Finding a topic to read

Like your email inbox, Zulip works best if you read it topic-by-topic.

From Recent conversations

In Zulip, a conversation is a direct message thread (one-on-one or with a group), or a topic in a stream. Use the Recent conversations view to get an overview of all the ongoing conversations. This view is particularly useful for catching up on messages sent while you were away.

  1. Click Recent conversations in the left sidebar.

  2. The filters at the top help you quickly find relevant conversations. For example, select Participated to narrow to the topics you have sent messages to.

The Participants column shows which users recently sent a message (newest on the left).

From the list of streams

In the left sidebar, you can see the streams you are subscribed to, along with unread message counts for each stream.

  1. Click on the name of a stream in the left sidebar. You will see a list of the most recent unread topics in that stream.

  2. The initially shown list of topics usually has what you need, but you can click on more topics underneath to see additional topics.

Older topics disappear from the left sidebar, but you can always find them by clicking more topics or by using search.