ZapTide 0.1.0

ZapTide 0.1.0 is the first release of the native GTK WhatsApp companion for Linux. Link your phone, read recent chats, send messages and attachments, and keep your message archive on this computer. Built by @leandromqrs from ZapFast by @crmne.

Download ZapTide: Flatpak (x86_64) · Flatpak (aarch64) · AppImage (x86_64) · AppImage (aarch64)

Illustration with sample conversations.

New

• A native chat window. Search chats and contacts, see replies, reactions, message status and group members, and load older messages from the local archive or your phone.
• Send more than text. Attach files, paste pictures, record voice notes, create and vote in polls, and use stickers and GIFs. By @leandromqrs, building on ZapFast's WhatsApp support.
• Flatpak and AppImage downloads. Both formats are available for x86_64 and aarch64. Linux tarballs are available for both architectures too. By @leandromqrs.

Fixed

• Messages stay in an encrypted archive. ZapTide stores the archive key in the OS keyring and keeps its data separate from ZapFast. A missing key stops connection rather than replacing the archive. By @leandromqrs.
• Read state and chat settings recover across devices. Pending reads, mute settings and locked chats survive reconnects and history replay. By @leandromqrs.

Known limitations

• Calls, status posts, communities and group administration are not supported. Newsletter channels are read-only. Disappearing messages remain in the local archive after they expire on your phone.
• The AppImage bundles linked GTK libraries but uses GStreamer plugins, glycin loaders and bubblewrap from the host. Keyboard and screen-reader support is still incomplete.
• ZapTide is an unofficial client and is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta.

Thanks

Thanks @crmne and the ZapFast contributors for the project ZapTide grew from, and @oxidezap and the whatsapp-rust contributors for the protocol library.

Full changelog: https://github.com/luminusOS/zaptide/commits/v0.1.0