# 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.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/zulip-open-source-team-chat-platform-with-topic-based-thread` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/zulip-open-source-team-chat-platform-with-topic-based-thread`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/zulip-open-source-team-chat-platform-with-topic-based-thread/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/zulip-open-source-team-chat-platform-with-topic-based-thread

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# 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/)