Zulip help center

Welcome to the help center for Zulip organized team chat! Here, you'll find up-to-date information on how to use Zulip, or administer a Zulip organization. These pages are designed to guide you as you learn your way around Zulip. They'll also be your go-to if you're ever unsure how something works, or if you need to explain it to someone else.

Guides for new users

The following guides will help you get started, and more can be found in the left sidebar.

• Getting started with Zulip
• Choosing a team chat app
• Why Zulip
• Trying out Zulip
• Zulip Cloud or self-hosting?
• Moving to Zulip

Mastering Zulip

If you're using Zulip a lot, it's worthwhile to learn workflows that will help you spend that time efficiently. Check out:

• Keyboard shortcuts: Mastering a few keyboard shortcuts (like <kbd>N</kbd> to go to the next unread topic) can speed up your workflows.
• Reading strategies: Learn different ways to find what you want to read.
• Mastering the compose box: Learn about everything Zulip’s compose box lets you do.
• Message formatting: Learn about quotes, spoilers, global times, and more.
• Search filters: Learn how to find messages based on where they were sent, whether they contain links or attachments, and other details.

Other resources

You may also want to check out:

• An overview of the features available in Zulip.
• Installation instructions for setting up a self-hosted Zulip server, and documentation on running Zulip in production.
• API documentation for writing integrations or bots using the Zulip API.
• Contributing guide, with step-by-step instructions on how to get started contributing code to Zulip.

If you have any questions that aren't answered here, let us know!

We work hard to make Zulip's help center comprehensive and easy to follow. Please drop by the #documentation channel in the Zulip development community to share ideas for how to make it better.