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Ruqola

Ruqola is a messaging program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

At a glance

All of Ruqola is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Ruqola is a client for Rocket.Chat. It supports RC features: Direct Message group channel channel Support autotranslate (when RC has it) Configuring room notification Configuring room Thread message support Discussion room Teams room support Configuring own account Registering new account Support multi account Search message in room Show mention/attachment/Pinned message/start message Support emoji Video support Configure administrator support (add/remove roles, add/remove users, add/remove permissions, configure rooms etc.) Support OTR (in progress) support gif image Add support for uploading attachment files Show unread message information Allow to block/unblock users Auto-away Two-factor authentication via TOTP Two-factor authentication via email Administrator support (Server Info, Rooms, Custom User Status, Custom Sounds, Custom Emoji, Users, Invites, View Log, Permissions, Roles, Oauth), Administrator settings (Message, Account, Retention Policy, File Upload, Encryption) Export Messages Video Conference Extra features: Allow to reply directly to message from notification (kde features) Drag and drop image from ruqola to website or local folder Store message in local database so we can search in offline Mark All Channels are read Add notification history New RocketChat Server Information Support Manage Device (RC >= 5.0) Manage Personal Access Token Add support for local translation Add support for text auto-correction

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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