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Port details
py-zapzap WhatsApp desktop application written in PyQt6
6.2.4 net-im on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 6.2.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: nivit@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-08-08 14:03:04
Last Update: 2025-11-14 08:55:36
Commit Hash: 8ea83e9
Also Listed In: python
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://rtosta.com/zapzap/
Description:
ZapZap brings the WhatsApp experience on Linux/FreeBSD closer to that of a native application. Since Meta does not provide a public API for third-party applications, ZapZap is developed as a Progressive Web Application.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zapzap>0:net-im/py-zapzap@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/net-im/py-zapzap/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install net-im/py-zapzap
  • pkg install py311-zapzap
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py311-zapzap listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py311-zapzap
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py311: py311-zapzap
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1763108265 SHA256 (rafatosta-zapzap-6.2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 2962258dd605ded1d509e9fe8b0f62891d081b88aba919ce6d90c1b7677b3898 SIZE (rafatosta-zapzap-6.2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 950363

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
py311-zapzap
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest6.2.1--6.2.16.2.3.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly6.2.16.2.1--6.2.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest6.2.16.2.3.1--6.2.3.1---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly6.2.1---6.2.1---
FreeBSD:15:latest-6.2.3.1n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly6.2.1-n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-6.2.3.1n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. py311-setuptools>=63.1.0 : devel/py-setuptools@py311
  2. py311-wheel>=0.45.1 : devel/py-wheel@py311
  3. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  4. py311-qt6-webengine>=6.9.0 : www/py-qt6-webengine@py311
  5. python3.11 : lang/python311
  6. py311-build>=0 : devel/py-build@py311
  7. py311-installer>=0 : devel/py-installer@py311
Test dependencies:
  1. py311-qt6-webengine>=6.9.0 : www/py-qt6-webengine@py311
  2. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies:
  1. py311-dbus>=1.3.2 : devel/py-dbus@py311
  2. py311-python-gettext>=3.0 : textproc/py-python-gettext@py311
  3. update-desktop-database : devel/desktop-file-utils
  4. py311-qt6-webengine>=6.9.0 : www/py-qt6-webengine@py311
  5. python3.11 : lang/python311
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
net-im_py-zapzap
USES:
desktop-file-utils pyqt:6 python
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Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
6.2.4
14 Nov 2025 08:55:36
commit hash: 8ea83e9b36f01ecc2f2aef5adffc9eca5924d87acommit hash: 8ea83e9b36f01ecc2f2aef5adffc9eca5924d87acommit hash: 8ea83e9b36f01ecc2f2aef5adffc9eca5924d87acommit hash: 8ea83e9b36f01ecc2f2aef5adffc9eca5924d87a files touched by this commit
Nicola Vitale (nivit) search for other commits by this committer
net-im/py-zapzap: Update to 6.2.4

Release changes:	https://github.com/rafatosta/zapzap/compare/6.2.3.1...6.2.4
Reported by:	Rafael Tosta <notifications@github.com>
6.2.3.1
11 Nov 2025 09:46:02
commit hash: 45b2a34a2f7cff073bc7da61968be1fe8cfabe74commit hash: 45b2a34a2f7cff073bc7da61968be1fe8cfabe74commit hash: 45b2a34a2f7cff073bc7da61968be1fe8cfabe74commit hash: 45b2a34a2f7cff073bc7da61968be1fe8cfabe74 files touched by this commit
Nicola Vitale (nivit) search for other commits by this committer
net-im/py-zapzap: Update to 6.2.3.1

- Add a post-patch target to fix the distribution version, otherwise
  the installation fails with the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/installer/__main__.py", line 98,
in <module>
    _main(sys.argv[1:], "python -m installer")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/installer/__main__.py", line 86,
in _main
    with WheelFile.open(args.wheel) as source:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__
    return next(self.gen)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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6.2.1
12 Sep 2025 15:49:16
commit hash: d176d2674f14d5ee507b5e3e73ab9ed94af42de5commit hash: d176d2674f14d5ee507b5e3e73ab9ed94af42de5commit hash: d176d2674f14d5ee507b5e3e73ab9ed94af42de5commit hash: d176d2674f14d5ee507b5e3e73ab9ed94af42de5 files touched by this commit
Nicola Vitale (nivit) search for other commits by this committer
net-im/py-zapzap: Update to 6.2.1

- Convert to PEP517
- Add www/py-qt6-webengine to build dependencies [1]
  (see
https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy16/data/135amd64-default/bc9fd43343a9/logs/py311-zapzap-6.2.log
)
- Update list of build|run dependencies

Release changes:	https://github.com/rafatosta/zapzap/releases/tag/6.2.1
Reported by:	Rafael Tosta <notifications@github.com>, pkg-fallout [1]
6.2
08 Aug 2025 13:58:33
commit hash: e441aa872dd926b951fbba1e529b32115612318ccommit hash: e441aa872dd926b951fbba1e529b32115612318ccommit hash: e441aa872dd926b951fbba1e529b32115612318ccommit hash: e441aa872dd926b951fbba1e529b32115612318c files touched by this commit
Nicola Vitale (nivit) search for other commits by this committer
net-im/py-zapzap: Add new port

ZapZap brings the WhatsApp experience on Linux/FreeBSD closer to that of a
native application. Since Meta does not provide a public API for third-party
applications, ZapZap is developed as a Progressive Web Application.

https://rtosta.com/zapzap/

Number of commits found: 4