WhatsApp for Linux is a simple WhatsApp Desktop Client from the makes of Rebellin Linux. It just works. And works well! Feb 24, 2018 WhatsApp For Ubuntu – Install WhatsApp Linux. WhatsApp updated the new features step by step to attract the users. At first, WhatsApp was designed for the Android device. Later, it also designed for other platforms like Blackberry, Windows Phone, IOS and PC’s because of its popularity.
Update: This app doesn’t exist anymore and the app website now redirects to a scam website. This is the reason why I am removing all the links to the website. Please use the WhatsApp Web or an application like Franz.
Hugely popular messaging app WhatsApp surprisingly doesn’t provide a desktop client. Until recently, there was no way you could have used WhatsApp on desktop, be it Linux or any other OS. WhatsApp launched a web version a few months back and with this, you can access WhatsApp on the desktop using Google Chrome and your phone’s network connection (either phone data or WiFi).
This WhatsApp on web provided more opportunities for developers聽and Alexandru Rosianu did not waste time to come up with an unofficial WhatsApp desktop client for Linux, Windows and OS X. If you remember, Alexandru has previously developed Facebook Messenger for Linux desktop,聽which is quite popular among Facebook Messenger users.
Install WhatsApp desktop client in Linux
As stated earlier, this unofficial client is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. There are .deb binaries available for Debian based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS etc. You can use the link below to download it:
Download executables for WhatsApp desktop client
For other Linux distributions, you can get the source code for WhatsApp for Desktop client from the GitHub repository:
Download source code of WhatsApp desktop client
Using WhatsApp desktop client in Linux
Using it is very easy. You just have to double click on the .deb file to install the program. Once installed, just search for it in Unity Dash (for Ubuntu Unity).
You’ll see a screen like the one below to scan the QR code. This is similar to what you would have to do to use WhatsApp on web.
Once you scan the QR code, you will be connected and ready to use WhatsApp on desktop.
You’ll get a desktop notification for new messages.
Conclusion
The unofficial WhatsApp desktop client is merely a wrapper for WhatsApp Web. So, you’ll have to keep your phone connected to internet anyhow to use it on the desktop. Audio calling is not available on the desktop but that’s also the case for WhatsApp Web. It does provide you desktop notification but I think one can get the same by enabling desktop notification in Chrome.
In my opinion, if you do not use Chrome browser, this unofficial desktop client for WhatsApp could be a good deal for you. Even if you do use Google Chrome, why not give it a try and see if you like it?
In a related post, you can see these instant messaging applications for Linux that have an official native desktop client.
A simple and beautiful WhatsApp desktop client has been created recently, available for Linux, Windows, and OS X. It’s an open-source and unofficial client based on WhatsApp Web.
Besides the basic WhatsApp features (e.g., group chats, send photos & videos, and share locations), this unofficial WhatsApp for desktop also features:
- Badge with the number of notifications in the dock/taskbar (OS X and Windows)
- Auto-launch on OS startup (OS X, Windows)
- Native notifications (all platforms)
- System tray icon (OS X, Windows)
- Open links in browser or new window
- Preferences in the right-click context menu (or menu bar for OS X, tray menu for Windows)
unofficial whatsapp client on all platforms
Install WhatsApp for Desktop in Ubuntu:
![Whatsapp Fur Linux Whatsapp Fur Linux](/uploads/1/2/5/2/125258673/114878778.png)
Before installing this software, you may first read the following DISCLAIMER from its project page:
This project does not attempt to reverse engineer the WhatsApp API or attempt to reimplement any part of the WhatsApp client. Any communication between the user and WhatsApp servers is handled by WhatsApp Web itself; this is just a native wrapper for WhatsApp Web, more akin to a browser than any WhatsApp software.
To install it, select download linux32.deb or linux64.deb that matches your os type (32-bit or 64-bit) from the link below and then click install via Software Center or Gdebi package installer.
For issues and other information, refers to github page.