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Zulip's threading allows asynchronous discussion to happen over chat, which
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completely changes what chat can be used for in a company. Zulip's threading
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allows managers to weigh in on discussions even when they can only check in
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once a day, it allows workers to participate in discussions even when they
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live in different time zones, and it allows neighboring teams to keep tabs
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on conversations that might affect them.
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Communication is at the core of the operation of every large business. Many
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senior personnel spend most of their days in meetings, and many decisions
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have to bubble up a management chain because employees on the ground don't
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have enough context. Employers also lose out on remote talent because
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communication with remote team members is too burdensome with their existing
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tools.
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No chat product comes even close to Zulip in terms of enabling serious
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discussion, engaging remote participants, spreading knowledge to neighboring
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teams, and making efficient use of managers' time.
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If you haven't read [why Zulip](/why-zulip), read that first. We've also
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collected a list of features we think will be of particular interest for
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companies using Zulip.
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**On-premise and in the cloud**
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High quality export and import tools make it easy to start with Zulip in the
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cloud, knowing that you can move to a on-premise deployment (or back) if
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your budget or security needs change.
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**No vendor lock-in**
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Zulip's license (Apache 2) and [published code base](github.com/zulip/zulip)
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means you will always be able to run Zulip on your own servers, for free,
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forever.
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**Highly customizable**
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In addition to Zulip's well-designed API and extensive integration library,
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Zulip's codebase is easy to get into. With over 100K words of developer
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documentation, 93% test coverage, full static typing of our python codebase,
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and world-class tooling, Zulip's codebase is a pleasure to work with. Just
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ask any of the hundreds of developers, including high school students, who
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have contributed significant code to Zulip!
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Previous corporate users have added LaTeX support for discussing academic
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papers, authentication protocols for integrating with a custom SSO, and an
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artificial message delay feature for emergency training. Think of a product
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you use every day at work. What would you change about it if your dev ops
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team could have a go at it for a week?
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**Scale to thousands of users**
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Zulip teams are still snappy at thousands of users.
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**Hundreds of integrations**
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Get events from GitHub, Stripe, Travis CI, JIRA, and
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[hundreds of other tools](/integrations) right in Zulip. Use topics to give
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each issue or decision its own place for discussion. Link to tickets in
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external sites with
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[custom linkification filters](/help/add-a-custom-linkification-filter) like
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`Z1234` for Zendesk ticket #1234.
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**Rich message formatting**
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Zulip's [chat-optimized Markdown](/help/format-your-message-using-markdown)
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helps you express your ideas clearly with bulleted lists, code blocks,
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pasted screenshots, uploaded files, and more.
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**Easy authentication**
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Restrict sign-up by email domain, use a single sign-on solution, or send
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invitations by email.
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