Is whatsmeow still maintained?

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MPL-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today.
Can I trust it?: Widely used7.8k stars, 5 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗go.mau.fiThe project's own site.

✓

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it runs on Linux

You'll build it yourself with Go.

Checking for

macOS Windows Linux

4 steps on Linux

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow.git
cd whatsmeow

Install the required runtimes

Go 1.26.0

sudo snap install go --classic  # or https://go.dev/dl/

3
Install dependencies
```
go mod download
```
4
Run the tests
```
go test ./...
```

Did you get it running?

No reports for Linux yet.

Still stuck? Ask an AI

Opens a chat with this manual already filled in, for Linux. It uses your own account; gitmanual sends nothing.

Ask Claude Ask ChatGPT

Parts list

1×Go 1.26.0runtime

Share this manual

Download a 1080×1080 poster

Is this your repo?

Add a badge to your README so newcomers find these steps.

[![Setup manual](https://gitmanual.com/tulir/whatsmeow/badge.svg)](https://gitmanual.com/tulir/whatsmeow)

Files we read (5)

.github/workflows/go.yml

.github/workflows/stale.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

go.mod

Branch main · 256 files in the repo

Opening the box…

Before you start