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Nik Graf

WhatsApp for Desktop - Beautiful Mac, Windows & Linux desktop client for WhatsApp

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WhatsApp for Desktop gives you the possibility to have all your messages in all your chats synchronized on your PC. And do not worry about security, every message is encrypted so only you and the recipient can read it, hear it or see it.

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Nik Graf
Hunter
Once again great work by @aluxian who already successfully released http://www.producthunt.com/tech/... For me now the suite is complete & I can have all communication on my desktop. No need to switch between desktop & phone all day long when chatting during the day. Feel free to contribute and improve the product. The source code is available at https://github.com/Aluxian/Whats...
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@nikgraf Thanks again for the submission! :)
Nik Graf
Hunter
@aluxian My pleasure, your products rock! :)
Ohad Assoulin
@aluxian @nikgraf Wow.... I was just thinking about something like this yesterday and POOF, it's on product hunt! Nice work, I will share some feedback once I play with it!
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@oassoulin @nikgraf Haha great! Please do share your feedback :)
Jack Smith
shame that it says "Not compatible with iOS" in small writing quite far down the page; could be good if that was more prominent
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@_jacksmith Sorry, I'll make it more prominent.
Jil Son
@_jacksmith @aluxian hi :) Check our new app FastChat :) https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Ton
Unfortunately not for the Mac, unless you have an Android phone you can use to activate the webapp. Whatsapp for iPhone still doesn't support barcodes.
Nik Graf
Hunter
@t55 I haven't tried yet, but that should do it: http://www.idownloadblog.com/201...
Pieter Walraven
@nikgraf @t55 "You must be jailbroken in order to follow this tutorial" ;(
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@t55 Yep, WhatsApp for Desktop is cross-platform, but only compatible with some mobile devices. It's incompatible with iOS due to how the operating system works – it doesn't allow apps work in the background.
Dan Hough
Is this a node-webkit wrapper around the WhatsApp web client?
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@basicallydan Yep! It's WhatsApp Web running on nw.js (formerly node-webkit). On top of it, I made notifications work, I added custom themes (coming in the next release) and I did some other tweaks to improve the experience.
Rish
I have been using it for a while, but hasn't this been around for too long to make it to product hunt ? Just asking.
Nik Graf
Hunter
@rish_says The desktop client is a wrapper made by @aluxian only a couple days ago. The web app is available since a while and has been hunted back then: https://www.producthunt.com/tech...
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@rish_says Indeed, WhatsApp Web has been around for a while. But "WhatsApp for Desktop" was officially launched last Friday, so it's pretty new :)
Rish
@nikgraf @rish_says my bad! I jumped to conclusions too fast. Checking it out, since I love the web app :)
Rish
@aluxian @rish_says Thanks for building this, and sorry for jumping to conclusion too soon. Checking it out, thumbs up.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@rish_says No problem, Rish. I hope you like the app too.
Joost van Dijk
WhatsApp is apparently working on a version that enables this functionality for iOS users. A beta version can be downloaded (see http://www.whatsappforall.com/wh...), but you need to sign it using developer tools before you can install it.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@jwvd That's good news!
Pierrick
People shouldn't bother with WhatsApp and use Telegram instead. https://telegram.org
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@pierrickgt I agree, I myself like Telegram much more. But it's hard to switch when most of your friends use WhatsApp already...
Steve RAFFNER
Maybe advertise for the OS X version when iOS is compatible. I guess most OS X users have an iPod or iPad... no ?
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@steveraffner Yep, most Mac users have an iOS device, but some (myself included) don't. So there still are some potential users.
Ouriel Ohayon
please make it clear on your site that this does not work with iOS and only works with android. i just wasted 5 min trying to understand why it was not working
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@ourielohayon I'm sorry, I will make it more prominent.
James Koole
Based on the URL alone, this will be gone as soon as legal can get a letter out to him and Go Daddy.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@jameskoole I am contacting their support team right now.
James Koole
@aluxian Good luck! Hopefully they don't get heavy-handed on the use of their trademark in the URL. I've seen it go both ways.
Rafael Albuquerque
I don't want to be that guy, but what's different from the web version since this is just a webview loaded with an iframe? Apart from notifications.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@rafaqueque Custom themes (coming in the next release) and tweaks for better integration with the OS: launch on startup & run in the tray.
Rahhul
Finally !
★ Karan Goel ☂
I think adding "unofficial" to the title might help resolve a lot of confusion among folks.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@karangoel Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try to make it more obvious.
Naveen
Have been using WhatsMac for a while and like it. This is a nice client as well with the file attachment working. The use of official name does create a lot of ambiguity though.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@naveenaly I will consider changing the name if WhatsApp demands so. WhatsDesktop doesn't sound so bad.
Chema
Since no one is saying it: Works on ubuntu. I like it so far. In chrome was using 116MB of memory only that tab. As "app" uses 161MB. Seems to work really smooth congrats @aluxian!
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@deambulando I'm happy you enjoy using it :)
Chema
@aluxian @deambulando media not reproducing, like videos and audio notes. Since last update now up to 209MB almost double than a tab in chrome.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@deambulando The high RAM usage is because the app itself run on a custom build of Chromium browser. Nothing related to this changed in the last update, just the name and icon.
Allan Zhang
Beautiful job @aluxian. It really preserved the feel of Whatsapp, but added refinement and polish. Nice work!
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@daspianist Thanks, Allan!
Matthew Berman
This looks really awesome! I know Whatsapp is notoriously against 3rd parties using their API. What are your thoughts about that?
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@matthewberman Indeed, they don't third-party apps that use their API. But I'm not using their API, my app is just a wrapper around their own WhatsApp Web. I don't interfere at all with the communication/connection to their servers. I hope they don't consider this a violation too.
Stacy-Ann Hayles
I see you added the unofficial @aluxian and changed the logo. I thought for a sec that Facebook got to you and sent a cease and desist. It left two instances of the program on my laptop though.
Alexandru Rosianu
Maker
@stacyannhayles I have not been contacted by Facebook/WhatsApp. I really wish they did contact me, though. I want to know whether they're ok with it or not. I'm in the process of changing the name and the icon. What OS are you using?
Neel Lukka
the web view is a great added feature that I have been waiting for. Still a number of product improvements that I think the team can make that I wrote about here: https://medium.com/@nl0787/whats...
Ferananda Ibarra
what happened to it?