Kandra Labs, Inc. (creators of Zulip)

A new major Zulip release is out today! Check out our release announcement blog post for feature highlights and other Zulip project updates. https://lnkd.in/gXZqJu7W

This week on The Changelog: Alya Abbott from Zulip! Listen to the full conversation on 👇 The Web: https://changelog.fm/607 Apple: https://changelog.fm/apple Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g9m8Ey84 The Zulip Open Source Project is an open source, organized, threaded, team chat for distributed teams of all sizes. We talk about Zulip’s origins, how it’s open source, the way it’s led, no VC funding, what makes it different/better, how you can self-host it or use their cloud, moving to Zulip, contributing and being a part of the community…all the things. #software #podcast #opensource #programming #softwareengineering #coding #oss #foss #development #python #django #slack #teams

"For remote and hybrid teams, an organization’s chat channel is the lifeline for communication…but staying updated can be challenging amid the volume of messages. Enter Zulip: a structured team chat solution with thread-based organization, unlike popular apps like Slack that use channel-based systems. Alya Abbott, the Head of Product, told us how Zulip simplifies messaging for growing organizations by promoting seamless collaboration across projects and time zones — without unwanted fragmentation." Read more in a new review of Zulip out today: https://lnkd.in/gWxV5J-P

Last week, Slack’s users realized that under the company’s terms of service, their private data could be used to train artificial-intelligence models. This came as a shock: chat messages convey sensitive company data, and LLMs are known to leak the data they are trained on. The risks of entrusting your business’s private communications to a cloud service are now greater than ever. You can minimize those risks by self-hosting the tools that process your most sensitive private data. Read our blog post to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gKdHXBkt

Today is my three-year anniversary as the product leader for Zulip, the organized team chat product. When I left my job as a data science manager at Lyft, the career change felt like an experiment. Now, I’ve been reflecting on why it’s hard to imagine working on anything else. Check out my post on the Zulip blog: https://lnkd.in/gV8f5w5v

We have two new case studies to share! Learn how Zulip makes communication easy for 1000 support agents at GUT contact: “The software must be as simple as possible. That’s why we love Zulip.” https://lnkd.in/gx9j-E-h And at InsurTech startup Semsee, Zulip organized team chat offers a better way to communicate: “I don’t like going back to Slack now. It’s just not as efficient a way to organize communication.” https://lnkd.in/g9ehS-rn

We're excited to announce that we are starting a series of live community events! The events will be designed to provide an opportunity to connect informally with the core team and other community members. The first two events will be hosted on February 14 (this Wednesday!) and February 21. Event: Contributor chat (Feb 14) Topic: Navigating the code review process Ever felt unsure about next steps for your PR? Does it sometimes feel like there’s a lot of back-and-forth with your PR reviews? Come by to ask questions and share what you’ve learned about how to keep your work moving efficiently through the review process. Time: February 14, 9-9:45 AM Pacific time Place: https://lnkd.in/gpv4V-HD Event: User community chat (Feb 21) Topic: Zulip onboarding workshop Have you helped others in your organization get started with Zulip? Or perhaps you’ve recently started using Zulip yourself? We are working on improving Zulip’s onboarding experience, and would love to hear about your pain points, and get your ideas for what would make it easier next time someone joins your Zulip organization. This will also be a chance to ask questions and get advice about best onboarding practices from other Zulip users. Time: February 21, 9-9:45 AM Pacific time Place: https://lnkd.in/gT-36pak We hope to see you there!

Over the summer, the Zulip community welcomed 13 amazing Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participants. This was the 8th consecutive year that Zulip participated in GSoC; over 100 contributors have now completed one of our formal internship programs. Keep reading on our blog post to learn about the participants' experience and accomplishments, which include major improvements to the Zulip product. https://lnkd.in/gfxJizbZ

Over the summer, the Zulip community welcomed 13 amazing Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participants. This was the 8th consecutive year that Zulip participated in GSoC; over 100 contributors have now completed one of our formal internship programs. Keep reading on our blog post to learn about the participants' experience and accomplishments, which include major improvements to the Zulip product. https://lnkd.in/gfxJizbZ

On Friday last week, we announced Zulip 8.0 and some big pricing changes for Zulip’s self-hosted customers. In response to feedback from our user community, today we are adding a new Basic plan for self-hosted Zulip installations. The Basic plan is priced at $3.50/user/month, and includes unlimited access to mobile push notifications. It does not include commercial support, which still requires purchasing a Business or Enterprise plan. Visit our blog post to learn why we are making this change: https://lnkd.in/dB-X9SqJ