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Getting started with Zulip on DigitalOcean

Hosting Zulip on DigitalOcean is easy.As an open source project, Zulip is committed to making it convenient for every organization to use Zulip. For those who cannot maintain their own server, we offer the convenient Zulip Cloud SaaS service. For organizations concerned about

Zulip in the Press

Interview with Founder and CEO Tim Abbott, and Building the Mathematical Library of the Future with Zulip

Release announcements

Zulip Server 3.2 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 3.2 today! This is a bug fix release, containing a few cherry-picked changes since Zulip Server 3.1. What’s newThis releases fixes multiple important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues: Switched

Zulip Desktop 5.4.3 security release

Today we released Zulip Desktop 5.4.3, fixing a security issue: CVE-2020-24582: Zulip Desktop failed to escape various strings interpolated into the user interface HTML. This could result in code execution when connecting to a maliciously altered Zulip server. The Zulip security team

Release announcements

Zulip Server 3.1 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 3.1 today. This is a bug fix release, containing a few dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip Server 3.0. What’s newThis releases fixes multiple important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Zulip 3.0: Threaded open source team chat

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 3.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes to help distributed and remote teams stay productive and focused. Zulip is the open-source threaded team chat app, used by thousands of teams globally.

Release announcements

Zulip Server 2.1.7 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.7 today. This is a security release, containing a couple cherry-picked changes since Zulip Server 2.1.6. What’s newThis releases fixes multiple important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Release announcements

Zulip Server 2.1.5 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.5 today. This is a security release, containing a dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip Server 2.1.4. What’s newThis releases fixes several important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Zulip Responds to the Pandemic with 60-Day Free Trial

Zulip Responds to the Pandemic with 60-Day Free Trial. Zulip helps distributed teams and communities increase productivity and communicate more effectively.

Release announcements

Zulip Desktop 5.2.0 security release

Today we released Zulip Desktop 5.2.0, fixing a critical security issue: CVE-2020-12637: Zulip Desktop 0.5.10 introduced a certificate validation handler to support the undocumented ignoreCerts option available by manually editing the configuration file. However, the handler inadvertently disabled all certificate

Release announcements

Zulip Server 2.1.4 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.4 today. This is a bug fix release, containing several cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.1.3. What’s newThis releases fixes a few important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Release announcements

Zulip server 2.1.3 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.3 today. This is a security release, containing a few dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.1.2. What’s newThis releases fixes several important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Release announcements

Zulip Desktop 5.0.0 security release

Today we released Zulip Desktop 5.0.0, fixing multiple critical security issues as well as several other important issues: CVE-2020-10856: Remote code execution due to missing context isolation.CVE-2020-10857: Remote code execution due to unsafe use of shell.openExternal and shell.openItem.Downloaded

Release announcements

Zulip Desktop 4.0.3 security release

Today we released Zulip Desktop 4.0.3, fixing a critical security issue: CVE-2020-9443: Web security was disabled in the Electron webview.This is a critical security issue because Zulip's security model for uploaded files relies on the browser (in this case Electron) enforcing

Release announcements

Zulip 2.1.2 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.2 today. This is a security release, containing a few dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.1.1. What’s newThis releases fixes several important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Release announcements

Zulip 2.1.1 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.1.1 today. This is a bug fix release, containing several cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.1.1. What’s newThis releases fixes a few important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following issues:

Zulip 2.1: Open source team chat

We're excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 2.1, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes. Zulip is the world’s most productive team chat software, used by thousands of teams as an alternative to Slack, HipChat, Mattermost and IRC. Zulip's

Release announcements

Zulip 2.0.8 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.8 today. This is a security release, containing a handful of cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.7. What’s newThis release fixes a security bug in Zulip 1.9.0 and greater: CVE-2019-19775: Close open redirect in

Release announcements

Zulip 2.0.7 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.7 today. This is a security release, containing a handful of cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.6. What’s newThis release fixes an important security bug in previous versions of Zulip. Quoting from the commit fixing it:

Release announcements

Zulip 2.0.6 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.6 today. This is a bug fix release, containing several cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.5. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the following

Release announcements

Zulip Server 2.0.5 security release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.5 today. This is a security release, containing a handful of cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.4. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in previous versions of Zulip. It contains fixes for the

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Zulip Server 2.0.4 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.4 today. This is a bug fix release, containing a dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.3. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in Zulip 2.0.3. It contains the following changes:

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Zulip Server 2.0.3 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.3 today. This is a bug fix release, containing a few dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.2. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in Zulip 2.0.2. It contains the following

Release announcements

Zulip Server 2.0.2 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.2 today. This is a bug fix release, containing a dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.1. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in Zulip 2.0.1. It contains the following changes:

Release announcements

Zulip 2.0.1 bug fix release

We released Zulip Server 2.0.1 today. This is a bug fix release, containing a dozen cherry-picked changes since Zulip 2.0.0. What’s new This releases fixes a few important bugs in Zulip 2.0.0. It contains the following changes: