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Redmine vs RocketChat: What are the differences?

Redmine: A flexible project management web application written using Ruby on Rails framework. Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database; RocketChat: Open source slack alternative. Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms..

Redmine can be classified as a tool in the "Project Management" category, while RocketChat is grouped under "Group Chat & Notifications".

Some of the features offered by Redmine are:

  • Multiple projects support
  • Flexible role based access control
  • Flexible issue tracking system

On the other hand, RocketChat provides the following key features:

  • BYOS (bring your own server)
  • Multiple Rooms
  • Direct Messages

"Open source" is the primary reason why developers consider Redmine over the competitors, whereas "Open source " was stated as the key factor in picking RocketChat.

Redmine and RocketChat are both open source tools. It seems that RocketChat with 23.1K GitHub stars and 4.96K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Redmine with 3.39K GitHub stars and 1.86K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Redmine has a broader approval, being mentioned in 72 company stacks & 34 developers stacks; compared to RocketChat, which is listed in 34 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.

Decisions about Redmine and RocketChat
Stefan Schuchlenz
CEO / CTO at DROOM! · | 5 upvotes · 148.8K views
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We chose RocketChat over other communications suites like Cliq or Slack mainly because we can self-host it on our own infrastructure. Since we have quite some projects going on which demand that we stay in touch with a lot of different stakeholders, pricing was an issue, too. With RocketChat, we have a huge set of features basically for free, RC offers apps for all major devices and systems and overall, we're very happy with it. The only downside is the limited amount of apps and integrations, but we can make due with what we have available.

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Pros of Redmine
Pros of RocketChat
  • 54
    Open source
  • 27
    Customizable with themes and plugins
  • 10
    Integration with code version control like git/svn
  • 9
    Powerful custom queries
  • 6
    RESTful API
  • 6
    Customizable workflows
  • 6
    Integration with email clients
  • 5
    Support for MS SQL Server
  • 2
    Time tracking, reports
  • 2
    Self-hosted
  • 1
    Projects and groups separation
  • 1
    Lightweight
  • 72
    Open source
  • 38
    Can be deployed on premise
  • 32
    Byos (bring your own server)
  • 30
    Faster than Slack
  • 21
    Mobile app for iphone, ipad, and ipod touch
  • 19
    Built using meteor
  • 19
    Desktop client for mac and windows
  • 13
    Easily deployed on Cloud Services (Heroku, etc)
  • 10
    Screen Sharing
  • 9
    Video and audio
  • 9
    Excellent support & service, bar-none
  • 6
    Web client
  • 5
    Amazing product, fast moving development, and BYOS
  • 5
    Multiple Security integrations - LDAP etc
  • 5
    Docker Image for easy setup
  • 5
    Open source
  • 5
    Mobile app for android phone, tablet, and tv stick
  • 4
    Datacontrol
  • 4
    Great development team
  • 4
    Free
  • 2
    Love it - running on R Pi 2
  • 2
    Open source server
  • 1
    Broadcast & Readonly channels
  • 1
    Slack bridge
  • 1
    Linux Client Support
  • 1
    Flexible Integrations
  • 1
    Ldap integration
  • 0
    Threading model

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Cons of Redmine
Cons of RocketChat
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    • 1
      No full markdown support
    • 1
      Mobile app in Enterprise version only
    • 1
      Many basic features require plugins
    • 1
      Visioconference support is external
    • 1
      No screen recorder
    • 1
      Few options for user customization
    • 1
      Limited message history on SaaS
    • 1
      Poor user customization
    • 1
      Hard to upgrade
    • 1
      Not as well-known as others like it

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    What is Redmine?

    Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database.

    What is RocketChat?

    Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.

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    Asana
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