Communication Team Chat mature
Zulip
Open-source threaded-chat platform
22.0K stars
Since 2020
Self-hosted communication platform with threaded-chat, async-communication, topic-based
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
2 GB
Min CPUs
2 cores
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: async-team-communication
- ✓ Primary: threaded-discussions
- ✓ Primary: project-focused-chat
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Technical specs
Language
PythonTypeScript
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
docker
Community
GitHub stars 22.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Zulip
Funding open_core
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general