Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to WAHA
Unofficial self-hosted WhatsApp HTTP API
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WAHA launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN – I built an open-source, self-hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for WhatsApp: https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp It connects to your personal WhatsApp account via the WhatsApp Web multi-device API (using whatsmeow from the Beeper team), and doesn't rely on third-party APIs. All messages are stored locally in SQLite. Nothing is sent to the cloud unless you explicitly allow your LLM to access the data via tools – so you maintain full control and privacy. The MCP server can: - Search your messages, contacts, and groups - Send WhatsApp messages to…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Side project tunneling a TCP port through WhatsApp, can be useful on airplanes or any WiFi/carrier that has unlimited social network data limits. Appreciate feedback :)
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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KoiHi▲97Make your own WhatsApp with E2EE self hosted chat solution
2023 · koihi.com · its alternatives →
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Had a Lot of issues with existing APIs especially with Attachment support. Hence built own Whatsapp API. Currently only Send Messages
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Host Your Own Whatsapp Provider - Free and Open Source
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A read-only MCP server that lets your AI agent search and read your own WhatsApp messages. Runs on Cloudflare Workers. - finereli/whatsapp-mcp
3d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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WhatsAdd▲147A Chrome extension that gives your Whatsapp extra powers ⚡
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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whatsapp web <-> irc gateway. Contribute to lieuwex/whapp-irc development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source WhatsApp API platform you fully own
Jun 2026 · wasphere.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm Andres. I've been building Kapso as a solo founder, and just crossed 4,000 developers, all organic. WhatsApp has 3B+ users and 98% open rates. You'd expect developers to be building tons of stuff on it, especially when the US is the fastest-growing market in WhatsApp usage. But it’s not happening… And I'd bet it's because the DX is painful. Every team needs to build the same features again and again. Meta fires webhooks for everything. There's valuable data in there for debugging, but no way to make sense of it without building your own tooling. That’s why I built Kapso. What you…
Dec 2025 · kapso.ai · its alternatives →
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Hide your private WhatsApp sections and get deleted messages
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Open-source WhatsApp Cloud API platform for developers
Dec 2025 · its alternatives →
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Connect AI assistants to WhatsApp Business - 43 tools
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on my startup for years to no avail. Raised VC money and burned through millions - now built a simple service that lets you add a "chat to us" button (or can hook to your forms) to launch a WhatsApp chat. The key here is that the button can open chats with different WhatsApp numbers based on rules you can set. These rules can be based on the website visitor's geography, language, time spent on your site or even your business's office hours. Can also hook onto existing forms and use form fields in the rules too. Try it out on our site by clicking the chat to us button and…
2023 · compose.im · its alternatives →
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