WhatSie is billed as a feature rich WhatsApp web client based on Qt WebEngine for Linux Desktop.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Light and Dark Themes with automatic switching.
- Customized Notifications & Native Notifications.
- Keyboard Shortcuts.
- BuiltIn download manager.
- Mute Audio, Disable Notifications.
- App Lock feature.
- Hardware access permission manager.
- Built in Spell Checker (with support for 31 Major languages).
- Other settings that let you control every aspect of WebApp like:
- Do not disturb mode.
- Full view mode, lets you expand the main view to the full width of the window.
- Ability to switch between Native & Custom notification.
- Configurable notification popup timeout.
- Mute all audio from Whatapp.
- Disabling auto playback of media.
- Minimize to tray on application start.
- Toggle to enable single click hide to the system tray.
- Switching download location.
- Enable disable app lock on application start.
- Auto-locking after a certain interval of time.
- App lock password management.
- Widget styling.
- Configurable auto Theme switching based on day night time.
- Configurable close button action.
- Global App shortcuts.
- Permission manager let you toggle camera mic and other hardware level permissions.
- Configurable page zoom factor, switching based on window state maximized on normal.
- Configurable App User Agent.
- Application Storage management, lets you clean residual cache and persistent data.
Website: github.com/keshavbhatt/whatsie
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Developer: Keshav Bhatt
License: MIT License
WhatSie is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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|---|---|
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| ZapZap | Progressive Web Application |
| Karere | Native GTK4 application |
| Youp | WhatsApp wrapper |
| Whatsit | Native desktop client for WhatsAp |
| WasIstLos | Unofficial WhatsApp desktop application written in C++ |
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