# Rhymen/go-whatsapp

WhatsApp Web API

Repository: https://github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-whatsapp
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: whatsapp, whatsapp-web, reverse-engineering, golang, go
Last push: 2026-07-28T08:59:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3067, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2243, forks 496 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.915121+00:00)

## What it is
A Go library implementing the WhatsApp Web API via reverse engineering, providing connection, QR-code login, session restore, and message handlers. It is explicitly unmaintained and expected to break with WhatsApp multi-device updates.

## Use cases
- send and receive whatsapp messages from go
- automate whatsapp web without official api
- build a whatsapp chatbot in go
- restore whatsapp sessions without rescanning qr code
- handle whatsapp media messages programmatically

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library - use tulir/whatsmeow instead
- you need WhatsApp multi-device support
- you are building anything production-facing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, websocket, sdk
- domain: messaging-platforms, apis, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: whatsapp-web, reverse-engineering, unofficial-api, chat-automation, deprecated

## Member repositories
- Rhymen/go-whatsapp (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.915121+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:03.279913+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.915121+00:00, sha 7a3db167206c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.