ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui

Re:ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui by loremdifr on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:59PM (#50410527)

dont get me wrong, I like the extra performance, but every single alternative whatsapp client has the same issue where it's missing enough core features that you end up needing to go to the browser version often enough to be a nuisance and I end up just using the browser instead (which I hate, I really really would prefer a performant client instead!)

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Re:ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui by andunie on Sunday November 08, 2026 @05:31AM (#50412003)

Feels like you're just a serial complainer.

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Re:ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui by mikojan on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:19AM (#50412638)

I use this:

    $ cat $(which whatsapp)
    #!/bin/dash
    # A kiosk is full-screen by design. You need to go to about:config and toggle
    # full-screen-api.ignore-widgets to true to prevent our window manager from
    # creating an actual full-screen window.
    # Additionally, you need to set the name to "kiosk" which will set the app id
    # under sway to "kiosk" so that in sway you can disable full-screen on
    # startup.
    firefox --name kiosk -P whatsapp --kiosk https://web.whatsapp.com/

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Re:ZapFast: A fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui by cassianoleal on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:26AM (#50412682)

Having also been through a similar journey, which features are missing from this one?

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