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OpenWA
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OpenWA
Free
No paid tier or feature gates · self-hosted deployment
Read 8 Oct 2026 · open-wa.org
On the record
- Dashboard
- A bundled web dashboard manages sessions, webhooks and API keys.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data control
- OpenWA says it is self-hosted and that sessions, messages and media stay on the user's server.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirement
- The production deployment guide specifies a Linux host with Docker Engine and the Docker Compose plugin.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker documents community nodes for n8n and SDKs for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python and PHP.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The site credits Yudhi Armyndharis and the OpenWA Community for making the project.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The gateway supports text, image, video, audio, document and sticker messages, along with reactions, replies, forwards and bulk sends.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Plugin ecosystem
- Plugins can add behavior such as translation or Chatwoot synchronization without forking the core codebase.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- OpenWA is an open-source, self-hosted WhatsApp API gateway that wraps a WhatsApp connection in a REST API for applications to send and receive messages.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The product lists API-key authentication, scoped keys, per-key IP allow-lists, CIDR IP whitelisting, rate limiting and audit features.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Sessions
- One instance can run several WhatsApp accounts concurrently, with QR-code or pairing-code authentication.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Storage options
- Users can configure SQLite or PostgreSQL, local or S3/MinIO media storage, and optional Redis caching.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Unofficial interface
- OpenWA connects through unofficial, reverse-engineered WhatsApp clients rather than Meta's official Cloud API, and its documentation says account restriction or ban risk is non-zero.github.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Webhooks
- OpenWA delivers message and session events to endpoints in real time and signs webhook requests with HMAC.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- WhatsApp engines
- OpenWA supports Baileys, a browser-free WebSocket client, and whatsapp-web.js, a Chromium/Puppeteer-based client.docs.open-wa.org · read 8 Oct 2026
