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Unofficial Microsoft Teams for Linux client

22 mentions on Hacker News by 20 people: 4 stories, 18 comments · first 2019-08-13 · latest 2026-10-18

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  1. …by Ismael Martínez that behaves like a normal desktop app, with system tray capability included ( https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux ). But the really bad part is that this is... a Microsoft product requiring authentication…
    comment by sombragris · 2026-10-18 · in Microsoft Teams is a red flag
  2. …for documents. [0] https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thunderbird-adds-native... [1] https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux [2] https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive + https://github.com/bpozdena/OneDriveGUI [3] Store the SP…
    comment by basemi · 2026-03-25 · in Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains
  3. …that I have to use daily that is holding me back. Me too. I've not tried this yet, but will soon: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by mft_ · 2025-12-06 · in Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
  4. Despite the title, there's a windows build: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux/releases
    comment by snthd · 2025-11-15 · in Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux
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    Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux
    story by basemi · 2025-11-04 · 253 comments
  6. …hope it keeps going. For anyone on Linux and wanting a pretty mature alternative, please check-out: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by mergy · 2025-09-23 · in Squads – a minimalist alternative Teams client
  7. …now recommend you create a PWA, and there are some unofficial clients that do pretty much that: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux This seems to be the route they'll be going all around, similar to slack (web + an electron…
    comment by deaddodo · 2024-12-14 · in macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive
  8. At least the Linux community is steeping up to do the work Microsoft doesn't want to. https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by ladyanita22 · 2024-01-27 · in Microsoft Teams went down around the world for over eight hours
  9. …mess. I would go further and say that most MS products are resource intensive buggy crap. [1] https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by bArray · 2024-01-03 · in Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser
  10. I've never used this but apparently this wrapper is useful for linux people: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by bentcorner · 2023-07-19 · in Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny from the EU over Teams, Office 365
  11. I use https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux . It's "just" a wrapper around the PWA but a very decent one at that.
    comment by codethief · 2023-07-04 · in Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux
  12. There is also: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by rickstanley · 2023-03-27 · in Microsoft rebuilt Teams from the ground up, promises 2x faster performance
  13. That always frustrated me, even more-so considering how that volunteer-built package I mentioned ( https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux - an Electron build of the web app, nothing flashy but does the job just fine) does…
    comment by kdtsh · 2023-02-14 · in GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023
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    Unofficial Microsoft Teams for Linux Client
    story by homarp · 2022-09-01 · 0 comments
  15. I have used https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux before, it is quite a nice experience (better than the official app!) and it might be something suitable when the web client is broken with no clear reason why.
    comment by btdmaster · 2022-09-01 · in MS Teams Linux client is being retired. To be replaced by a progressive web app
  16. …teams-for-linux[1] client? (I haven't tried using the Windows version under Wine, sorry) [1] - https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux/
    comment by jka · 2022-06-22 · in OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
  17. Try the unofficial client: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by vinceguidry · 2021-11-02 · in Microsoft Edge GA on Linux
  18. …electron not having Wayland support. I solved it in two different ways: - An unofficial Teams app ( https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux ) which works great - screen sharing works without problems, no crashing, and native…
    comment by SweetestRug · 2020-10-25 · in The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?
  19. ▲ 2
    Ask HN: Alternative Client for MS Teams?
    story by denysvitali · 2020-10-14 · 6 comments
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    Ask HN: Any open source alternative to Microsoft Teams?
    story by denysvitali · 2020-10-13 · 3 comments
  21. It basically has been via: https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by ktm5j · 2020-02-07 · in Microsoft Teams Now Available for Linux
  22. …there's an unofficial Linux client that I use almost daily. It has some issues but mostly works. https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux
    comment by uglygoblin · 2019-08-13 · in The Horror of Microsoft Teams