Claude WhatsApp vs WASync — WhatsApp Platform API
Claude WhatsApp is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑29.
Claude WhatsApp is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Juan Cristobal Andrews. No marketplace we read lists it any more. WASync — WhatsApp Platform API is an MCP server published by wasync.app. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-29. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace | ||
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| Community marketplace crisandrews/claude-whatsapp | Removed on 2026-10-29 Version: 1.21.1 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 16 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Claude WhatsAppno longer listed · | WASync — WhatsApp Platform API |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 16 | No figure on GitHub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 4 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | Remote server (cloudapi.wasync.app/api/mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/crisandrews/claude-whatsapp | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Answered with HTTP 307 (2 days ago) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of Claude WhatsApp
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Connect Claude to WhatsApp — search messages, read conversations, send texts and media, and manage business outreach. Includes a conversation memory system that learns from every…
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whatsapp com.corapilot/whatsapp
Let Claude or ChatGPT search, read and send your WhatsApp messages over MCP. OAuth sign-in.
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WhatsApp integration for Claude Code — send messages, search chats, manage groups via wu-cli
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Get notified on WhatsApp when Claude completes tasks, encounters errors, or needs your input.
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Your own WhatsApp in Claude and ChatGPT: read chats, draft replies, send messages you approve.
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Business WhatsApp from Claude: read chats, reply to customers, pause the AI agent, edit its prompt.
What each says it does
Claude WhatsApp
WhatsApp messaging bridge — scan QR, chat with Claude via WhatsApp, built-in access control.
WASync — WhatsApp Platform API
WhatsApp for your app or AI agent over OAuth2 — the same connections WASync runs inside your CRM.
How to run each
Claude WhatsApp
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
WASync — WhatsApp Platform API As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http whatsapp https://cloudapi.wasync.app/api/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only WASync — WhatsApp Platform API has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: Claude WhatsApp · What it can do: WASync — WhatsApp Platform API · Compare two other plugins
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