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Zulip

Zulip Desktop Client for Linux.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its F-Droid listing: group chats and calls, self-hosting on your own server.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Zulip is available as a managed cloud service or a self-hosted solution.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Zulip offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Plans and conditions

  • Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
  • Paid subscriptions from 3,50 $ per month (price read on the official page).

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • No advertising
  • No credit card asked
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan

About

Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations. Zulip is used by open source projects, Fortune 500 companies, large standards bodies, and others who need a real-time chat system that allows users to easily process hundreds or thousands of messages a day.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, free status, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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