Just wrapped the Zulip episode. https://changelog.com/podcast/607
Curious how Changelog & community is liking Zulip 6+ month later?
I love it.
I had never engaged with the community in Slack because I always got too overwhelmed with the linear flow of conversations. Topic based systems are such a fresh breath of air. For example, I can never imagine having a thread like #general > WordPress Drama being continued for so long in Slack.
I'm a big fan, very happy to have one fewer Slack in my life. Zulip feels snappier all round, but one way I especially notice it is that when I read messages, they stay read. In Slack I have to swap accounts and channels several times before the white dots go away. Minor detail but important!
Loving it too, most notably it makes all my other Slack/Discord communities feel tedious by comparison. Also one or two groups I belong to have moved from Slack to Discord and I've wished Zulip was a more realistic consideration for a general (not tech or work-focused) audience
I'm gearing up to try Zulip with a local community led housing group. Several members struggle with Slack's UI and finding messages across various channels so I'm keen to see what they make of Z.
Big fan. My company is looking to deploy its 3rd self hosted chat system in as many years and I’m trying to unite the anti-“let’s just use Teams because we already pay for Office” people around Zulip.
Last updated: Jun 28 2025 at 12:32 UTC