WPP
Overview
What is Engine?
WAHA is a Node.js application that acts as a unified “glue layer” on top of multiple community-driven WhatsApp engines.
Under the hood, each engine is an independent open-source library that handles the actual WhatsApp communication:
- WEBJS and WPP use a real browser (Chromium or Chrome) via Puppeteer
- NOWEB communicates directly over WebSocket using a Node.js/TypeScript
- GOWS communicates directly over WebSocket using a Golang library
WAHA wraps all of them behind one consistent REST API and webhook interface, so you can switch engines with a single environment variable change and minimal code adjustments on your side.
If something doesn’t work in one engine — just try another one!
API responses and webhook payloads may differ significantly, test your system before changing the engine!
WPP engine to connect through the WhatsApp Web browser app. It uses Puppeteer to run a real instance of WhatsApp Web to avoid getting blocked.
Run WPP
# Plus
docker run -v `pwd`/.sessions:/app/.sessions -e "WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_ENGINE=WPP" devlikeapro/waha-plus
# Core
docker run -it -e "WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_ENGINE=WPP" devlikeapro/waha