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Zulip

Zulip is a powerful, open-source group chat application that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations.

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Zulip is 100% free and open-source software. When you self-host Zulip, you get the same software as the Zulip Cloud Standard customers. See GitHub.

Alternatively, you can use the Zulip cloud plan. It’s a freemium and limited version (see highlights).

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    Tool ID

    Free Features Highlights

    • Full-featured team chat service
    • Hundreds of integrations
    • Advanced roles and permissions
    • Guest accounts
    Limitations Highlights
    • 10,000 messages of search history
    • File storage up to 5 GB total