Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/vs/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/vs/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.md
Description: Checkmate and Rocket.Chat share 12 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, MongoDB, React Hook Form, @hello-pangea/dnd, Zod, swagger-ui-express, nodemailer, sharp, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

# Checkmate vs Rocket.Chat

Checkmate and Rocket.Chat share 12 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, MongoDB, React Hook Form, @hello-pangea/dnd, Zod, swagger-ui-express, nodemailer, sharp, and pino. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [bluewave-labs/Checkmate](https://seerepo.com/r/bluewave-labs/Checkmate): Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. Don't be shy, join here: https://discord.com/invite/NAb6H3UTjK :)
- [RocketChat/Rocket.Chat](https://seerepo.com/r/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat): Interoperable by design. Governed by you. Open-source, secure platform for messaging, voice, video and governed AI, built for defense and government.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, MongoDB, React Hook Form, @hello-pangea/dnd, Zod, swagger-ui-express, nodemailer, sharp, pino
- Only in Checkmate: React Router, @emotion/react, @csstools/css-tokenizer, @fontsource-variable/geist, MUI, recharts, dnd-kit, react-toastify, MapLibre, react-map-gl, Lucide, @hookform/resolvers, joi, jsonwebtoken, bcryptjs, helmet, tough-cookie, mjml, handlebars, isomorphic-dompurify, dockerode, pino-http
- Only in Rocket.Chat: Hono, bson, ldapjs, aws-sdk, connect-mongo, Google Cloud, localforage, AWS S3, RTM, connect, Moleculer, @slack/bolt, polka, mongo-message-queue, Preact, history, GitHub, LiveKit, stylis, react-aria, react-virtuoso, Chart.js, nivo, virtua, react-error-boundary, codemirror, Swiper, emojibase-data, Passport, @node-oauth/oauth2-server, bcrypt, express-session, generate-password, passport-apple, passport-github2, passport-google-oauth20, passport-oauth2, speakeasy, xml-encryption, dompurify, @xmldom/xmldom, mailparser, csv-parse, exif-be-gone, file-type, highlight.js, string-strip-html, @react-pdf/renderer, he, imap, is-svg, json-2-csv, juice, marked, sanitize-html, yaqrcode, Ajv, cron-validator, prom-client, bugsnag, node-dogstatsd, prometheus-gc-stats, reactflow, @lezer/highlight, rc-scrollbars, react-split-pane, jose, Cheerio, typia, css-mediaquery, style-dictionary, react-stately, katex, @hono/node-server, css-vars-ponyfill, emoji-mart, mdast-util-to-string, remark-parse, remark-stringify, unified, ajv-formats, opentelemetry, @react-aria/visually-hidden, overlayscrollbars-react, overlayscrollbars, re-resizable, @react-aria/toolbar, @livekit/components-react

## Side by side

| | Checkmate | Rocket.Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,704 lines written, 661 code files | 948,336 lines written, 8,409 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Cursor, and Devin |
| Activity | Last push November 11, 2026, 7,534 commits, 11,046 stars | Last push November 13, 2026, 25,153 commits, 46,503 stars |
| Tests | 140 test files. 28.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2,110 test files. 18% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, Checkmate or Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat, with 948,336 lines written; Checkmate has 100,704.

The proof: [RocketChat/Rocket.Chat's code at commit 1290222](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/tree/12902221714c90a3ba6794a9fc18ace2b3c6fdba)

### Which has more GitHub stars, Checkmate or Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat, with 46,503 stars; Checkmate has 11,046.

The proof: [RocketChat/Rocket.Chat on GitHub](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat)

### Which has more tests, Checkmate or Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat, with 2,110 test files; Checkmate has 140.

The proof: [RocketChat/Rocket.Chat's code at commit 1290222](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/tree/12902221714c90a3ba6794a9fc18ace2b3c6fdba)

### Which was updated more recently, Checkmate or Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and Checkmate's on November 11, 2026.

The proof: [RocketChat/Rocket.Chat's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, Checkmate or Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat: an AI signed 1% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Cursor, and Devin; in Checkmate, 0.8%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in RocketChat/Rocket.Chat](https://seerepo.com/r/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/ai)

## Sources

- bluewave-labs/Checkmate: Read on November 12, 2026, at commit 33f48b5 (https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/tree/33f48b5e5475ffe60c63de1fed1700d096c47199)
- RocketChat/Rocket.Chat: Read on November 13, 2026, at commit 1290222 (https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/tree/12902221714c90a3ba6794a9fc18ace2b3c6fdba)

## What is your repo built with?

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