Whatsie 6.0.3

A small maintenance release with drag-and-drop fixes and diagnostics improvements.

What's new

Drag-and-drop is clearer. While you drag files over an open chat, Whatsie now shows a "Drop files to send" hint, and when a dropped file can't be attached — for example a file the Flatpak/Snap sandbox isn't allowed to read (anything in /tmp, external drives, or folders outside Downloads/Pictures) — it now tells you why instead of doing nothing. Files from shared folders attach exactly as before.
Tray tooltip now reads "Whatsie" instead of "WhatsApp".
Bug reports include the CPU architecture in the diagnostics, making arch-specific issues easier to triage.

⬇️ Install / update

Linux

# Snap — any distro with snapd
sudo snap install whatsie          # first install
sudo snap refresh whatsie          # update

# Flatpak — from Flathub
flatpak install flathub com.ktechpit.whatsie   # first install
flatpak update com.ktechpit.whatsie            # update

# Arch Linux (AUR) — builds from source
yay -S whatsie      # or: paru -S whatsie

AppImage and a self-contained .deb (Qt bundled, installs on any modern Debian/Ubuntu) are attached to this release:

# AppImage
chmod +x whatsie-*.AppImage && ./whatsie-*.AppImage

# .deb (bundled Qt, installs to /opt)
sudo apt install ./whatsie_6.0.3_amd64.deb

Windows (x64)

Download from the assets below (Windows 10/11, 64-bit; bundles its own Qt runtime):

whatsie-6.0.3-x64.msi — installer (Start Menu + Desktop shortcuts, in-place upgrades)
whatsie-6.0.3-windows-x64.zip — portable, no install required

Notes for sandboxed builds

Drag-and-drop can only read files from folders the sandbox exposes (Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, Desktop). This is a limitation of how the Linux sandbox handles drops — not specific to Whatsie — so files in /tmp or on external drives should be attached with the paperclip / attach button instead.

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