What is 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. 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. -https://github.com/zulip/zulip
Installation
- Log into the Linux based device
- Run the following commands in the terminal
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
# create a working directory and change to it
mkdir ./zulip && cd ./zulip
# download zulip
wget https://www.zulip.org/dist/releases/zulip-server-latest.tar.gz
# extract the tar.gz
tar -xf zulip-server-latest.tar.gz
# run the zulip installer, replace hostname and email values
sudo -s ./zulip-server-*/scripts/setup/install --self-signed --hostname=debian.i12bretro.local --email=i12bretro@i12bretro.local - After the installation completes, copy the URL provided
- Open a web browser and paste the copied URL
- Enter an email address > Click Create organization
- Enter an Organization name, Full name and a password > Click Sign up
- Welcome to Zulip
More Info: https://zulip.com/