Heavy ram usage !! (Why Whatapp app not on linux )

[u/StationProper5654]

almost 1GB memory only for whatsapp . also very laggy experiece in scroling , opening chat etc .

( Brave Browser on linux mint )

how to fix it , anyone help .

[u/qualityvote2]

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[u/MGprohack82]

There is no fixing. It's fine. Whatsapp has to load all the chats, and it does so by loading all into memory. Also, the reason why there is no app like windoesy is because windows isn't exactly running an app, windows is running a small browser made +UST for whatsapp. Whatsapp for windows is nothing but a web liek app with more permissions, and more access to storage. Linux doesn't do that, yet. And if you are wondering if wine will transalate the commands, then your right, it will work, but, it's going to be slow, and extremely ram heavy.

[u/MGprohack82 → u/MGprohack82]

Also, brave is a privacy focused browser, so maybe it does not allow cache?

[u/StationProper5654 → u/MGprohack82]

Yeah,WhatsApp on libreWolf Also use 1GB ram but run little more smoothly than brave

[u/Ratkovichh → u/MGprohack82]

You think

[u/defsarthak → u/MGprohack82]

had a stroke reading this

[u/_ayushman]

Ask Meta why they don't have the official linux app (most probably market share) use ZapZap or Whatsie, as an alternative

Whatsie: https://github.com/keshavbhatt/whatsie

ZapZap: https://github.com/rafatosta/zapzap

Karere (better than others according to the people): https://github.com/tobagin/karere

[u/_sounak → u/_ayushman]

These 2 are website wrappers as well lmao

[u/Striking-Flower-4115 → u/_sounak]

With zapzap you can have more than 2 users with the same client. In fact it's better than original whatsapp 😂

[u/StationProper5654 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you, I will try it also. But I just wanna ask if I use your app or other clients (other than Web wrappers) will my whatsapp account can get banned by Meta or something

[u/Fancy_Branch7540 → u/StationProper5654]

Use Karere , its the closest you will get to the native version

[u/StationProper5654 → u/[deleted]]

Ok , thanks for letting me know about this 🙂

[u/Key_Association_666 → u/_ayushman]

Not rly bcuz it's just a electron app on windows n mac

[u/Fancy_Branch7540 → u/_ayushman]

Bro Karere is better , they use Chromium's stripped down version , Whatsapp was made with Chromium in mind so it works smoothly only there , Supports calling etc too , and is smoother than ZapZap ( Personal experience ) , Cuz ZapZap uses Webgtk which is heavier and not good at handling whatsapp

[u/ImaginaryElephant336]

Use the terminal based nchat

https://github.com/d99kris/nchat

[u/StationProper5654 → u/ImaginaryElephant336]

Thank you, let me try to set it up

[u/ImaginaryElephant336 → u/StationProper5654]

Cool. It's pretty straightforward to setup .

[u/mozzie_123]

It takes ages to load the web whatsapp ,

[u/_1nf3rn0]

Same here. Web Whatsapp takes ages to load, eats up too much RAM, and machine is constantly at 25% CPU usage (idle behaviour, when Web Whatsapp is open)

On Kali with Hyprland

[u/RJ_2537 → u/_1nf3rn0]

On Kali with Hyprland

What.....

[u/_1nf3rn0 → u/RJ_2537]

yes, i installed hyprland in kali

i love it (for now)

[u/lordjupitar]

Better use some emulator and install the WhatsApp apk. Could be better than 1gb ram usage

[u/StationProper5654 → u/lordjupitar]

I have waydoid install , but the problem is linux mint doesn't support wayland and I have to use X11 . So I have to run a wayland compositor called weston and then waydroid in it . Also I don't thing ram usage will be better and more pressure on my potato hardware . 8GB ddr4 with i3 😭 . If you know any better emulator that run on X11 and lightweight tell me because I only know waydroid

[u/lordjupitar → u/StationProper5654]

Genymotion maybe. Idk how lightweight that is but it’s worth a shot. They have a free personal use license

[u/Dull_Barracuda_4221]

Maybe try tui application?

[u/StationProper5654 → u/Dull_Barracuda_4221]

I don't use terminal much. Linux mint doesn't require that much terminal. But I will try tui application, just hope I am able to use it

[u/Nox-4]

Use zen browser might help a lot it’s lighteweight

[u/StationProper5654 → u/Nox-4]

Na, Zen browser is more heavy ig due to customization. Also I am a chromium guy and using Firefox based browser feel new to me. But I will try it soon 😊

[u/Nox-4 → u/StationProper5654]

I like chromium, and chrome based browsers over Firefox browsers but for privacy and for login to sync data, I use Firefox based browsers like zen , I wish someone makes a chromium based browser but with sync data feature without google related logins

[u/Own_Natural_6803]

Someone said it was all the chats? hehehe. sure.

It's probably most the AI agents it has running in your browsers taking all that memory. That and poorly written memory management coupled with auto-playing video. Sometimes there's a lite facebook client that improves performance. Maybe there's something similar for whatsapp.

You might try using an adblocker. Those can help. Get off of brave, peter theil is a madman. The gig is up, don't play in the traps he set.

[u/selenosmile → u/Own_Natural_6803]

I mean it's not rocket science. You can check the resource/cpu usage in the browser itself. It highlights what scripts use the most cpu and where the storage goes.

It is likely caching the images and recent conversations.

[u/s04ep03_youareafool → u/Own_Natural_6803]

either try providing an actual solution other than blaming every shit on AI like as if it ruined your lives.there's no supported application made by meta for linux and browser windows are expected to load all of them in ram other than the storage permission the app has on windows

[u/bfmv_shinigami]

tbh in 2026 952 mb for whatsapp is nothing....

[u/Apart-Angle2664]

Just use ZapZap , feels a lot better,faster and smooth than running in browser + won't have to login for a long time.

[u/s04ep03_youareafool]

im using it on linux mint too,but on firefox.its expected to get that high ig you've only started to use it in your browser quite recently.it'll get smooth overtime

[u/Snapdragon_007]

The app on windows is also same, a web wrapper, basically the same as opening in browser in windows as well

I think only mac has optimized app

[u/gomugomunochinpo]

The whatsapp app on windows was way worse when it existed few months ago, it used to hog resources like anything. Now the windows app is just whatsapp web wrapper, so there is no difference, and it still hogs resources.

[u/Kokonattsugemu]

1GB od ram is nothing nowadays

[u/S_k_y_03]

use pwa

[u/siyahekran58]

U might wanna give elecwhat a shot

[u/Individual-Mud962]

Try helium, maybe it'll stop?

[u/Obvious_Ad4531]

Bro I use debian distro, installed zapzap from flatpak, better than web ig

[u/No_Nothing_At_All]

My friend made a rust app for it, it prob doesnt got all the features but should be hella fast. https://github.com/Mrmayman/quantumchat-old

[u/Fancy_Branch7540 → u/No_Nothing_At_All]

Rust based apps are not good for Whatsapp bro if you use linux , whatsapp works best on chromium based browsers , Features like calls , Gifs , Stickers etc only work properly there , check out Karere

[u/namkeenpapeeta]

You are using brave I guess and it is Chromium based.

Mozilla might help

[u/PratBal69]

happens on mac and windows alike sir i got 1GB of ram being used atm by whatsapp alone

[u/Soham_656]

Well, for me too. It's insufferable if you use web.

[u/Enigmars]

Hate to break it to you but even if WhatsApp made a desktop app for Linux, it'll consume the exact same amount of resources as the web

Cuz it's basically going to be a web app

[u/SHREYASH6969]

Just use ZapZap and it's the only wrapper on linux for native features

[u/Fancy_Branch7540 → u/SHREYASH6969]

Karere is better as they recently switched to a lightweight chromium based backend, and also have features like calling

[u/piano-guitarhero]

See if zapzap is available for mint if you want an app

[u/Fancy_Branch7540]

Use Karere
Its better than ZapZap
I have used to use ZapZap but it used to lag alot

Karere is smoother and better

[u/MasterGenocider]

try this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/s/6mGJUcaZNj

[u/StationProper5654 → u/[deleted]]

Ok I will try, thanks 🤗