Whatsapp linux desktop client

WALC — WhatsApp Linux Client (unofficial)

A WhatsApp Desktop client for linux systems. This is an unofficial client. Use https://web.whatsapp.com for official web client as official desktop client for linux does not exist.

WARNING! This repository is not under ACTIVE Development

You may not get support for your issues but if you are able to fix any issue, feel free to send a PR and I will merge it after review.

To download an AppImage, please goto Latest Release Page

Using WALC — Prebuilt AppImage

Download the latest AppImage in

/.local/bin which is a recommended location for AppImages
Make it executable using chmod +x

/.local/bin/WALC.AppImage

When you open it first time, you will be asked for integration, click ‘Yes’ to add it to Applications menu.

Manual Compilation and Usage

If you want to get the version which is not yet released, follow the following steps

To suggest any new feature please start a new discussion in the Feature Requests section of WALC Discussions

You can see the list of old Feature Requests from FeatHub account here and it will be closed as soon as we make sure that all the requests have been migrated to WALC Discussions.

If you are having any problem related to usage, building or deplying of WALC please reach out to commmunity in Troubleshooting section of WALC Discussions. Before starting a new discussion please check already created posts as other people might be having same problem as yours or someone might already have addressed and answered the problem you are having.

This content of this repository is lisensed under GPL-3.0 or later.

You may check the issues section to solve an issue and submit a PR.
Although it isn’t necessary to follow priority order for bugs and number of votes for feature request but it would be really good if you follow that.
You can find a list of «Good First Issues» here

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An unofficial WhatsApp Desktop client for linux systems.

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WhatsApp для Linux

Сейчас пока не существует официальных версий WhatsApp для Linux, таких же как для Windows и для Mac OS. Но использовать приложение на этой операционной системе все равно возможно. Есть два способа как делать это. Первый – это запуск веб-версии через браузер. Второй – запуск в составе других программ для общения. Расскажем об этих способах подробнее.

WhatsApp в браузере

Браузерная или веб-версия WhatsApp работает на любой ОС. Не важно, Ubuntu у вас установлена, Mint или даже Debian. Вам не понадобится терминал или Android-эмулятор. Главное, чтобы была графическая оболочка и телефон под рукой. Все, что нужно сделать, перечислено ниже:

сначала устанавливаете WhatsApp на телефон;
затем открываете страницу веб-версии мессенджера на официальном сайте;
затем сканируете приложением QR-код.

После этого произойдет вход в аккаунт. Переписки и список контактов подтянутся со смартфона и будут периодически синхронизироваться с ним. Отвечать на сообщения можно будет одновременно на двух устройствах. Главное – чтобы они оба оставались в сети.

WhatsApp в другом мессенджере

Второй способ использования WhatsApp на Linux – запуск его в составе «мультимессенджерового» приложения для общения. Это такие программы, в которых можно писать из-под одного интерфейса в чаты сразу нескольких мессенджеров. Кроме Ватсапа туда можно подключить аккаунты Skype, Telegram, ICQ, аккаунты от электронной почты и от других, менее известных в России сервисов.

Скачать их можно с официальных сайтов. Ссылки: Franz, Rambox, Whatsie. Способ установки смотрите там же.

Авторизация в таких программах происходит точно также, как и в браузерной версии – с помощью QR-кода.

Что умеет WhatsApp на Linux

обмен текстовыми и голосовыми сообщениями, фотографиями и файлами с людьми из списка контактов;
создание групп для общения с несколькими собеседниками сразу;
отправка временных сообщений, ручное удаление их у себя и у собеседника, просмотр информации о времени доставки и прочтения;
блокировка нежелательных контактов сразу на всех устройствах;
архивирование и полное удаление чатов также со всех устройств сразу;
аудио и видео звонки не поддерживаются.

Нужен ли официальный десктопный клиент под Linux?

Скажем так – десктопные версии WhatsApp на Windows и на Mac работают точно также, как и браузерная версия на Линуксе. Единственная разница в том, что там общение происходит в отдельном приложении, которое сначала еще нужно установить и периодически обновлять. А здесь отдельного приложения нет, и общение происходит на специальном сайте в интернете.

В обоих случаях пользователям приходится сканировать QR-код и держать телефон в онлайне. Функционал и там и там одинаков, отличается только оболочка. Если десктопный клиент и выпустят под Linux, то разница в удобстве использования будет несущественная.

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How to Install and Use WhatsApp Desktop Client in Linux

Last updated June 15, 2020 By Abhishek Prakash 78 Comments

Want to us WhatsApp on your Linux desktop? Here are a few ways to do that.

Hugely popular messaging app WhatsApp surprisingly doesn’t provide a desktop client. However, the good part is that they took the issue into consideration and launched WhatsApp Web.

WhatsApp had launched its web version back in 2015, and you can access WhatsApp on the desktop using Google Chrome and your phone’s network connection (either phone data or WiFi).

While WhatsApp Web works in a pretty great way. But there are some users who would want to have a dedicated desktop client installed on their computer. However, sadly as of now there is no official WhatsApp client available.

But there are some third-party apps like Whatsdesk and Franz are available, and you can use it to run WhatsApp on your Linux distribution. Let me show you all of the methods.

Using WhatsApp on desktop Linux

Note: All of the methods will require you to connect your phone and your Linux computer to the internet, else it will not work.

Method 1: Install unofficial Whatsapp desktop client Whatsdesk on Linux

Whatsdesk is an easy to use unofficial WhatsApp client for Linux. The WhatsApp client was developed by Gustavo Gonzalez, and the code is available on Gitlab.

Whatsdesk pretty much works the same way as WhatsApp web. However, the only difference is that you are getting a dedicated WhatsApp installed on your Linux machine.

You can install Whatsdesk on your Linux computer by following a couple of methods. However, the easiest option is to install it using Terminal.

Open Terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T simultaneously.

Over here, you have to run the below command:

Once installed, go to the menu and search for Whatsdesk and launch the client from there.

Finally, you have to scan the QR code from your smartphone, and you will get logged into your WhatsApp Account.

Method 2: Use WhatsApp Web (in a web browser)

First, go to WhatsApp Web using a web browser, and you will get to see a QR code.

Next, launch WhatsApp app from your Android or iOS device and go to Menu > WhatsApp Web.

Simply scan the QR code from your phone, and you will be able to start using WhatsApp from your Desktop.

Method 3: Use Franz for using WhatsApp on Linux (desktop for app to integrate a number of messaging apps)

Franz is a messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram, and other social media platforms and apps. It is a single platform that allows you to add different services as many times as you want.

So it would be really easy for you to manage multiple business and private accounts at the same. Getting started with Franz is absolutely easy. Plus, you can download the software free of cost for your Linux, Windows, and Mac.

To get started with Franz, follow these below steps:

Go to Franz’s download page and download the software for Ubuntu. Once you download the package, you have to install Franz in Linux.

Once installed, click on “Create a free account” and sign up for an account.

Then click on the Get Started Button and click on WhatsApp.

Check out all the settings and save service.

Once the service is added, then from the top navigation menu, go to View and Reload Franz.

After that, you will get to see the WhatsApp QR code, which you have to scan from your Android or iOS device and you are all done.

That’s it. I hope you liked these methods of installing and using WhatsApp on desktop Linux.

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Whatsapp linux desktop client

Unofficial WhatsApp Desktop Client for OSX, Linux and Windows. Build with Electron.

This is NOT an official product. This project does not attempt to reverse engineer the WhatsApp API or attempt to reimplement any part of the WhatsApp client. Any communication between the user and WhatsApp servers is handled by official WhatsApp Web itself; this is just a native wrapper for WhatsApp Web, like a browser.

Original versions of WhatsApp Desktop was written by:

Cross platform (OSX, Windows x64, Linux ia32/x64 and ARM v7l)
Native notifications
System tray icon
Open links in browser
Badge with the number of notifications in the dock/taskbar
Dock icon bounces when a new message is received
Focus on contact search input via CMD+F (WIN+F)
Phone info window (s/w versions, battery status, etc)
Auto-launch on login
Start minimized to tray icon
Logging system (log to console and userData/log.log)
Apply custom CSS stylesheet
Auto-hide menu bar (Windows, Linux)
Disabling GPU rendering (useful when dealing with bugged video drivers)
A couple of things can be configured:
- Toggle avatar visibility
- Toggle preview of the messages visibility
- Set the size for the media thumbs
- Proxy settings connect to WhatsApp web

Windows 10 — Download —
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Build WhatsApp Debian/Ubuntu packages

Follow these instructions to install whatsapp-desktop on your system.

Install NPM and Yarn

You need NPM and Yarn to be installed on your system before building deb package.

Build 32/64bits packages

You can build whatsapp-desktop-xxx.deb package with:

Install WhatsApp on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, .

Note that these repos are available only for amd64 (deb+rpm) and armhf/armv7l (deb-only).

Command line switches

Fonts rendering as rectangles after upgrade

Apparently it’s caused by an issue of Electron with an older version of Pango. Upgrade Pango at least to 1.40.12 or downgrade to 1.40.5 should fix this. See https://github.com/Enrico204/Whatsapp-Desktop/issues/13

Tray Icon is displayed wrong in KDE

This is due to some bugs between Electron and KDE on tray icons, see this comment on issue #27 and vector-im/riot-web#3133. A workaround is to uninstall libappindicator and libappindicator-gtk3 packages (this will change also the behavior of click on the tray icon).

Contributions are welcome! For feature requests and bug reports please submit an issue.

Build from source

To build from the source, run the following commands:

where build:platform can be build:linux if you want to build for Linux (use build:linux32 for 32-bit), build:osx for OSX only, build:win for Windows only, or simply build to build for all platforms.

You’ll find artifacts into dist/ directory.

Run on-the-fly (for devs)

If you’re a developer, you may want to use directly yarn run dev (in project root) instead of compiling the code each time. Please note that autostart feature will not work in this mode.

Cross-build for Windows (from Linux/macOS)

Wine needs to be installed. On macOS, it is installable via Homebrew:

On GNU/Linux you can install wine from your distro package manager.

Please mind that wine requires an Xorg display, so you should set correctly your DISPLAY env var (you can use Xvfb if you don’t have/want a real Xorg display running)

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Unofficial WhatsApp Desktop Client for OSX, Linux and Windows. Build with Electron.

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Changelog

v1.2.1 (2021-08-20)

Enhancements

Headerbar menu ui improvements

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github-actions released this Jun 26, 2021

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v1.2.0 (2021-06-26)

Implemented enhancements:

Consider changing the shortcut for hiding the client side decorations #118
Option to auto start with system #86

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github-actions released this May 9, 2021

Changelog

v1.1.7 (2021-05-03)

Implemented enhancements:

Several fallback options for the system tray icon.

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github-actions released this Apr 11, 2021

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v1.1.6 (2021-04-11)

Implemented enhancements:

Fixed bugs:

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github-actions released this Mar 7, 2021

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v1.1.5 (2021-03-07)

Implemented enhancements:

Control + Q to quit the app including the system tray icon #88

Fixed bugs:

Close to tray state doesn’t persist between reboots #65
TLS/SSL support not available; install glib-networking #54

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