double-factor identification. Rocket.Chat technology has been tested and integrated on many platforms and websites including Estonian Information System Authority, Devetry Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bahn, HTC, Samsung, Nokia and more.