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# Zulip overview
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Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application that combines the
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immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded
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conversations. Zulip is used by open source projects, Fortune 500 companies,
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large standards bodies, and others who need a real-time chat system that
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allows users to easily process hundreds or thousands of messages a day. With
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over 500 contributors merging over 500 commits a month, Zulip is also the
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largest and fastest growing open source group chat project.
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[](https://circleci.com/gh/zulip/zulip/tree/master)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/zulip/zulip/branch/master)
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[][mypy-coverage]
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[](https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/latest)
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[](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
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[](https://chat.zulip.org)
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[](https://twitter.com/zulip)
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[mypy-coverage]: https://blog.zulip.org/2016/10/13/static-types-in-python-oh-mypy/
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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.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/chat-zulip-org.html)
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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, 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.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/chat-zulip-org.html). We
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also recommend reading Zulip for
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[open source](https://zulipchat.com/for/open-source/), Zulip for
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[companies](https://zulipchat.com/for/companies/), or Zulip for
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[working groups and part time communities](https://zulipchat.com/for/working-groups-and-communities/).
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* **Running a Zulip server**. Use a preconfigured [Digital Ocean 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://zulipchat.com/plans> for details.
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* **Using Zulip without setting up a server**. <https://zulipchat.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/master/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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