etherpad vs Rocket.Chat
etherpad and Rocket.Chat share 9 technologies: Vite, React, react-router-dom, Express, React Hook Form, express-session, jose, nodemailer, and prom-client. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
ether
etherpad
Etherpad: A modern really-real-time collaborative document editor.
TypeScript18.6kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 4aec490What is etherpad built with?Only in etherpad
In common
RocketChat
Rocket.Chat
The Secure CommsOS™ for mission-critical operations
TypeScript46.4kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit 70825b1What is Rocket.Chat built with?Only in Rocket.Chat
- MongoDB
- bson
ldapjs
aws-sdk
- Google Cloud
localforage
AWS S3- Hono
connect
@slack/bolt
polka
- Preact
- history
- GitHub
- LiveKit
stylis
- react-virtuoso
react-aria
- Chart.js
- virtua
nivo
react-error-boundary
- codemirror
- swagger-ui-express
- Swiper
emojibase-data
- Passport
- bcrypt
@node-oauth/oauth2-server
- passport-apple
- passport-github2
passport-google-oauth20
- dompurify
- sharp
@xmldom/xmldom
- mailparser
- csv-parse
- file-type
highlight.js
@react-pdf/renderer
- he
- is-svg
- json-2-csv
- juice
marked
- sanitize-html
- Zod
- Ajv
- cron-validator
@bugsnag/js
- pino
- reactflow
@hello-pangea/dnd
- @lezer/highlight
- react-split-pane
- Cheerio
typia
- css-mediaquery
style-dictionary
react-stately
katex
@hono/node-server
emoji-mart
- mdast-util-to-string
- remark-parse
- remark-stringify
unified
- ajv-formats
- opentelemetry
overlayscrollbars-react
overlayscrollbars
re-resizable
@react-aria/focus
Side by side
etherpadRocket.Chat
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
etherpad97,129 lines written276 code files
Rocket.Chat937,658 lines written8,385 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
etherpad3.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
Rocket.Chat0.9% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit, Cursor, and Devin
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
etherpadLast push November 6, 20268,883 commits18,621 stars
Rocket.ChatLast push November 6, 202625,061 commits46,374 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
etherpad294 test files40.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
Rocket.Chat2,056 test files17% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, etherpad or Rocket.Chat?
Rocket.Chat, with 937,658 lines written; etherpad has 97,129.
Which has more GitHub stars, etherpad or Rocket.Chat?
Rocket.Chat, with 46,374 stars; etherpad has 18,621.
The proof: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat on GitHub
Which has more tests, etherpad or Rocket.Chat?
Rocket.Chat, with 2,056 test files; etherpad has 294.
Which was updated more recently, etherpad or Rocket.Chat?
Both got their last push on November 6, 2026.
The proof: ether/etherpad's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, etherpad or Rocket.Chat?
etherpad: an AI signed 3.8% of its commits, with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot; in Rocket.Chat, 0.9%.
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