OpenWA
OpenWA is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Team Chat category, licensed MIT and written mainly in TypeScript. It ships a Docker image. It has 16,246 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 16,246
- Forks
- 3,806
- Open issues
- 14
- Commits, last 12 months
- 6,366
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.25.0Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- Feb 2, 2026
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 6,366 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 6,366 |
| Latest release | v0.25.0 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 119 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Open pull requests | 16 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 2, 2026 |
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About OpenWA
WhatsApp API gateway exposing messaging as REST endpoints, with a web dashboard, multi-account sessions, and webhook events (alternative to WhatsApp Business API providers).
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/rmyndharis/OpenWA.
Topics
- api
- gateway
- self-hosted
- whatsapp-api
- whatsapp-gateway
- whatsapp-gateway-api
- bot
- whatsapp-automation
- whatsapp-bot
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Is OpenWA free and open source?
Yes. OpenWA is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run OpenWA with Docker?
Yes. OpenWA provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to OpenWA?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to OpenWA include Rocket.Chat, Novu and Mattermost.
Is OpenWA actively maintained?
The most recent commit to OpenWA was on Oct 25, 2026 with 6,366 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.25.0, published Oct 15, 2026. It had 14 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.