Mircosoft Teams desktop client on Linux is being retired and will be replaced by a progressive web app (running on Chrome/Edge).

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  • teams-for-linux

    Unofficial Microsoft Teams for Linux client

  • Personally I've always used unofficial Electron app made by community, it's in maintenance mode but it always worked for whatever I needed it to do. So I assume my experience will more or less stay the same since it's still a web app...

  • WebViewFeedback

    Feedback and discussions about Microsoft Edge WebView2

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • purple-teams

    A MS Teams plugin for libpurple/Pidgin (3rd party client)

  • It uses long-polling rather than polling for messages. There's a few bits that can be tricked into websockets though. I'm doing the long-polling method in the https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-teams teams plugin for Pidgin, but might switch to the websockets soon (to make the reverse webhooks websocket weirdness work for online/away statuses)

  • Electron

    :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

  • Electron apps on Linux can use GTK to implement the Menu API and status icons (system tray), and probably other stuff as well.

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