Unofficial WhatsApp app
Heavily inspired and adapted from Caprine by Sindre Sorhus.
Note: In order to use this app a WhatsApp Web compatible device is required.
[![](media/screenshot.png)](https://github.com/mawie81/whatsdesktop/releases/latest)
Requires OS X 10.8+, Linux or Windows.
Enable the dark mode in the settings or tray menu.
$ brew cask install whatsdesktop
Download, unzip, and move WhatsDesktop.app
to the /Applications
directory.
Download and unzip to some location.
To add a shortcut to the app, create a file in ~/.local/share/applications
called whatsdesktop.desktop
with the following contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=WhatsDesktop
Exec=/full/path/to/folder/whatsdesktop
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/full/path/to/folder/WhatsDesktop/resources/app/media/logo-symbol.png
Download and unzip to some location.
Run WhatsDesktop.exe
Built with Electron.
- Init:
$ npm install
- Run:
$ npm start
- Build OS X:
$ npm run build-osx
- Build Linux:
$ npm run build-linux
- Build all:
$ npm run build
(OS X only)
MIT © Marcel Wiehle