Every conversation in Zulip has a topic, so it’s easy to keep conversations straight. Are your coworkers discussing a software bug and the content of your website at the same time? No problem.
Sometimes, important things get discussed when you’re not around. Unfortunately, so do a lot of unimportant things.
Narrowing by stream or topic lets you focus on that important customer project without having to read about how Jim’s guitar lessons are going.
An impressive amount of knowledge lives in your chat system. Zulip’s Gmail-style search will delight you with how quickly you can find exactly what you’re looking for.
Zulip has many integrations and a powerful API to match. But here’s where it gets interesting: thanks to how Zulip categorizes messages, automated messages never overwhelm you. As with any topic in Zulip, they’re easy to focus on, skim, defer to later, or ignore—as appropriate.
Keyboard shortcuts? Check.
Syntax highlighting? Check.
Discuss code and technical topics with ease.
Drag-and-drop file uploads, image pasting, group private messages, audible notifications, missed-message emails, desktop apps, and everything else you might want. Including emoji, naturally. And it's all open source under the Apache license!