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# Create a stream
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In Zulip, streams are like mailing lists in an email tool; each stream
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has a set of subscribers. Your current subscriptions are visible in
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the left sidebar. Streams can be either:
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* **Public streams** - Public streams are for open discussions. All
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users can subscribe to public streams and discuss there.
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* **Private streams** - Private streams are for confidential
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discussions and are only visible to users who've been invited to
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subscribe to them.
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## Create a new stream
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{!subscriptions.md!}
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3. Click the plus (<i class="icon-vector-plus"></i>) icon to the right of
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the **Filter streams** input.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** If you do not see the plus
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(<i class="icon-vector-plus"></i>) icon, it
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is probably because your organization's administrators
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have disabled stream creation for ordinary users.
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If that's the case, then you need to ask them to
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allow ordinary users to create streams, or you will have
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to ask an administrator for help creating each particular stream.
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4. After clicking the plus (<i class="icon-vector-plus"></i>) icon, at
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right side of the [Subscriptions](/#subscriptions) page, labeled
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**Create stream**, will now display options for creating a stream.
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5. Enter the title of your stream in the **Stream name** input.
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If you designate your stream as public, the **Stream name** will be
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displayed under the Streams on the left sidebar. Your stream name must
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be unique to all other stream names and can be no longer than
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60 characters.
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!!! tip ""
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You can optionally enter a brief description of your stream in
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**Stream description** to give other users a general idea of
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what's being discussed in your stream. The description can be
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seen under the stream name in the stream overview.
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7. The **Stream accessibility** option controls the privacy of your
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stream. There are two options:
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* **Anybody can join** - This option makes your stream **public**
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and accessible to all users.
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* **People must be invited** - This option makes your stream
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**private**. Only users you invite will be able to access this stream.
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Only the creator of the stream can invite new users this stream.
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8. If your stream is public, you can choose to alert users about the new
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stream by clicking the **Announce stream** checkbox. Users who have been
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added to the new stream will always be notified, but if the
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**Announce stream** feature is enabled, all users will be notified
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of the stream's creation.
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9. To automatically subscribe a user to your stream, scroll down to
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**People to add** and tick the checkboxes with the names of the users
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you want to add.
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!!! tip ""
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To search for specific users, enter their usernames in the
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**Filter names** box.
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10. Once you are ready to create your stream,
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click the **Create** button. The stream will now appear
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in the left sidebar for the users that you subscribed.
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