Zulip
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | Kandra Labs, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The app is in very active development, and still has some rough edges. If this is your first time using Zulip, we recommend starting with the web or desktop app.
Please send questions, comments, and bug reports to [email protected], or tweet @zulip.
Zulip is a team chat product for enterprises, open-source projects, working groups, and communities. Zulip’s unique threading model allows everyone to stay involved, even those that spend most of their day away from chat. https://zulipchat.com/why-zulip
Like everything Zulip, this app is 100% free and open-source software: https://github.com/zulip/zulip-mobile . Thank you to the hundreds of contributors who have made Zulip what it is!
Reviews
Inconvenient
tofuwater
very difficult to navigate, and i say this as a 19 year old who is terminally online 24/7:
Ability to upload files is not consistent
CharlesEdwards_III
Update Sept 2021: why are the media upload options still not working? No one is even asking for a polished design or anything. They’re willing to have a duct-taped together app that lets you view the forums. Still can’t upload a PDF on the app. —— Sometimes the buttons to upload files (paperclip, iOS file system etc.) show up. Other times it only shows photo and camera access. When it did show up, it was when the reply to comment button showed up beside the text box, which only intermittently appears even if you have tapped on a comment. If you long press the comment, reply is an option, but the file attachment is only photos. I managed to get a PDF to start uploading, but the keyboard was then pushed off the screen, so I couldn’t hit enter to post it. There may be a related issue to handling landscape to portrait while composing.
Simple and fast
vladislavkorobov
Works pretty good. It would be nice to swipe through images within the topic.
Failure to launch: paste disabled on open
Hate economist
Can’t even paste the url to start it all up. Not even started & failing. Catastrophic adoption barrier.
Mobile app needs work- profile picture is sideways
F3M80T
The mobile app is still far from useable. Functional yes but needs some serious UI enhancements.
Needs improvement.
234245
Maybe I’m missing it but I’m not seeing the ability to invite to a server in the app. On the other hand, the server portion was very easy to install - great documentation and the way you organize threads/topics is really cool. I tried several others before settling on Zulip. Keep up the good work.
No Linking/ Open in App Features: cant even paste
agoodEntreprenuer
I am trying to join my server, yet whenever I try to paste in the link, The keyboard keeps gping up and down like a spring.would have been easier if your server link automaitcally gets you to the join the server via app sfter installation.
Fantastic chat app, best so far
Techexpert007
We just started using Zulip at the company because of the threads feature. Running a self-hosted version. This solution is fantastic because it forces users to use topics so keeps messages organized. If working with remote teams who cannot respond in real time this makes a big difference. The iOS app works well too with mobile notifications and easy filtering to see either all or only new messages or only messages in a specific stream (channel) or topic ( thread). If using any paid chat solution where you pay by user, think again. This is open source, we run it on a $10/month instance with a cloud provider.
Unusable
jmscgry
I cannot sign into an existing server on this app so it’s just totally unusable. I’m stuck on this sign in loop: enter server url -> username password -> pick account (?) -> repeat
