avpnusr/rocket.chat-desktop repository overview

⁠Official Rocket.Chat client in docker container
(for X11 server with GUI)

Rocket.Chat provides only an amd64 architecture version, so this docker images is only for amd64 systems as well.

⁠Versions in the latest image

• Rocket.Chat⁠ Version: 2.17.1
• Debian Base Image⁠ Version: 9-slim

⁠Start your container

Use the below start sequence to get a running Rocket.Chat client displaying on your host X11 server.
Be aware, that this way of accessing the X11 server is not the safest, you will find more secure methods online.

docker run -it \
      --memory 2gb \
      -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro \
      -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \ # to display on your host X11
      --device /dev/snd \ # to have sound output
      --device /dev/dri/card0 \ # to use graphics card acceleration (if needed)
      -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm \ 
      -v /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket:/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \ #might need a change to your system
     --name rocket.chat \
      avpnusr/rocket.chat:latest

If you close the rocket.chat window, you can restart the container any time with:

docker start discord