🚀 v0.2.1 Released

Open Source
WhatsApp API Gateway

The free, self-hosted WhatsApp HTTP API built for developers and businesses.
No vendor lock-in. Your data stays on your server.

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🆓 100% Free

📖 Open Source

🔒 Self-Hosted

🚀 Production Ready

Send your first message

# Send a WhatsApp message via OpenWA API
curl -X POST http://localhost:2785/api/sessions/my-bot/messages/send-text \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "chatId": "628123456789@c.us",
    "text": "Hello from OpenWA! 🚀"
  }'

Everything You Need

A complete WhatsApp integration platform, 100% free and open source

⚡

Core Features

✓ Full REST API
✓ Multi-Session Support
✓ Real-time Webhooks
✓ Web Dashboard
✓ API Key Auth
✓ Swagger Docs

💬

Messaging

✓ Text Messages
✓ Images & Videos
✓ Documents & Audio
✓ Message Reactions
✓ Bulk Messaging
✓ Delivery Status

🔧

Advanced

✓ Groups API
✓ Channels/Newsletter
✓ Labels Management
✓ Proxy Per Session
✓ Rate Limiting
✓ Audit Logging

🏗️

Infrastructure

✓ SQLite / PostgreSQL
✓ Redis Cache
✓ S3/MinIO Storage
✓ Docker Ready
✓ Health Checks
✓ Data Migration

Why Choose OpenWA?

Compare features with popular alternatives

Feature	OpenWA	W. Core	W. Plus	W. Cloud
Price	Free Forever	Free	$50+/mo	$30+/mo
Open Source	✓	✗	✗	✗
Multi-Session	✓	Limited	✓	✓
Web Dashboard	✓	✗	✓	✓
PostgreSQL	✓	✗	✓	N/A
Webhook UI	✓	✗	✓	✓
Source Code	✓	✗	✗	✗
Self-Hosted	✓	✓	✓	✗

Get Started in Minutes

Deploy with Docker or run locally — it's that simple

Terminal

# Clone and start with Docker
git clone https://github.com/rmyndharis/OpenWA.git
cd OpenWA
docker compose up -d

# That's it! Access your services:
# Dashboard: http://localhost:2886
# API: http://localhost:2785/api
# Swagger: http://localhost:2785/api/docs

Terminal

# Clone and run locally
git clone https://github.com/rmyndharis/OpenWA.git
cd OpenWA

# Install dependencies (includes dashboard)
npm install

# Start development server (config auto-generated)
npm run dev

# Access the same URLs as Docker!

🖥️

Dashboard :2886

🔌

REST API :2785/api

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Swagger :2785/api/docs