armooo/zulip repository overview

⁠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 300 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:

• 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. Setting up a server takes just a couple of minutes. Zulip runs on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial and Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty. The installation process is documented here⁠. 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.