Teams for Linux
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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.
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.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Works well for chat and calls
“It gets the job done for chat and calls.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux” “I use this a lot and it works well.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux” Faster and fewer bugs than official
“it has its quirks but surprisingly its buggy and faster than the official one”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux” “it works better than the official client because it has less bugs”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Unofficial Microsoft Teams client for Linux”
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See all 48 messaging apps, rankedWhat people said
20 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Teams is covered by a good webapp wrapper done by Ismael Martínez”
“Keeps breaking in strange ways, though. Just like it always has.”
“the teams for Linux app was total trash when I tried it”
“which is great, actually!”
“teams-for-linux[1] (chat/calendar/whatever)”
“Works surprisingly well for me, arch + sway.. Not a single problem.”
“never shows you as away, even when the pc is idle for hours on end”
“Doesn’t support macOS unfortunately”
“It’s not a client but a wrapped web site though.”
“it has its quirks but surprisingly its buggy and faster than the official one”
“Nice! A screenshot in the readme would be a great addition.”
“The app is just slow. So so so so terribly slow.”
“Could try running teams-for-linux in WSL2 on Windows?”
“It also doesn't use 1.5 CPU cores non-stop.”
“I was able to contribute it to this project which was a genuinely good and smooth process.”
“this client brings 2 things missing from PWA: notification count in the tray area”
“It gets the job done for chat and calls.”
“I use this a lot and it works well.”
“Like all AI co-authored code it's a matter of time before this becomes unmaintainable and abandoned.”
“it works better than the official client because it has less bugs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.