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Irssi vs Zulip

Irssi

irssi.org

Zulip

zulip.com

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FigureIrssiZulip
Price fromFree$3.50/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published17
Spec score · Team chat apps7.5 (#53)9.4 (#3)
ChannelsYesChannels define the audience for conversations and can be public or private.
Founded19992012
IntegrationsIRC,ICB,SILC,XMPP,PSYC,Quassel,Matrix,Rocket.Chat,RobustIRCZulip lists more than 130 native integrations and hundreds more through Zapier and IFTTT.
Supported platformsLinux; Windows via Cygwin or WSLweb,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,API

Plans

Irssi

  • IrssiFree

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Zulip

  • Cloud FreeFree
  • Cloud Standard$6.67 a month
  • Cloud Plus$10 a month
  • Self-hosted FreeFree
  • Self-hosted Basic$3.50 a month
  • Self-hosted Business$6.67 a month
  • Self-hosted EnterprisePriced on request

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In their own words

Irssi

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Zulip

Zulip is team chat software that organizes conversations in channels and supports guest access. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and also supports an API. Listed integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Calendar, Zoom, Jitsi Meet, Zapier, IFTTT, Sentry, and Zendesk. Zulip offers cloud and self-hosted plans. Cloud Free costs nothing and includes 10,000 messages of search history and 5 GB total file storage. Cloud Standard is $6.67 a month, billed annually, with 5 GB file storage per user. Self-hosted Basic is $3.50 a month, billed monthly. Other options include Cloud Plus, Self-hosted Free, Self-hosted Business, and Self-hosted Enterprise. Cloud Plus and Self-hosted Business have minimum user counts of 10 and 25, respectively. Zulip was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

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