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.