Create your open-wa project

Choose your setup, copy one command, then link WhatsApp. You’ll need Node.js 22.21.1 or newer.

Your setup command

npm init @open-wa@latest my-bot -- --mode easy-api --language js --browser auto --plugins none --yes

Run this in your terminal. It creates your project with the choices shown here.

cd my-botnpm start

File preview 5 files

import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';

if (existsSync('.env')) process.loadEnvFile('.env');

export default {
  sessionId: "my-bot",
  host: '127.0.0.1',
  apiKey: process.env.WA_API_KEY || undefined,
  browser: { source: 'auto' },
};

These are the same templates used by the terminal wizard. Edit the generated files to make the project your own.