mautrix-whatsapp
Active stablePuppeting bridge between Matrix and WhatsApp, built on the whatsmeow library and mautrix-go bridgev2.
puppeting bridge · licence AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Server
- Last commit
- today 4 Nov 2026
- Commits, last year
- 273 110 in 90 days
- Authors, 90 days
- 6 10 in a year, 54 ever
- Bus factor
- 1 authors making half of last year's commits
- Last release
- v0.2610.0 16 Oct 2026 · 12 tags in a year
- Lines of code
- 13k Go
AI
AI policy
What the project says about AI-made contributions
Restricted (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance)“In general, you can use AI to help with contributions. However, AI slop is not accepted. The author is accountable for the code. [...] AI should not be used for communicating with humans.”
AI in development
Whether the developers use AI tools on the repository
Occasional (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance)attributed share is below the rubric's 1 % line; shown as occasional because commits are attributed (lower bound)
Collector: 2 of 273 commits in the last year credit an AI tool (0.7 %): claude 2. 0 agent files, 0 AI workflows. A lower bound: most AI use leaves no trace.
- 2 of 273 non-bot commits in the last 365 days (0.7 %) carry an AI co-author trailer or 'Generated with' line, e.g. https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/commit/33357ced5ae666d9b8e85a56327f28bfb97a293c, https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/commit/abf1940af85952912487a87671c82e895d8f574a
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33357ced52026-10-29 claude -
abf1940af2026-10-14 claude
AI in the product
Whether the product itself has AI features
None found (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance)no generative-AI features found in the README, ROADMAP or code
Activity
Languages
Features
| Feature | Value | How we know | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network | — | — | |
| Framework | yes mautrix-go bridgev2 | code | github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/blob/1d024590d2df575 |
| Puppeting | yes double puppeting (automatic via an appservice registration, or manual login); relay mode: https://github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/da79465b14f6490d6f9a73d53ca5953d6cce0d75/bridges/general/relay-mode.md | claimed | github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/da79465b14f6490d6f9 |
| Encryption (E2EE) | Yes: Yes optional end-to-bridge encryption of the Matrix side (Matrix rooms encrypted between users and the bridge) | claimed | github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/da79465b14f6490d6f9 |
| Backfill | Yes: Yes from WhatsApp's history sync; historical backfill only in new rooms (docs backfill page) | code | github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/blob/1d024590d2df575 |
| Media | Yes: Yes | claimed | github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/blob/1d024590d2df575 |
| Reactions and edits | Yes: Yes reactions both ways; edits and polls listed too | claimed | github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/blob/1d024590d2df575 |
| Group chats | Yes: Yes groups and communities | claimed | github.com/mautrix/whatsapp/blob/1d024590d2df575 |
| Login methods | yes QR code or 8-letter pairing code (linked device); the phone must come online at least every two weeks | claimed | github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/da79465b14f6490d6f9 |
| Terms-of-service risk | Not found: Not found no ToS warning found; the docs say the bridge uses WhatsApp's web (linked-device) API | claimed | github.com/mautrix/docs/blob/da79465b14f6490d6f9 |
Health signals
- Bus factor (last year)
- 1
- Issue first response
- not measured (the forge did not give it)
- Release cadence
- 12 tags in the last year, latest v0.2610.0 (16 Oct 2026)
- CI
.github/workflows/go.yml.github/workflows/stale.yml.gitlab-ci.yml- Tests
- none found
- Security policy
- none found
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Funding
- github.com/sponsors/tulir
- Telemetry SDKs in manifests
- none found
Repositories
| Repository | Role | Activity | Last commit | Commits 1y | Authors 90d | Measured at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/mautrix/whatsapp | main | Active | 4 Nov 2026 | 273 | 6 | 1d024590d |
Notes
Rewritten on bridgev2 (CHANGELOG.md). One of two WhatsApp bridges with a recent commit here; beenim-labs/whatsapp-bridge-nim is a Nim port of it (not covered).
Researched by an AI agent (Claude) on 5 Nov 2026, not checked by a person; metrics collected on 5 Nov 2026. Source file: data/projects/bridge/mautrix-whatsapp.yaml. Spotted a mistake? Open an issue with a link.