Free open source chat and messaging solution for macOS

Rocket.Chat for Mac

Rocket.Chat for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    Rocket.Chat 4.16.0 LATEST

  • Review by

    Juan Garcia

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.9 or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Rocket Team / External Link

  • Filename

    rocketchat-4.16.0-mac.dmg

Rocket.Chat for Mac is the ultimate chat platform for macOS. Experience the next level of team communications! Rocket.Chat for macOS is an incredible product because it has an incredible developer community.

Over 200 contributors have made this platform a dynamic and innovative toolkit, from group messages and video calls to helpdesk killer features. Access from anywhere: web browser, desktop, and mobile applications.

Set up your system exactly how you want it. Rebrand as needed. The code is 100% Open Source under the MIT license.

Fork it on GitHub. Packages are at the core of the software capabilities, offering an impressive array of features aimed at making your business succeed.



Rocket.Chat for Mac customizations and services at affordable rates! Including white labeling, custom integrations, data imports, and feature development.

More services are available at request! Make your tool installation your very own with your own branding everywhere! Get that feature you want or need with custom Rocket Chat feature development!

Features

VIDEO CONFERENCE
Chat with your colleagues and friends face-to-face over audio and video.

HELPDESK CHAT
Have your website visitors contact you in real-time and increase conversions.

FILE SHARING
Drag-and-drop files or select them from your computer or mobile device.

VOICE MESSAGES
Record and transmit voice messages to a channel, group, or private conversation.

LINK PREVIEW
Post a link and immediately view its content. YouTube, Twitter, Gifs!

API
Integrate your chat to multiple services: GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, Confluence, and others.

EXTENDABILITY
Want a killer new feature? Add a new package. It is as simple as that.

NATIVE APPLICATIONS
Native client applications are available for download on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Mobile client applications are available for iOS and Android in their respective stores.

How to Use
  • Install the app by dragging it to Applications
  • Launch Rocket.Chat and enter your workspace URL
  • Log in with your credentials or register a new account
  • Start messaging, joining channels, or creating new ones
  • Configure notifications and preferences in settings
  • Use the search bar to find users, files, or messages
  • Share files or start audio/video calls in chat rooms
System Requirements

macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or later

Intel or Apple Silicon (M1/M2) processor

At least 4 GB of RAM

200 MB of available disk space

Stable internet connection

PROS
  • Open-source and self-hosted option
  • Supports team collaboration tools
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Highly customizable interface
  • Integrated video conferencing
CONS
  • Setup can be complex for beginners
  • Limited features in free plan
  • Resource-heavy during large chats
  • UI feels less polished than rivals
  • Requires manual updates outside App Store
Note: 30 days trial version.

Also Available: Download Rocket.Chat for Windows

Why is this app published on FileHorse? (More info)
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What's new in this version:

Highlights:
- A new workspace navigation system with three switchable layouts, a unified window chrome across all three platforms, security hardening from a 2022 pentest follow-up, and an upgrade to React 19
- New workspace navigation: Tabs, Sidebar, or Titlebar
- Workspace switching has been reworked into three interchangeable layouts, selectable in Settings → General or via the View menu (⌘/Ctrl+Shift+S cycles through them):
- Tabs — a horizontal browser-style tab strip with favicon, label, unread/mention badges, a keyboard-shortcut chip, drag-to-reorder, and an add-workspace button
- Sidebar — a narrow, icon-only vertical column with square favicon tabs and badges, keyboard navigation, and improved contrast when a workspace's favicon matches the background
- Titlebar — no sidebar and no tab strip, just the title bar with a compact server switcher
- The whole desktop chrome is now theme-aware, and the Theme selector is back in Settings
- Unified window chrome across Windows, Linux, and macOS
- Menu bar on Windows and Linux is now hidden by default — press Alt to reveal it temporarily, or pin it permanently visible from Settings → General → Menu bar, the View menu, or Ctrl+Shift+M. Existing installs are migrated automatically without overriding a choice you've already made.
- Linux now uses the same client-side window chrome as Windows: window controls embedded in the tab strip instead of relying on the desktop environment's title bar, plus softly rounded outer corners
- Updates are now surfaced as a titlebar label instead of a modal dialog, with clearer feedback for manual update checks and more resilient silent background checks
- Downloads get a new tab-strip indicator with a cleaner, more compact presentation
- Added a Cmd+, shortcut to open Preferences on macOS

Security hardening:
Follow-up fixes from pentest review, tightening several areas that previously relied on broader trust than necessary:
- Restricted geolocation, notifications, and fullscreen permission prompts in the server view to trusted, configured server origins only
- Blocked main-frame navigation to non-http(s) schemes inside the server webview
- Tightened the Content-Security-Policy on local renderer windows
- Session data (cookies, localStorage, indexedDB) is now cleared automatically when a user logs out of a server through the normal web app UI, not only via the manual "Clear Cache" action
- Documented a risk-acceptance decision on certificate pinning for the auto-updater (CORE-1128) for future reference

Fixed:
- Fixed workspace tabs intermittently getting stuck on the loading throbber after a webview boot failure — the app now recovers automatically instead of requiring a full restart
- Fixed a renderer infinite re-render loop that could throw "Maximum update depth exceeded"
- Fixed an unread-badge update storm that could crash tab bar rendering, and corrected badge rendering/priority
- Fixed the screen-share picker appearing at app launch with no user interaction on Linux Wayland (Fedora Flatpak, Ubuntu deb) — source enumeration was running before the picker was ever opened
- Fixed the screen picker to show on the window that actually requested it (rather than always the main window) and to queue concurrent requests instead of dropping them
- Fixed screen-picker source stability under Electron 42's macOS capture stack
- Fixed workspaces with a valid uniqueId-scoped support exception incorrectly showing the "Unsupported" screen
- Fixed the sidebar tooltip showing "null" for servers beyond the 9th position
- Fixed the TopBar not rendering on Linux when using the Sidebar or Titlebar layouts
- Fixed dependency subpath imports not being externalized correctly in the Rollup build

Internal:
- Upgraded React 18.3 → 19 and Fuselage 0.78 → 0.80
- Added a silent installation guide for enterprise deployments
- Added test coverage across preload and module boundaries
- Applied least-privilege permissions to GitHub Actions workflows
- Updated translations from Lingohub