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1. input_+1F[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:18:53
>>AareyB+(OP)
Worth pointing out: France is not adopting existing open source software, they're building their own software and releasing it under the MIT licence. Most of it (or all of it?) is Django backend + React frontend (using a custom-built UI kit).

Home page for the entire suite (in French) with some screenshots: https://lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/

Code bases are on GitHub and they use English there: https://github.com/suitenumerique/

Dev handbook (in English): https://suitenumerique.gitbook.io/handbook

Not French and I can't say I personally tried deploying any of them, but I've been admiring their efforts from afar for a while now.

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2. WhyNot+EU[view] [source] 2026-02-03 20:27:40
>>input_+1F
> Code bases are on GitHub

Not a very solid way to move away from American big tech :/

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3. bee_ri+9Y[view] [source] 2026-02-03 20:45:27
>>WhyNot+EU
Maybe they have local copies as well, and just figured they might as well take GitHub’s free bandwidth and social networking features.
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4. dkga+I11[view] [source] 2026-02-03 21:01:44
>>bee_ri+9Y
Next year: LeGit !
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5. Narann+O83[view] [source] 2026-02-04 13:06:42
>>dkga+I11
Fun fact: In french, Github, is pronounced « Guy Teube », where « Teube » is the backslang of « Bite », which can be literally translated by “Dick”.

So to give an example, is as if English speaking peoples would use a service named “Davedick”.

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