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# Zulip overview
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[Zulip](https://zulip.com) is an open-source team collaboration tool with unique
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[topic-based threading][why-zulip] that combines the best of email and chat to
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make remote work productive and delightful. Fortune 500 companies, [leading open
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source projects][rust-case-study], and thousands of other organizations use
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Zulip every day. Zulip is the only [modern team chat app][features] that is
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designed for both live and asynchronous conversations.
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Zulip is built by a distributed community of developers from all around the
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world, with 74+ people who have each contributed 100+ commits. With
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over 700 contributors merging over 500 commits a month, Zulip is the
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largest and fastest growing open source team chat project.
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[![GitHub Actions build status](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/actions/workflows/zulip-ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/actions/workflows/zulip-ci.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
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[![coverage status](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/zulip/zulip/main.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/zulip/zulip)
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[![Mypy coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/mypy-100%25-green.svg)][mypy-coverage]
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[![code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
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[![code style: prettier](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-prettier-ff69b4.svg)](https://github.com/prettier/prettier)
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[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/zulip/zulip.svg)](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/latest)
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[![docs](https://readthedocs.org/projects/zulip/badge/?version=latest)](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
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[![Zulip chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://chat.zulip.org)
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[![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-@zulip-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://twitter.com/zulip)
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[![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/zulip)](https://github.com/sponsors/zulip)
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[mypy-coverage]: https://blog.zulip.org/2016/10/13/static-types-in-python-oh-mypy/
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[why-zulip]: https://zulip.com/why-zulip/
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[rust-case-study]: https://zulip.com/case-studies/rust/
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[features]: https://zulip.com/features/
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## Getting started
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Click on the appropriate link below. If nothing seems to apply,
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join us on the
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[Zulip community server](https://zulip.com/development-community/)
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and tell us what's up!
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You might be interested in:
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- **Contributing code**. Check out our
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[guide for new contributors](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html)
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to get started. Zulip prides itself on maintaining a clean and
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well-tested codebase, and a stock of hundreds of
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[beginner-friendly issues][beginner-friendly].
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- **Contributing non-code**.
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[Report an issue](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html#reporting-issues),
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[translate](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/translating/translating.html) Zulip
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into your language,
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[write](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html#zulip-outreach)
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for the Zulip blog, or
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[give us feedback](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html#user-feedback). We
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would love to hear from you, even if you're just trying the product out.
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- **Supporting Zulip**. Advocate for your organization to use Zulip, become a [sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/zulip), write a
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review in the mobile app stores, or
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[upvote Zulip](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html#zulip-outreach) on
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product comparison sites.
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- **Checking Zulip out**. The best way to see Zulip in action is to drop by
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the
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[Zulip community server](https://zulip.com/development-community/). We
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also recommend reading Zulip for
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[open source](https://zulip.com/for/open-source/), Zulip for
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[companies](https://zulip.com/for/companies/), or Zulip for
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[communities](https://zulip.com/for/working-groups-and-communities/).
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- **Running a Zulip server**. Use a preconfigured [DigitalOcean droplet](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/zulip),
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[install Zulip](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/production/install.html)
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directly, or use Zulip's
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experimental [Docker image](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/production/deployment.html#zulip-in-docker).
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Commercial support is available; see <https://zulip.com/plans> for details.
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- **Using Zulip without setting up a server**. <https://zulip.com>
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offers free and commercial hosting, including providing our paid
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plan for free to fellow open source projects.
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- **Participating in [outreach
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programs](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview/contributing.html#outreach-programs)**
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like Google Summer of Code.
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You may also be interested in reading our [blog](https://blog.zulip.org/) or
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following us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/zulip).
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Zulip is distributed under the
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[Apache 2.0](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/blob/main/LICENSE) license.
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[beginner-friendly]: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
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