{"id":12887,"date":"2019-03-29T01:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T01:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12887"},"modified":"2019-03-29T01:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T01:13:05","slug":"zulip-most-productive-chat-application-for-group-or-team-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/29\/zulip-most-productive-chat-application-for-group-or-team-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Zulip \u2013 Most Productive Chat Application for Group or Team Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zulip<\/strong>\u00a0is an open source, powerful and easily extendable group or team chat application powered by\u00a0<strong>Electron<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>React Native<\/strong>. It runs on every major operating system: Linux, Windows, MacOS; Android, iOS, and also has a web client.<\/p>\n<p>It supports over 90 native integrations with external applications, under different categories including interactive bots, version control (Github, Codebase, Bitbucket etc.), communication, customer support, deployment, financial (Stripe), marketing, monitoring tools (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-nagios-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nagios<\/a>\u00a0and more), integration frameworks, productivity (Drop box, Google calender etc.) and so many others.<\/p>\n<h4>Zulip Features:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Supports various types of notifications.<\/li>\n<li>Supports keyboard shortcuts.<\/li>\n<li>Supports a multilanguage spellchecker.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to sign in to multiple teams.<\/li>\n<li>Offers a RESTful API and Python bindings for integration purposes.<\/li>\n<li>Supports a multitude of languages.<\/li>\n<li>Supports video calls and chat history.<\/li>\n<li>Also allows for full-text full-history search.<\/li>\n<li>Supports invite-only conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Supports private one-on-one or group conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to keep track of messages that are of interest to you.<\/li>\n<li>Shows who is currently online.<\/li>\n<li>Supports draft messages.<\/li>\n<li>Also supports typing notifications and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Zulip Chat Application on Linux<\/h3>\n<p>On\u00a0<strong>Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0systems, you can install it from the\u00a0<strong>Zulip<\/strong>\u00a0desktop apt repository via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apt command<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First setup the zulip desktop app repository on your system and add its signing key, as follows, from a terminal.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv 69AD12704E71A4803DCA3A682424BE5AE9BD10D9\r\n$ echo \"deb https:\/\/dl.bintray.com\/zulip\/debian\/ stable main\" | sudo tee -a \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/zulip.list\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Then update your apt package sources cache and install the zulip client as shown.<\/p>\n<pre>$ sudo apt update\r\n$ sudo apt install zulip\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Once the installation is complete, search for\u00a0<strong>zulip<\/strong>\u00a0from your system menu and launch it, or run the zulip command from a terminal.<\/p>\n<pre>$ zulip\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>On other Linux distributions, you can install it via an\u00a0<strong>AppImage<\/strong>. Go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/zulip\/zulip-electron\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofolow noopener\">download page<\/a>\u00a0or use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/10-wget-command-examples-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wget command<\/a>\u00a0below to grab the appimage.<\/p>\n<pre>$ wget -c https:\/\/github.com\/zulip\/zulip-electron\/releases\/download\/v1.9.0\/Zulip-1.9.0-x86_64.AppImage\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>After downloading it, make the file executable and run it.<\/p>\n<pre>$ chmod a+x Zulip-x.x.x-x86_64.AppImage \r\n$ .\/Zulip-x.x.x-x86_64.AppImage \r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you use it this way, the app will not update automatically, you will need to repeat the above instructions to upgrade to newer versions.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Use Zulip Chat Application<\/h3>\n<p>When you launch\u00a0<strong>zulip<\/strong>\u00a0for the first time, you will land in the interface shown in the following screenshot, where you can add an organization. Click on\u00a0<strong>Create<\/strong>\u00a0a new organization, you will be redirected to the zulip website where you can create a new organization.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Create-Zulip-Organization.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Create-Zulip-Organization.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Create-Zulip-Organization.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Create-Zulip-Organization-768x518.png 768w\" alt=\"Create Zulip Organization\" width=\"1102\" height=\"743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30789\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Create Zulip Organization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Add your email address and click on\u00a0<strong>Create organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-Email.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-Email.png\" alt=\"Add Organization Email\" width=\"729\" height=\"690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30790\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add Organization Email<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next, a link to complete your signup will be sent to your email. After opening the link, register by providing your full name, password, organization name, organization URL (address you\u2019ll use to log in to your organization) and accept terms of service. Then click on\u00a0<strong>Sign Up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can continue to use the web client or back on the desktop app, use your organization URL to log in to your organization.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-URL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-URL.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-URL.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Add-Organization-URL-768x518.png 768w\" alt=\"Add Organization URL\" width=\"1102\" height=\"743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30791\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add Organization URL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then log into\u00a0<strong>zulip<\/strong>\u00a0with your email address and password as shown in the following screenshot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Login-to-Zulip.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Login-to-Zulip.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Login-to-Zulip.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Login-to-Zulip-768x518.png 768w\" alt=\"Login into Zulip Organization\" width=\"1102\" height=\"743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30792\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Login into Zulip Organization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/zulip-chat-interface.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/zulip-chat-interface.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/zulip-chat-interface.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/zulip-chat-interface-768x518.png 768w\" alt=\"Zulip Organization Chat\" width=\"1102\" height=\"743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30793\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zulip Organization Chat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next, you can invite more users in your organization, and customize zulip to fit your organization\u2019s needs, under settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zulip Homepage<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zulipchat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/zulipchat.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zulip<\/strong>\u00a0is a cross-platform, powerful and highly extensible group chat application. 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