# Teams for Linux

16 Hacker News commenters recommended Teams for Linux and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Unofficial Linux client for Microsoft Teams, seen as faster and less buggy than the official app. Critics say it is a wrapped web site that breaks in strange ways.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well for chat and calls (2 comments): "It gets the job done for chat and calls." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934204)) "I use this a lot and it works well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934199))
- Faster and fewer bugs than official (2 comments): "it has its quirks but surprisingly its buggy and faster than the official one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45939670)) "it works better than the official client because it has less bugs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934041))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Facebook Messenger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-messenger.md): 36 recommend
- [Pidgin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pidgin.md): 30 recommend
- [Beeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beeper.md): 29 recommend
- [Dino XMPP client](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dino.md): 21 recommend
- [Element X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/element-x.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Teams for Linux", https://hackerapproved.com/p/unofficial-microsoft-teams-client-for-linux/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).