🆚 Gitter vs. Rocket.Chat

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social media platform
Live chat software solution

About

Gitter is an open-source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol.

Rocket.Chat is an open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients.

It offers secure messaging with optional end-to-end encryption, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, self-hosted or air-gapped deployment options, auditing and data retention controls, and federation via the Matrix protocol.

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ✔️Open source
ProCustom

Categories

Social Media › Rank #64
Instant Messaging › Rank #17
Instant Messaging › Rank #22
Live Chats › Rank #78

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Gitter social media platform is 2 times more popular than Rocket.Chat.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Gitter is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France, while Rocket.Chat is more popular in Brazil, Canada, and Poland.
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Brazil
Canada
Poland
Vietnam
Austria
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Gitter is more popular among sites focused on software and hardware, Internet services, and technical information, while Rocket.Chat is more commonly used on education and reference, and online shopping sites.
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Technical Information
Business
Technical/Business Forums
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Finance/Banking
Shareware/Freeware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#37,321
#80,745
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Name
Rank
#10,776
#95,720
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See also

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