[MOD][THEME] WhatsApp desktop dark mode

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I know this is not related to mobile but thought I'd share this here with everyone.

I've been so sick of the eye burning light colored UI on WhatsApp desktop for so long and decided to come up with a dark mode myself. Here's a screenshot of the result.

Screenshot-small.png


It was very satisfying and thought this is worth sharing. Made a little installer script for both Windows and macOS and published it as an open-source project.
FYI, this is not a modded version of WhatsApp. It'll just modify the styling of your currently installed build of WhatsApp desktop. It's 100% safe and anybody's welcome to look through the source code and review.

Downloads and Instructions :
https://github.com/m4heshd/whatsapp-desktop-dark

Please note that this script won't work with microsoft store or app store version of WhatsApp desktop

Enjoy!!! :)
 
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Can not run the file in Mac, it's a text file. Why can't people leave proper instructions?
 
dmdelgado

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Error Windows

Hello thank you for making this dark mode I have been searching for something like this for a while!

Unfortunately I keep receiving this error.

Any idea why?
 
2uk3y

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name unreadable

thanks @m4heshd for this mod. everything look perfect except one... look the pic that i attach.
in group chat, name next to phone number unreadable. hope can fix this. :good:
thanks :fingers-crossed:
test.png
 
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dmdelgado said:
Hello thank you for making this dark mode I have been searching for something like this for a while!

Unfortunately I keep receiving this error.

Any idea why?
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Hi,
Thank you for trying this out. The error occurs because you have the windows store version of WhatsApp. You can find the issue on Github here.

https://github.com/m4heshd/whatsapp-desktop-dark/issues/3

As mentioned in the above issue, please try the direct download version from their web and let me know how it goes.
 
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2uk3y said:
thanks @m4heshd for this mod. everything look perfect except one... look the pic that i attach.
in group chat, name next to phone number unreadable. hope can fix this. :good:
thanks :fingers-crossed:
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Hi @2uk3y,

Thanks for trying this out. That's weird because I'm unable to reproduce this issue.

image.png


Can you check your WhatsApp version and let me know?
 
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Liftedcorn said:
Thank You so much ... Works perfectly and looks amazing !!!
Can you remove the white squares around emojis if possible ?
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Hi @Liftedcorn,

You're very welcome and thanks for trying this out.
Unfortunately emojis on the emoji tab are loaded to a canvas from one big JPG with a white background. So it's not fixable at all. I've tried. Really sorry about that.
 
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I get this message when trying to run it: 'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I'm using official Whatsapp desktop 0.3.4375 from the download page, not app store, using the windows x86/x64 version and my windows 10 is 64bit.
Any ideas?
 
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scoobyjenkins said:
I get this message when trying to run it: 'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I'm using official Whatsapp desktop 0.3.4375 from the download page, not app store, using the windows x86/x64 version and my windows 10 is 64bit.
Any ideas?
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Hi @scoobyjenkins,

Can you run the script again and post a screenshot of the output? Alternatively you can also start an issue on GitHub.
 
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m4heshd said:
It seems like NodeJS is looking for that PATH for the executable which isn't set by your OS. Please try this solution and let me know.

BTW you can also try to run the script directly from the source as mentioned in the documentation.
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That worked a treat, thanks! Entering the commands in cmd didn't do anything, but thankfully the more permanent solution via control panel worked right away.
 
2uk3y

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m4heshd said:
Oops. That seems to be a newer version. It looks like the windows version haven't received that update yet. Will release the theme update as soon as this WhatsApp update is available on both platforms. Thanks for reporting.
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that fine. yet still happy with this mod. thanks again, keep it up :good: :D
 
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    I know this is not related to mobile but thought I'd share this here with everyone.

    I've been so sick of the eye burning light colored UI on WhatsApp desktop for so long and decided to come up with a dark mode myself. Here's a screenshot of the result.

    Screenshot-small.png


    It was very satisfying and thought this is worth sharing. Made a little installer script for both Windows and macOS and published it as an open-source project.
    FYI, this is not a modded version of WhatsApp. It'll just modify the styling of your currently installed build of WhatsApp desktop. It's 100% safe and anybody's welcome to look through the source code and review.

    Downloads and Instructions :
    https://github.com/m4heshd/whatsapp-desktop-dark

    Please note that this script won't work with microsoft store or app store version of WhatsApp desktop

    Enjoy!!! :)
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    Liftedcorn said:
    Thank You so much ... Works perfectly and looks amazing !!!
    Can you remove the white squares around emojis if possible ?
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Hi @Liftedcorn,

    You're very welcome and thanks for trying this out.
    Unfortunately emojis on the emoji tab are loaded to a canvas from one big JPG with a white background. So it's not fixable at all. I've tried. Really sorry about that.
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