Whatsapp Chooser Chrome extension icon

Whatsapp Chooser

📦 v1.1
💾 58.16KiB
📅 2026-06-23
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Overview

WhatsApp Chooser lets you pick between WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business every time you click a wa.me link.

If you use both a personal and a business WhatsApp account on your Mac, you know the problem: clicking a wa.me link always opens the same app, with no way to choose. This extension fixes that.

HOW IT WORKS
- Click any wa.me or api.whatsapp.com link
- A clean chooser popup appears showing the contact number
- Pick "WhatsApp" or "WhatsApp Business", the right app opens instantly

FEATURES
- Works with wa.me, api.whatsapp.com, and web.whatsapp.com links
- Shows the phone number and message text before you choose
- Fully configurable: works with any WhatsApp-compatible client (ChatMate, etc.)
- Fast native messaging host written in C, no lag, no dependencies
- Privacy-first: no data collected, no analytics, fully open source

Setup (macOS, one time)

This extension needs a small helper to launch the WhatsApp app you pick.
The easiest way to install it is with Homebrew:

1. Install Homebrew if you do not have it yet (see brew.sh)
2. Open Terminal and run:
brew tap onemanjoe/whatsapp-chooser https://github.com/onemanjoe/whatsapp-chooser
brew install whatsapp-chooser-host
whatsapp-chooser-host configure
whatsapp-chooser-host register
3. Quit Chrome completely and reopen it

That is it. Prefer not to use Homebrew? You can still install the helper
manually from the GitHub repository;
see the README.

Source code & setup instructions: github.com/onemanjoe/whatsapp-chooser

macOS only.

Tags

Productivity/communication productivity/communication

Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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