Waxum
Waxum is a WhatsApp REST API gateway written in Rust, shipped as a single native binary. Multi-session, multi-database (SQLite/Postgres/MySQL), 130+ REST endpoints: text/image/video/audio/document/sticker/location/contact/poll messages, reactions, scheduled and bulk (blast) sending, voice/video calls, HMAC-signed webhooks, JWT/Bearer auth, full-text message search, Swagger docs, and Prometheus metrics.
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- In your Dokploy panel, open a project and click Create Service → Template.
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