Zulip is an open-source organized team chat application with unique topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat. It offers a comprehensive REST API, webhook integrations, and bot framework for building automated workflows.
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Install via CLI
openskills install agentskillexchange/skills---
name: "Zulip Open Source Team Chat Platform with Topic-Based Threading"
slug: "zulip-team-chat-threading"
description: "Zulip is an open-source organized team chat application with unique topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat. It offers a comprehensive REST API, webhook integrations, and bot framework for building automated workflows."
github_stars: 25013
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/zulip/zulip"
author: "Zulip"
category: "Integrations & Connectors"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "zulip/zulip"
github_stars: 25013
---
# Zulip Open Source Team Chat Platform with Topic-Based Threading
Zulip is an open-source organized team chat application with unique topic-based threading that combines the best of email and chat. It offers a comprehensive REST API, webhook integrations, and bot framework for building automated workflows.
## Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- make remote work productive and delightful. Fortune 500 companies, [leading open
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [mypy-coverage]: https://blog.zulip.org/2016/10/13/static-types-in-python-oh-mypy/
- Linux, in [Docker](https://github.com/zulip/docker-zulip), or with prebuilt
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Contributing code**. Check out our [guide for new
- contributors](https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/contributing.html)
- to get started. We have invested in making Zulip’s code highly
- Source: https://github.com/zulip/zulip
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zulip/zulip/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/zulip-team-chat-threading/)
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