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## La Suite Meet: Simple Video Conferencing
Powered by [LiveKit](https://livekit.io/), La Suite Meet offers Zoom-level performance with high-quality video and audio. No installation required—simply join calls directly from your browser. Check out LiveKit's impressive optimizations in their [blog post](https://blog.livekit.io/livekit-one-dot-zero/).
### Features
- Optimized for stability in large meetings (+100 p.)
- Support for multiple screen sharing streams
- Non-persistent, secure chat
- End-to-end encryption with passphrase-in-link key distribution
- Meeting recording
- Meeting transcription & Summary (currently in beta)
- Telephony integration
- Secure participation with robust authentication and access control
- Customizable frontend style
- LiveKit Advances features including :
- speaker detection
- simulcast
- end-to-end optimizations
- selective subscription
- SVC codecs (VP9, AV1)
### End-to-end encryption
La Suite Meet supports end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for meetings, so the media server (LiveKit SFU) cannot read audio, video or screen-share content.
#### How it works
- Each encrypted meeting carries a 48-character random passphrase appended to the URL hash (`#…`). The server never sees it; sharing the meeting link shares the key.
- Frames are encrypted in the browser via LiveKit's Worker + `crypto.subtle` (AES-GCM); only the media payload is encrypted, codec headers stay clear so the SFU can still packetize RTP.
- The runtime "is this call encrypted?" decision keys off the URL hash, not the database flag — a compromised server cannot fabricate a passphrase that all participants happen to share.
- The DB flag (`Room.is_encrypted`) is a hint used at room creation time only (so the Create button knows to generate a hash) and to detect link/server inconsistencies.
#### Opt-in by user
End-to-end encryption is a per-user preference. In **Settings → Security**, signed-in users can enable "End-to-end encryption" — from then on every meeting they create is encrypted by default. Joining is unaffected: if a meeting URL has a passphrase, the joining client uses it.
#### Pause / resume for recording and transcription
While encryption is on, the SFU cannot record or transcribe (it has nothing to read). When an admin (or, if no admin is present, the longest-present participant — provided a pause has already been observed in the session) starts a recording or transcription:
1. A confirmation dialog warns that encryption will be paused.
2. On confirm, an `ENCRYPTION_PAUSED` message is broadcast over a LiveKit reliable data channel. While the sender hasn't yet flipped its own state, that message is itself encrypted — which is the trust anchor: only callers holding the passphrase can produce frames everyone can decrypt.
3. Each receiver disables E2EE locally and republishes its tracks unencrypted.
4. Late joiners send an `ENCRYPTION_STATUS_PROBE` so the leader can re-emit the announcement to them.
5. When **both** recording and transcription stop, the participant who paused broadcasts `ENCRYPTION_RESUMED` and everyone re-enables E2EE with the same URL passphrase.
The pause state is intentionally session-only and never persisted — `Room.is_encrypted` does not flip.
#### Phone / SIP participants
Phone and other external devices can't decrypt our frames. When one joins an encrypted room, the backend webhook detects them, broadcasts a system notice (admins see a snackbar with an "Open settings" CTA), and removes the external participant. The admin can then disable encryption from the Security settings and the user can dial in again.
#### Configuration
```env
ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=true
```
Setting `ENCRYPTION_ENABLED=false` disables the user preference toggle entirely; existing encrypted rooms stay encrypted but no new ones can be created.
La Suite Meet is fully self-hostable and released under the MIT License, ensuring complete control and flexibility. It's simple to [get started](https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/) or [request a demo](mailto:visio@numerique.gouv.fr).
We’re continuously adding new features to enhance your experience, with the latest updates coming soon!
### 🚀 Major roll out to all French public servants
On the 25th of January 2026, David Amiel, France’s Minister for Civil Service and State Reform, announced the full deployment of Visio—the French government’s dedicated Meet platform—to all public servants. ([Source in French](https://www.latribune.fr/article/la-tribune-dimanche/politique/73157688099661/david-amiel-ministre-delegue-de-la-fonction-publique-nous-allons-sortir-de-la-dependance-aux-outils-americains))
## Table of Contents
- [Get started](#get-started)
- [Docs](#docs)
- [Self-host](#self-host)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Philosophy](#philosophy)
- [Open source](#open-source)
## Get started
## Docs
We're currently working on both technical and user documentation for La Suite Meet. In the meantime, many of the essential aspects are already well covered by the [LiveKit documentation](https://docs.livekit.io/home/) and their [self-hosting guide](https://docs.livekit.io/home/self-hosting/deployment/). Stay tuned for more updates!
## Self-host
### La Suite Meet is easy to install on your own servers
We use Kubernetes for our [production instance](https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/) but also support Docker Compose. The community contributed a couple other methods (Nix, YunoHost etc.) check out the [docs](/docs/installation/README.md) to get detailed instructions and examples.
**Questions?** Open an issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug&template=Bug_report.md) or join our [Matrix community](https://matrix.to/#/#meet-official:matrix.org).
> [!NOTE]
> Some advanced features (ex: recording, transcription) lack detailed documentation. We're working hard to provide comprehensive guides soon.
#### Known instances
We hope to see many more, here is an incomplete list of public La Suite Meet instances. Feel free to make a PR to add ones that are not listed below🙏
| Url | Org | Access |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [visio.numerique.gouv.fr](https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/) | DINUM | French public agents working for the central administration and the extended public sphere. ProConnect is required to login in or sign up |
| [visio.suite.anct.gouv.fr](https://visio.suite.anct.gouv.fr/) | ANCT | French public agents working for the territorial administration and the extended public sphere. ProConnect is required to login in or sign up |
| [visio.lasuite.coop](https://visio.lasuite.coop/) | lasuite.coop | Free and open demo to all. Content and accounts are reset after one month |
| [mosacloud.cloud](https://mosa.cloud/) | mosa.cloud | Demo instance of mosa.cloud, a dutch company providing services around La Suite apps. |
## Contributing
We <3 contributions of any kind, big and small:
- Vote on features or get early access to beta functionality in our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/suitenumerique/projects/11/views/4)
- Open a PR (see our instructions on [developing La Suite Meet locally](https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet/blob/main/docs/developping_locally.md))
- Submit a [feature request](https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet/issues/new?assignees=&labels=enhancement&template=Feature_request.md) or [bug report](https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug&template=Bug_report.md)
## Philosophy
We’re relentlessly focused on building the best open-source video conferencing product—La Suite Meet. Growth comes from creating something people truly need, not just from chasing metrics.
Our users come first. We’re committed to making La Suite Meet as accessible and easy to use as proprietary solutions, ensuring it meets the highest standards.
Most of the heavy engineering is handled by the incredible LiveKit team, allowing us to focus on delivering a top-tier product. We follow extreme programming practices, favoring pair programming and quick, iterative releases. Challenge our tech and architecture—simplicity is always our top priority.
## Open-source
Gov 🇫🇷 supports open source! This project is available under [MIT license](https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet/blob/0cc2a7b7b4f4821e2c4d9d790efa739622bb6601/LICENSE).
All features we develop will always remain open-source, and we are committed to contributing back to the LiveKit community whenever feasible.
To learn more, don't hesitate to [reach out](mailto:visio@numerique.gouv.fr).
### Help us!
Come help us make La Suite Meet even better. We're growing fast and [would love some help](mailto:visio@numerique.gouv.fr).
## Contributors 🧞
## Credits
We're using the awesome [LiveKit](https://livekit.io/) implementation. We're also thankful to the teams behind [Django Rest Framework](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/), [Vite.js](https://vite.dev/), and [React Aria](https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum) — Thanks for your amazing work!
This project is tested with BrowserStack.
## License
Code in this repository is published under the MIT license by DINUM (Direction interministériel du numérique).
Documentation (in the docs/) directory is released under the [Etalab-2.0 license](https://spdx.org/licenses/etalab-2.0.html).