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    tulir/whatsmeow

    Go library for the WhatsApp web multidevice API

    api
    go
    golang
    whatsapp
    whatsapp-web
    Go
    MPL-2.0
    7.8K stars
    1.3K forks
    162 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 81 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #45 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 29, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a Go library to interact with the WhatsApp web multidevice API for messaging and group management.
    • Enables seamless integration with WhatsApp's multidevice features using native Go code without relying on unofficial or reverse-engineered APIs.
    • Use for building custom WhatsApp bots that send and receive text and media messages in private chats and groups.
    • Use for developing tools to manage WhatsApp groups, including handling invites and group change events programmatically.
    • Use for creating applications that track message delivery, read receipts, and typing notifications in real-time.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Mozilla Public License 2.0

    Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.

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    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    whatsmeow is a Go library for the WhatsApp web multidevice API.

    For questions about the WhatsApp protocol (like how to send a specific type of message), you can also use the WhatsApp protocol Q&A section on GitHub discussions.

    The godoc includes docs for all methods and event types. There's also a simple example at the top.

    Excerpt from the tulir/whatsmeow README on GitHub (MPL-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Aug 28: +5Sep 7: +3

    +738 stars over 84 days across 10 snapshot days; best day +5 on Aug 28.

    Forks

    1.3K+154

    Open issues

    67+12

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