Rocket.Chat vs Spacebar
A side-by-side comparison of Rocket.Chat and Spacebar — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Fully customizable open-source communications platform and Slack alternative | Open-source, Discord-compatible chat backend you can self-host |
| Category | Team Chat & Collaboration | Team Chat & Collaboration |
| Replaces | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Discord |
| GitHub stars | 45k | 2.2k |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 3/5 Moderate | 4/5 Involved |
| Deploy options | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 4 days ago | 26 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
