Laravel Whatsapp Laravel Package

Builds on v1.0.1 (Windows support + configurable Chrome path).

Feature

• Auto-start persisted sessions (#1, thanks @huzaifaarain). Paired session-* auth folders now reconnect automatically when the sidecar boots, so a restart / reboot no longer leaves sessions dormant until each is manually started. Opt out with WHATSAPP_WEB_AUTO_START_SESSIONS=false.

Full changelog: https://github.com/kstmostofa/laravel-whatsapp/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2

Fixes

• Sidecar commands now work on Windows. The binary check ran which (a Unix-only command), so it always failed with "Node.js not found on PATH" even when Node was installed. Replaced with Symfony ExecutableFinder, and swapped rm -rf, $_SERVER['HOME'], nohup, and posix_kill for cross-platform equivalents (proc_open with a new console, taskkill/tasklist, USERPROFILE, and a pure-PHP recursive delete).
• whatsapp:sidecar:start no longer fails on Windows with "Failed to spawn sidecar process (no PID written)". The PID file is now seeded from proc_open's PID so the start poll succeeds while Node is still loading whatsapp-web.js.

Feature

• WHATSAPP_WEB_CHROME_PATH (falls back to PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH) lets Puppeteer reuse a system Chrome/Chromium. This makes whatsapp:sidecar:install --skip-chromium actually usable — the escape hatch it already advertised was never wired through before.

Full changelog: https://github.com/kstmostofa/laravel-whatsapp/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1

• Initial public release
• Dual-backend: Cloud API + whatsapp-web.js sidecar
• Livewire/Flux admin UI
• Laravel 11 / 12 / 13 support"