Framasoft is an education-oriented social network created in November 2001 by Alexis Kauffmann [fr], Paul Lunetta, and Georges Silva.

Framasoft is one of the main French language portals to the free and open-source culture providing a space for orientation, information, news, exchange, and projects.

In October 1998, Publication in ''Québec Science'' magazine of "Comment informatiser intelligemment les écoles" (How to put information technology in schools in a smart way) by Jean-Claude Guédon.

The name comes from "Framanet" (for FRench and MAthematics on an intraNET), an educational project made with Caroline d'Atabekian, a literature teacher, within a Seine-Saint-Denis middleschool.

In June 2002, Framasoft and AFUL started the campaign « Libérons les logiciels à l'école » ("Let's free softwares at school").

It became a collaborative project written by Thomas Cézard, Simon Leblanc, Paul Lunetta, Rui Nibau and Georges Silva.

Published in a special page of the magazine fr:Freelog in June, the CD was also shipped on the Ikarios mail order site of Nat Makarevitch.

In June 2007, Framasoft received the "Lutèce d'Or" for "the best conducted community action" during the event Paris Capitale du Libre.

In January 2008, a third book in the Framabook's collection was published: Spip pratique 1.9, by Perline, followed in March 2008 by Change for OpenOffice.org, a translation coordinated by Johann Bulteau (alias Yostral).

In the meantime, a booklet Sésamath is distributed in all French high schools, containing a double-spread about free software and Framasoft and the Framadvd DVD.

In January 2010, while the Framapack project is online, the documentary Richard Stallman et la révolution du logiciel libre was published.

In May 2010, Framasoft demonstrated to defend free software against the censorship of the exhibition « true exhib talking about the false » about counterfeiting, at Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie.

In January 2011, a new publication appeared in the Framabook collection called Produire du logiciel libre by Karl Fogel, as a collaborative translation.

In May 2015, Framasoft started a new web search engine service (Framabee), in order to continue demonstrating that alternatives to Google are possible.

In relation and support in the educator sector for initiatives (Sésamath, Scideralle, AbulÉdu, Developers and free software users Association for administration and territorials collectivities (Adullact) etc.)