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Link to a message or conversation

Zulip makes it easy to share links to messages, topics, and channels. You can link from one Zulip conversation to another, or share links to Zulip conversations in issue trackers, emails, or other external tools.

Section titled “Link to a channel within Zulip”

Channel links are automatically formatted as #channel name.

  1. Open the compose box.
  2. Type # followed by a few letters from the channel name.
  3. Pick the desired channel from the autocomplete.
  4. Pick the top option from the autocomplete to link to the channel without selecting a topic.

In the web and desktop apps, when you paste a channel link into Zulip, it’s automatically formatted as #**channel name**. You can use Ctrl + Shift + V to paste as plain text if you prefer.

You can create a channel link manually by typing #**channel name**.

Section titled “Link to a topic within Zulip”

Topic links are automatically formatted as #channel > topic.

  1. Open the compose box.
  2. Type # followed by a few letters from the channel name.
  3. Pick the desired channel from the autocomplete.
  4. Type a few letters from the topic name.
  5. Pick the desired topic from the autocomplete.

In the web and desktop apps, when you paste a topic link into Zulip, it’s automatically formatted as #**channel name>topic name**. You can use Ctrl + Shift + V to paste as plain text if you prefer.

You can create a topic link manually by typing #**channel name>topic name**.

Section titled “Link to Zulip from anywhere”

All URLs in Zulip are designed to be shareable, including:

  • Links to messages, topics, and channels.
  • Search URLs, though note that personal filters (e.g., is:followed) will be applied according to the user who’s viewing the URL.

In addition, links to messages, topics, and channels are permanent:

When you copy a Zulip link in the web and desktop apps, and paste it anywhere that accepts HTML formatting (e.g., your email, GitHub, docs, etc.), the link will be formatted as it would be in Zulip (e.g., #channel > topic). To paste the plain URL, you can paste without formatting (likely Ctrl + Shift + V in your browser).

Section titled “Get a link to a specific message”

This copies to your clipboard a permanent link to the message, displayed in the context of its conversation. To preserve your reading status, messages won’t be automatically marked as read when you view a conversation via a message link.

In the web and desktop apps, when you paste a message link into the compose box, it gets automatically formatted to be easy to read:

#**channel name>topic name@message ID**

When you send your message, the link will appear as #channel > topic @ 💬.

  1. Hover over a message to reveal three icons on the right.
  2. Click on the ellipsis ( ).
  3. Click Copy link to message.

In the web and desktop apps, when you paste a message link into Zulip, it is automatically formatted for you. You can use Ctrl + Shift + V to paste as plain text if you prefer.

Section titled “Get a link to a specific topic”
  1. Hover over a topic in the left sidebar.
  2. Click on the ellipsis ( ).
  3. Click Copy link to topic.
Section titled “Get a link to a specific channel”
  1. Hover over a channel in the left sidebar.
  2. Click on the ellipsis ( ).
  3. Click Copy link to channel.
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