Hello, and welcome!
Zulip is a little different than some chat systems you may have already
used.
Here's what you need to know:
- Every message has a stream and a topic
- A stream is kind of like a mailing list -- it represents a group of people -- and anyone can subscribe to a stream and start getting traffic there
- A topic, on the other hand, is what the message is actually about
- (You can, of course, send private messages.)
- All of these are displayed simultaneously, in an interleaved way, chronologically
- Time flows down
This means we can have a conversation about git, jQuery,
fundraising, where to go to lunch, and a message from your commit bot
all simultaneously--without it getting unmanageable.
Let's take a look
Here, we have three conversations occurring simultaneously:
- One on stream "zulip" with topic "Lunch", about where to go to lunch
- One on stream "zulip" with topic "Zulip testers", about early beta testers
- One automated notification on stream "commits", about a commit made to the repository
Some things to know
- "Enter" will start a reply to the message with the blue line by it (in the example above, the one with topic "Zulip testers")
- When you send the reply, it will appear at the very bottom of the stream (not directly below the message you reply to)
- We have mobile apps, an API, and integrations with many popular services
You're ready to go!
If you have any feedback, please, send it our way!