Karere
Chat on WhatsApp Source
Description
Karere brings WhatsApp to your Linux desktop with a native look and feel. It integrates seamlessly with your environment, offering a clean, modern interface that respects your system's theme and workflow. By wrapping WhatsApp Web, it ensures you have access to all the latest features while adding powerful desktop-specific capabilities.
Key features include:
- Native system notifications and tray icon support
- Persistent login sessions so you don't need to scan the QR code every time
- Privacy controls and comprehensive spell-checking settings
- Smooth performance with hardware acceleration
- Proper clipboard integration for text and images
Notice
The webview fits, WhatsApp Web is not hacked to become reponsive, but can be used.
- https://github.com/tobagin/karere/blob/main/data/screenshots/about.png?raw=true
- https://github.com/tobagin/karere/blob/main/data/screenshots/main-window.png?raw=true
- https://github.com/tobagin/karere/blob/main/data/screenshots/preferences.png?raw=true
- https://github.com/tobagin/karere/blob/main/data/screenshots/shortcuts.png?raw=true
Rating
Mobile Fit: 5Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!
Project status: released
This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.
The project repository was created on 2023-10-29.
The last known commit happened on 2026-03-23.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2026-03-31
Packaging
Get it on Flathub!
Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.tobagin.karere.flatpakref
Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tobagin/karere/main/packaging/io.github.tobagin.karere.yml
If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:
Install* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.
Find similar apps
By Service: WhatsApp Web
By Category: chat
By FreeDesktop-(Additional-)Category: Chat InstantMessaging Network
Licensing and technical details
License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0
Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita
Programming languages: Python
Build system: meson
AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tobagin/karere/refs/heads/main/data/io.github.tobagin.karere.metainfo.xml.in