Founder of a listed tool
Tim Abbott
Founder of Zulip and Kandra Labs, named behind the Zulip listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Tim builds
Zulip is open-source team chat organised into channels and topics, from Kandra Labs, hosted as Zulip Cloud or self-hosted. Agents reach it through a REST API with bot accounts, an events queue and Python and JavaScript client libraries.
Founder of Zulip and Kandra Labs, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Jeff Arnold Co-creator of Zulip
- Jessica McKellar Co-creator of Zulip
- Waseem Daher Co-creator of Zulip
Questions
Who is Tim Abbott?
Tim Abbott co-created Zulip in 2012 and led the project from 2015 to May 2026. After Dropbox acquired and open-sourced Zulip, he left Dropbox in 2016 and established Kandra Labs to continue its development. He sits on the Zulip Foundation's board.
What does Kandra Labs, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Zulip from Kandra Labs, Inc.. Zulip is open-source team chat organised into channels and topics, from Kandra Labs, hosted as Zulip Cloud or self-hosted. Agents reach it through a REST API with bot accounts, an events queue and Python and JavaScript client libraries.
How are Tim's tools graded?
Zulip is graded C, 61.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (5)
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