ZapZap - Whatsapp Desktop for Linux

WhatsApp desktop application written in Pyqt6 + PyQt6-WebEngine.

Donations

Features

• Features come with Whatsapp web
• Icon in systray changes if there are new messages
• Customizable Systray icons
• System style (light and dark)
• Fullscreen mode
• Background running
• Spellchecker
• Drag and drop
• Work area notifications
• Personalized window decoration
• Shortcuts for the main options

Contribute

If you want to help make ZapZap better the easiest thing you can do is to report issues and feature requests.

Translation

The translations are supported. Make sure the file for your language is in the po folder. If it is just send a pull request with the updated file, otherwise open a issue requesting inclusion.

Development

Dependencies

• Python >= 3.9

Local Development

Installing dependencies

pip install PyQt6 PyQt6-WebEngine dbus-python

Running the application

git clone https://github.com/rafatosta/zapzap.git
cd zapzap
# Building (.ui,.po) and Running
python run.py

Flatpak Development

Installing dependencies

# add flathub remote
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# installing required packages
flatpak install --user --assumeyes flathub org.kde.Platform//6.3 com.riverbankcomputing.PyQt.BaseApp//6.3

Building and running the application

# Building and Running
python run_flatpak.py

Contact

Maintainer: Rafael Tosta
Email: [email protected]
Telegram: @RafaelTosta