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multicavsRocket.Chat

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

multicaRocket.Chat
Score84/10082/100
Rank in category#10 of 125 in AI#1 of 13 in Instant Messaging
GitHub stars54 12546 348
Stars, last 30 days+2 883+187
Stable releases, 12 months8736
Latest releasev0.7.1 · 27 Oct 20268.5.4 · 16 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

multica scores 84/100 against 82/100 for Rocket.Chat, so it is the safer default.

multica ships more often: 87 stable releases in the past year, against 36 for Rocket.Chat.

multica is growing faster right now (+2 883 stars in 30 days).

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