Small business and freelance operations
WhatsApp business automation tools
Tools built on WhatsApp — bulk messaging extensions, CRMs, AI support bots, messaging APIs and personal assistants — for businesses and individuals who run customer or personal communication through WhatsApp.
Built for: Small businesses selling via WhatsApp
Projects since May 04
131
Different builders
123
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
▼ -25%
AI is the core
28%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (27%), browser extension (26%), ai agent or bot (13%) · from r/SideProject, r/SaaS, r/chrome_extensions, r/vibecoding
Latest
- DirectChat — Opens a WhatsApp chat with any phone number entered directly, without saving it to contacts.“I got tired of saving delivery guys and OLX sellers to my phonebook, so I built DirectChat — a zero-bloat utility to message numbers directly.”
- Replies to WhatsApp customer messages for small businesses using only the owner's business info and FAQ, and hands chats to a human when it cannot answer.“I built an AI app that answers WhatsApp messages for small businesses. I'm discontinuing the project, does anyone want to take it over?”
- Preserve.Chat — Converts exported WhatsApp chats into readable, shareable private links styled like the WhatsApp view.“Built Preserve.Chat - It converts whatsapp chats into sharable private links”
- Replies to customer enquiries on tradespeople's WhatsApp while they are working.“im in need of help guys...”
- WhatsApp Desktop Custom Wallpaper — Lets users set their own image as the chat background in the Windows WhatsApp Desktop app by loading an extension into its embedded browser.“WhatsApp Desktop still doesn't let you use your own wallpaper, so I made a fix”
- Wappy — Runs a self-hosted AI agent on WhatsApp with local memory, tool calling and a choice of language models.“Wappy - I wanted a WhatsApp AI agent I could run locally, so I built one”
- Staty — Analyzes exported WhatsApp chats on the phone to show response times, conversation starters, texting patterns, streaks, and top emojis and words, with an optional AI chat about the conversation.“I built an app that analyzes WhatsApp chats, here are the stats of me and my ex girlfriend (150k messages in 2 years)”
- convly — Brings Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp conversations into Slack so they can be read and replied to there.“Your Teams & WhatsApp messages in Slack - convly”
- Ecbot — Runs an AI agent that answers customer chats on Messenger, Zalo and WhatsApp, checks inventory, creates orders and hands off angry customers to a human.“The failure we test hardest for in our AI agent isn't a wrong answer, it's a cheerful reply to an angry customer. Where do you draw the agent/chatbot line?”
- Angelia — Connects a coding agent on a Mac to WhatsApp or Telegram chats, with separate memory per chat and approval gates for risky commands.“Angelia - turn the coding agent on your Mac into a personal assistant you text on WhatsApp or Telegram”
- Provides a small pack of stickers for use in WhatsApp chats.“Made a tiny WhatsApp sticker pack”
- SafePace — Sends personalized WhatsApp Web messages in bulk from a browser extension, pacing sends to stay under account restriction thresholds.“New Chrome extension that bulk-sends WhatsApp messages but caps itself at your account's real safety limit — first 100 users get the paid tier free”
- NOD — Turns natural-language WhatsApp messages into actions across work tools like Jira, GitHub and Slack.“My app : NOD”
- Automatically answers repetitive WhatsApp customer questions about hours, prices and availability, and hands off to the owner when it cannot answer.“Built a free AI WhatsApp assistant for a local shop near me that was drowning in repetitive customer DMs, sharing what I learned”
- Adds bulk messaging and a simple AI CRM to WhatsApp Web via a Chrome extension.“Update: crossed $500 in revenue with my Chrome extension, zero paid ads, ~2 months after launch”
- WhatsApp Chat Text Copier — Copies WhatsApp Web chat messages as text quickly, storing data in localStorage.“I made an extension that copies WP messages fast - with localStorage privacy method”
- WhatsApp Contact Exporter — Exports WhatsApp group member contacts to Excel or CSV files.“My free WhatsApp Contact Exporter hit 700 users, now it's paid with 14 subscribers in Two Weeks — what's the next marketing move?”
- FindMyMedia — Searches, browses, and cleans up media files shared in WhatsApp on an Android device, and saves statuses.“I have built a Android app to make it easy to Find media shared in Whatsapp”
- WhatsAppGo — Runs a lightweight desktop WhatsApp client supporting multiple accounts, local message history, and scripted automation over a local socket.“Vibe coded a WhatsApp clone with many automation features”
- Hiyori — Runs a personal AI assistant inside WhatsApp that remembers preferences and handles reminders, planning, writing, and web research.“Just built my 3rd SaaS”
Most discussed
- UpscaleUp — Runs WhatsApp marketing automation for businesses, such as sending messages and campaigns to customers.“Just crossed ₹5L revenue, 5 months after launching my Saas product.”
- OdoReach — Sends bulk WhatsApp marketing messages for businesses through the official WhatsApp Business API.“14 paying customers 9k INR collected. tiny milestone but wanted to share”
- Wapes — Sends bulk WhatsApp messages and manages contacts in a CRM from within Chrome.“My Chrome extension just got its first paying users this week — only 1600 installs so far”
- WhatsApp Web Designer — Lets users customize the look of WhatsApp Web with themes and style changes.“1K users after a year and a half”
- kewe — Answers client messages on WhatsApp, books appointments into a calendar, sends reminders, and follows up on no-shows.“I built a no-code AI agent that runs a small business's WhatsApp — books appointments, sends reminders, kills no-shows”
- Lets customers book appointments through an AI assistant over WhatsApp, Telegram and payments for small businesses.“My AI booking app offered a customer 09:00 today. At 16:21. With a confirm button.”
- Adds bulk messaging and a simple AI CRM to WhatsApp Web via a Chrome extension.“Update: crossed $500 in revenue with my Chrome extension, zero paid ads, ~2 months after launch”
- Group Contacts Exporter — Exports WhatsApp group contacts to a CSV file.“Installs jumped 48% and I got my first real user feedback from 3 Reddit/Quora posts — here's what happened (and I need marketing help)”
- Kredoo — Manages customer conversations and messaging through the WhatsApp Business API as a CRM.“I built a WhatsApp CRM. The hard part wasn't the CRM, it was WhatsApp quietly lying to me.”
- FlashPing — Sends WhatsApp messages to phone numbers without saving them as contacts, keeping recents and quick-save lists in the browser.“FlashPing — a free, 100% private, and installable web app to message anyone on WhatsApp without saving their contact”