Flatsonar

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.