This repo will bring to Linux and Docker users a WhatsApp Desktop app. This is an unofficial app and is not verified by WhatsApp LLC nor affiliated or supported. It's just Electron under the hood (that's why I say desktopish).
You say how?
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Using a hand-rolled Electron wrapper instead of Nativefier (archived). The wrapper files were written with the help of Claude.
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Docker and docker-compose to keep your system clean and avoiding commands like
npm install world
chmod +x deploy_wa.sh
sudo bash ./deploy_wa.shThe script builds the app via Docker, installs it to /opt/whatsApp/ and copies the
desktop shortcut to /usr/share/applications/.
To update the Firefox user agent edit electron/main.js and change the USER_AGENT
constant, then re-run deploy_wa.sh.
Pake is a valid alternative, there is also my Fork with WhatsApp already generated. I tried it but preferred going back to using Electron directly as it works better for my taste.
- https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier Nativefier (archived, previously used)
- https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder electron-builder
Feel free to make pull requests, fork, destroy or whatever you like most. Any criticism is more than welcome.
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