/whatsapp-for-linux

An unofficial WhatsApp linux client desktop application.

Primary LanguageCGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

whatsapp-for-linux

An unofficial WhatsApp linux client written in C++ with the help of gtkmm-3.0 and webkit2.

Get it from the Snap Store

Build Status

App Window

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

Dependencies

  • cmake >= 3.8
  • gtkmm-3.0
  • webkit2gtk-4.0

Build & Run

Development

  1. Create a debug build directory and go into it. mkdir -p build/debug && cd build/debug
  2. Build cmake. cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../..
  3. Build makefile. make
  4. Run. ./whatsapp-for-linux

Local installation

If you want to install it locally, use make install inside the build directory after building (You'll probably need administrator privileges for this).

Using whatsapp-for-linux

Check out releases for available packages.