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Zulip Terminal

Terminal client for the Zulip team chat platform

Team Chat ★ 871 stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

Zulip Terminal is an interactive terminal client for the Zulip team chat platform, offering threaded conversations and keyboard-driven navigation. It connects to any self-hosted Zulip server.

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Key features

  • Threaded conversations
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Connects to any Zulip server
  • Low resource usage

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Great for terminal users
  • Lightweight

Trade-offs

  • Requires a Zulip server
  • No media-rich UI

Is Zulip Terminal secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Zulip Terminal's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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