Used by more than 600,000 public employees, it is integrated with a directory that makes it easy to find colleagues by name or professional email. Approved external partners can also be invited into specific discussions.

Each ministry runs its own server, forming a huge private federated network hosted on France’s sovereign cloud, with secure border gateways ensuring controlled communications with approved external partners.

LaSuite is developed by the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM), which implements France’s digital strategy for the public sector. Its mission is to unite public professionals around a coherent set of interconnected, open source applications designed to streamline everyday collaboration and productivity.

Unlike proprietary office suites, LaSuite is built from the ground up to meet public sector requirements. It gives the French administration autonomy over its infrastructure and technology stack, benefits from the transparency of open source software, protects against vendor lock-in by using the Matrix open standard, and keeps all data within France’s sovereign cloud.

LaSuite is more than a productivity suite - it is a platform for building digital commons with European partners. Its infrastructure and open source components are shared and reused across multiple use cases and countries to build innovative, sovereign and scalable solutions that strengthen interoperability and public sector resilience.

LaSuite can federate with Germany’s openDesk, while the Netherlands is combining both platforms to create its own sovereign workspace, MijnBureau. All three use the open Matrix standard for secure, real time communication. LaSuite could also connect with Sweden’s SAFOS or other suites, enabling sovereign cross-border collaboration across European public administrations.