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# Zulip User Documentation
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Zulip is a group chat app. Its most distinctive characteristic is that
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conversation within an organization is divided into “**streams**”
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and further subdivided into “**topics**”, so that
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much finer-grained conversations are possible than with IRC or other
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chat tools.
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Most people use Zulip on the Web. There are also mobile apps for
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Android/iOS, and desktop apps for Mac/Linux/Windows, which can be
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downloaded [here](https://zulipchat.com/apps/).
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One Zulip account, associated with a particular company, project, or team,
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is known as an **organization**.
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## Getting started
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The following two guides are a good place to start.
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* [Getting started with Zulip](/help/getting-started-with-zulip)
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* [Getting your organization started with Zulip](/help/getting-your-organization-started-with-zulip)
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