# vasani-arpit/WBOT

A simple Web based BOT for WhatsApp™ in NodeJS 😜. Working as of 📅 Feb 4th, 2024

Repository: https://github.com/vasani-arpit/WBOT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wbot
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: whatsapp-web, whatsapp, whatsapp-bot, bot, nodejs, puppeteer, cli, command-line-tool, macos, windows, linux, hacktoberfest, hacktoberfest-accepted, wbot
Last push: 2025-09-23T13:20:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 43, release rhythm 48, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2798, "days_push": 344, "days_rel": 344, "gap_med": 25, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1013, forks 309 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.527878+00:00)

## What it is
WBOT is a Node.js-based bot for WhatsApp Web that automates message replies using Puppeteer to control a browser. It is configurable via a JSON file and ships as downloadable binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

## Use cases
- automatically reply to whatsapp messages
- build a whatsapp chatbot without the official api
- auto-download whatsapp media files
- run multiple whatsapp bot instances
- customize automated whatsapp replies via config

## When to choose
- you want a free, self-hosted whatsapp auto-responder with full data privacy
- you need a simple json-configurable bot that works on desktop platforms
- you prefer browser automation over the official whatsapp business api

## When to avoid
- you need an officially supported whatsapp business api integration
- you require a headless server without a display and cannot use xvfb
- you need guaranteed stability, since whatsapp web changes can break the bot

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, workflow-automation, web-scraping, cli
- domain: messaging-platforms, chatbots
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: whatsapp-bot, whatsapp-web, puppeteer, auto-reply, unofficial-api, automation, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- vasani-arpit/WBOT (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.527878+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 2026-08-30T07:11:42.273754+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vasani-arpit/WBOT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.527878+00:00, sha 43e351041c60)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.