La Suite Meet
Shares rank 7 of 9 video conferencing apps by recommenders
Free, open source video meeting tool built by the French government as a homegrown alternative to Zoom and Teams, and now rolled out across French public administration.
Free, open source video meeting tool built by the French government as a homegrown alternative to Zoom and Teams, and now rolled out across French public administration.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Government trust and public rollout
“It's a huge win that they trust it enough to roll it to all public servant”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “Major roll out of LaSuite Meet in the French administration” “The French government built their own”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Frontend code quality concerns
“people literally don't know how to write React, without drowning in useEffect, eslint-disable, any”
Comment from 7 Feb 2026 in “France's homegrown open source online office suite”
Other video conferencing apps people recommend
The four most recommended other video conferencing apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom | 99 | 155 | 39% | 12 | 5 yrs5 owners | — |
| Jitsi Meet | 42 | 15 | 74% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Google Meet | 39 | 48 | 45% | 10 | — | — |
| Proton Meet | 17 | 23 | 43% | 5 | — | — |
| La Suite MeetThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“people literally don't know how to write React, without drowning in useEffect, eslint-disable, any”
“very important piece of a end-to-end Zoom like product”
“The French government built their own”
“It's a huge win that they trust it enough to roll it to all public servant”
“Using Meet basically every day at work and it's really great.”
“Great news!! Keep up the good work!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.