bkanuka / WALC

An unofficial WhatsApp Desktop client for linux systems.

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.

Releases

To download an AppImage, please goto Latest Release Page

From SnapStore

sudo snap install walc

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

# You must have git, npm and node installed

# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/cstayyab/WALC.git

#Move to WALC directory
cd WALC

# install dependencies
npm install

# start the app
npm start

Feature Requests

Request new features or vote for existing feature requests at https://feathub.com/cstayyab/WALC/ After you request a new feature please create an issue for that feature request too mentioned the feathub link of that feature. That issue will be used to track the implementation of that feature.

License

This content of this repository is lisensed under GPL-3.0 apart from the WhatsBotfolder which is a modified version of https://github.com/pedroslopez/whatsapp-web.js which is licensed under Apache-2.0. You may want to view it README inside that folder. A copy of license is also included.

Contributions

• 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.