┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ WhatsCLI v0.4.2  Help: /name NewName | /addname 123456 NewName | /quit |│
├──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│Contacts                      │(03-14-12 22:59:00) Me: Hey, whatscli here│
│├──Peter                      │(03-14-12 23:00:00) Peter: Cool 😀        │
│├──Paul                       │                                          │
│└──Mary                       │                                          │
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│                              │Yeah, love the shell!                     │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘

Features

Things that work.

Allows sending and receiving WhatsApp messages in a command line app
Connects through the Web App API without browser
Uses QR code for simple setup
Binaries for Windows, Mac, Linux and RaspBerry Pi

Caveats

This is a WIP. Heres some things you might expect to work that don't. Plus some other things I should mention.

Only shows existing chats
Only fetches a few old messages
No support for images, videos, documents etc.
No incoming message notification / count
No proper connection drop handling
Not configurable at all
Leaves its config files in your home folder
FaceBook obviously doesn't endorse or like these kinds of apps and they're likely to break when FaceBook changes stuff in their web app

Installation / Usage

How to get it running and how to use it

Download a release
Put the binary in your PATH (optional)
Run with whatscli (or double-click)
Scan the QR code with WhatsApp on your phone (maybe resize shell)