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Update Emoji library #24917

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@matthias4217

Description:

Currently, emojis in the emoji picker are limited to Emoji 12. The current set seem to be the one in the npm package emojione (emojione-assets in the dev dependencies). However, this project has been discontinued due to a change of name. It should be replaced by the newer emoji-toolkit package. See more about it in this Readme.

This is of course a minor issue, but I figure it can also be quite easy to fix. Thank you for your time and attention !

Steps to reproduce:

Search for an Emoji 12 or newer emoji, such as 🪓.

Expected behavior:

I would like to have a more up-to-date version.

Actual behavior:

There is no 🪓 in the emoji picker.

Server Setup Information:

  • Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 4.5.1
  • Operating System: Varies
  • Deployment Method: Docker
  • Number of Running Instances: 4
  • DB Replicaset Oplog:
  • NodeJS Version: v14.18.3
  • MongoDB Version:5.0.3

Client Setup Information

  • Desktop App or Browser Version: Both
  • Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04

Update

As of RocketChat 6.13.0, the issue still stands. Unicode 16.0 has been released on September 10th, 2025. RocketChat emojis are missing about seven years of updates.

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