Karere
by tobagin
A WhatsApp client for the Linux Desktop
Dangerous permissions
Verified creator
GPL-3.0-or-later
v0.1.0
About
Karere allows you to use WhatsApp on your Linux desktop, built with Python and GTK.
Permissions
2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.
- unrestricted access to the session D-Bus (all your running apps)
--socket=session-bus - access to your whole data directory (other apps' settings and data)
--filesystem=xdg-data - network
--share=network - inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - audio
--socket=pulseaudio - access to your download folder
--filesystem=xdg-download - access to your pictures folder
--filesystem=xdg-pictures - access to your documents folder
--filesystem=xdg-documents - notifications
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
Who publishes this
The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.
- installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
source:prebuilt - same name as io.github.tobagin.karere on Flathub but from a different repository
publisher:lookalike - hosted by github.com/tobagin, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.tobagin.Karere
publisher:namespace
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.