whatsapp vs maubot

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A plugin-based Matrix bot system. (by maubot)

Matrix matrix-org Chatbot maubot Python Asyncio

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whatsapp		maubot
	Project
1	Mentions	5
-	Stars	674
-	Growth	2.2%
-	Activity	6.5
-	Latest Commit	5 days ago
	Language	Python
-	License	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

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Posts with mentions or reviews of whatsapp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-20.

Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Jan 2021

Thanks! Beeper looks amazing.
> Our desktop client is closed source, but you can use Element (or any open source Matrix client) if you prefer.
I see most bridges are licensed AGPLv3 [0]: Then aren't you required to AGPL the desktop client, too?
[0] For ex: https://gitlab.com/nova/whatsapp/-/blob/master/LICENSE

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Posts with mentions or reviews of maubot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-26.

Beeper CEO AMA - May 26, 2023 @ noon PDT
6 projects | /r/beeper | 26 May 2023

Absolutely possible! We are working on some sdk stuff, but for now you could check out https://github.com/maubot/maubot
Show HN: Beepberry – a portable e-paper computer for hackers
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 May 2023
RSS is on fire again, and it's all down to SlackOps
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jul 2022
How to create a Matrix bot
2 projects | /r/matrixdotorg | 26 Mar 2021

Sounds like you may have an easier time with maubot
Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Jan 2021

Simplest way to learn about the API is to look at several bot implementations https://github.com/maubot/maubot

What are some alternatives?

When comparing whatsapp and maubot you can also consider the following projects:

whatsie - Feature rich WhatsApp Client for Desktop Linux

whatsapp - A Matrix-WhatsApp puppeting bridge

Shelter - A Free and Open-Source (FOSS) app that leverages the "Work Profile" feature of Android to provide an isolated space that you can install or clone apps into.

matrix-bifrost - General purpose bridging with a variety of backends including libpurple and xmpp.js

weechat-matrix - Weechat Matrix protocol script written in python

cordless - The Discord terminal client you never knew you wanted.

matrix-appservice - Wechaty [Matrix] Application Services Bridge

Facebook-Messenger-Bot - Facebook chatbot that I trained to talk like me using Seq2Seq

blocklists - Shared lists of problem domains people may want to block with hosts files

Matrix-EmailBridge - A bridge written in Golang to receive and write emails in matrix