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crmne/zapfast

ZapFast: a fast, native WhatsApp client in Rust and egui

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How fast crmne/zapfast is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 14 – Nov 4, 2026

Stars +2,783 in 52 days

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Forks +312 in 52 days

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Merged PRs 271 in 52 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

Top 25 in Rust

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRsRust
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+0+00Not trending
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+102+80#23
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+158+237#9
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+58+52Not trending
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+80+73#18
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+188+101#4
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+58+71Not trending
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+49+115Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+49+37Not trending
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+36+724Not trending
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+34+68Not trending
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+28+55Not trending
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+12+212Not trending
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+20+30Not trending
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+29+50Not trending
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+21+49Not trending
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+16+62Not trending
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+95+92#11
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+217+2010#4
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+93+126#24
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+95+64Not trending
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+60+150Not trending
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+95+79Not trending
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+85+80Not trending
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+27+40Not trending
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Sun, Oct 11, 2026+21+311Not trending
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Tue, Oct 13, 2026+36+342Not trending
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Thu, Oct 22, 2026+28+64Not trending
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Sat, Oct 24, 2026+46+710Not trending
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Rust

    Nov 3 – Nov 4, 2026Best #3

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
    Nov 3, 2026Nov 4, 2026
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about crmne/zapfast, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 61 post

      • ZapTide: a native GTK4/libadwaita WhatsApp client for GNOME, written in Rust

        Read full on Reddit

        r/gnome

    2. Oct 41 post

      • hi carmine, was nice working with you on zapfast security. could you look into playback of live photos? i cannot see my friend's cat photos because they display as unsupported messages. thanks

        Read full on X, posted by @z1xus

        @z1xus · x.com

    3. 18 days earlier
    4. Sep 162 posts

      • ZapFast 拿 Rust 加 egui 写桌面 WhatsApp，底层走 whatsapp-rust 对接 Web 协议，跑在 Linux、macOS、Windows 三端，扫码或填手机号绑手机，历史消息同步下来塞进本地一个 SQLite 文件。

        Read full on X, posted by @QingQ77

        @QingQ77 · x.com

      • ZapFast is a lightweight native WhatsApp client for Linux, macOS, Windows. It opens under a second, 150MB RAM, voice notes, files ans is open-source Rust.

        Read full on X, posted by @rustaceans_rs

        @rustaceans_rs · x.com

    5. Sep 151 post2 posts

      • I built a lightweight WhatsApp desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux

        Read full on Reddit

        r/whatsapp

      • I built a native WhatsApp client for my Omarchy desktop

        Read full on Reddit

        r/omarchy

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