{"id":2818,"date":"2024-08-22T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utfpr.curitiba.br\/emilias\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2026-10-21T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T13:52:09","slug":"keeping-zulip-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utfpr.curitiba.br\/emilias\/keeping-zulip-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Zulip Cloud has a free plan with limited search history, and self-hosting is free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zulip is an open-source team chat that threads every message by topic. Free cloud plan, free self-hosting, Windows desktop app. Pros, cons and download.<\/p>\n<h2>Sign in to several Zulip servers in one desktop app<\/h2>\n<p>You can use Zulip Cloud or run your own server.<\/p>\n<p>The free cloud plan includes 10,000 messages of search history and 5 GB of file storage in total, and many open-source projects, researchers and non-profits qualify for a free Standard plan.<\/p>\n<p>Free cloud plan searches only the last 10,000 messages<\/p>\n<p>Zoom Workplace Video Meeting App Video meetings, chat and whiteboards; the free Basic plan allows 40-minute meetings for 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>Markdown with code syntax highlighting, LaTeX, polls and to-do lists.<\/p>\n<p>Slack Team Chat App Team chat with channels, huddles and app integrations; the free plan keeps 90 days of messages.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket.Chat Team Chat App Open-source desktop client for Rocket.Chat, a self-hosted team chat free for up to 50 users (<a href=\"https:\/\/exedepot.com\/en\/soft\/zulip\/\">where to read about Zulip<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Every message has a topic, so parallel discussions stay separate.<\/p>\n<p>The software is fully open source and free to self-host; the free cloud plan limits searchable history to 10,000 messages.<\/p>\n<p>Discord Voice and Chat App Voice, video and text chat for communities and gaming groups, with screen sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Its main idea is topic-based threading: each channel is split into named topics, so you can catch up on one discussion without scrolling through everything else.<\/p>\n<p>The Windows app connects to several organizations at once.<\/p>\n<p>On first launch enter your organization URL, for example yourteam.zulipchat.com, or create a new organization on zulip.com.<\/p>\n<p>Every message in a Zulip channel belongs to a topic, which works like a lightweight thread that you can read or mute separately.<\/p>\n<p>Zulip is developed by Kandra Labs and released under the Apache License 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>Zulip is the best fit for busy communities and teams that drown in fast-moving channels, because every message belongs to a named topic.<\/p>\n<p>Teams that want built-in video calls without a separate call provider.<\/p>\n<p>Mattermost Team Chat App Open-source desktop client for Mattermost, a self-hosted team chat with free editions for small teams.<\/p>\n<p>Open-source communities, research groups and teams with many parallel discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Webex Video Meeting App Cisco&#8217;s meetings and team messaging app; the free plan allows 40-minute meetings with up to 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>Self-hosting is free with all features; mobile push notifications are limited to 10 users for most organizations on the free tier.<\/p>\n<p>Jitsi Meet Video Meeting App Open-source video meetings: join meet.jit.si or your own Jitsi server from a desktop app.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Teams Chat and Meeting App Microsoft&#8217;s chat and meeting app; the free plan allows 60-minute group calls for up to 100 people.<\/p>\n<h3>More than 130 native integrations plus webhooks and a REST API<\/h3>\n<p>Sponsored free Standard plan for many communities<\/p>\n<h2>Cisco Systems \u00b7 Freeware \u00b7 webex.com Download Review<\/h2>\n<p>The direct link is Zulip&#8217;s small web installer, which downloads and installs the current version.<\/p>\n<p>Start voice and video calls with Zoom, Jitsi or BigBlueButton.<\/p>\n<p>Slack Technologies (Salesforce) \u00b7 Freeware \u00b7 slack.com Download Review<\/p>\n<h3>Jitsi community (8&#215;8) \u00b7 Open source \u00b7 jitsi.org Download Review<\/h3>\n<p>\u00b7 Open source \u00b7 mattermost.com Download Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zulip is an open-source team chat that threads every message by topic. 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