Open source alternatives to WhatsApp Desktop
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what WhatsApp Desktop does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What WhatsApp Desktop does
- Chat with WhatsApp contacts from a computercore
- Sync with the phone accountcore
- Group chats
- Send files, photos and voice notes
- Voice and video calls
- Notifications
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 zapfastNative WhatsApp desktop client built with Rust and egui |
Replaces it75% | 4.5k+953 | 11 days ago | 68% | Install like an app | MIT | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Not shown: Group chats; Voice and video calls.See the evidence
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