Zulip overview
Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application that combines the
immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded
conversations. Zulip is used by open source projects, Fortune 500 companies,
large standards bodies, and others who need a real-time chat system that
allows users to easily process hundreds or thousands of messages a day. With
over 500 contributors merging over 500 commits a month, Zulip is also the
largest and fastest growing open source group chat project.
Getting started
Click on the appropriate link below. If nothing seems to apply,
join us on the
Zulip community server
and tell us what's up!
You might be interested in:
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Contributing code. Check out our
guide for new contributors
to get started. Zulip prides itself on maintaining a clean and
well-tested codebase, and a stock of hundreds of
beginner-friendly issues. -
Contributing non-code.
Report an issue,
translate Zulip
into your language,
write
for the Zulip blog, or
give us feedback. We
would love to hear from you, even if you're just trying the product out. -
Supporting Zulip. Advocate for your organization to use Zulip, write a
review in the mobile app stores, or
upvote Zulip on
product comparison sites. -
Checking Zulip out. The best way to see Zulip in action is to drop by
the
Zulip community server. We
also recommend reading Zulip for
open source, Zulip for
companies, or Zulip for
working groups and part time communities. -
Running a Zulip server. Use a preconfigured Digital Ocean droplet,
install Zulip
directly, or use Zulip's
experimental Docker image.
Commercial support is available; see https://zulipchat.com/plans for details. -
Using Zulip without setting up a server. https://zulipchat.com offers
free and commercial hosting. -
Applying for a Zulip internship. Zulip runs internship programs with
Outreachy,
Google Summer of Code,
and the
MIT Externship program. Zulip
also participates in
Google Code-In. More
information is available
here.
You may also be interested in reading our blog or
following us on twitter.
Zulip is distributed under the
Apache 2.0 license.
