WAHA 2025.1 – PostgreSQL support, GOWS engine and More!

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We are thrilled to announce the changes we made during the WAHA 2025.1 release.

GOWS engine

Meet GOWS – a new, fast, super-reliable, and stable Engine for your WAHA instance!

GOWS engine does not require a browser to work with WhatsApp Web; it operates directly using a WebSocket.

It’s a new-generation engine written in Golang, intended as a future replacement for the NOWEB engine.

You can test it by setting the WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_ENGINE=GOWS environment variable:

docker run -it -e "WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_ENGINE=GOWS" devlikeapro/waha

Read more about GOWS; it doesn’t support all features yet, but we’re working on it!

PostgreSQL support

Now you can use PostgreSQL as a Storage solution for your WAHA instance!

It works with both Session Storage and Media Storage, supports all engines, and is available in WAHA Plus.

How to connect to your PostgreSQL instance?

Connect Session Storage:

docker run -p 3000:3000/tcp -it -e WHATSAPP_SESSIONS_POSTGRESQL_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable devlikeapro/waha-plus

• Set WHATSAPP_SESSIONS_POSTGRESQL_URL with your credentials and database name.

Connect Media Storage:

docker run -p 3000:3000/tcp -it -e WAHA_MEDIA_STORAGE=POSTGRESQL -e WAHA_MEDIA_POSTGRESQL_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable devlikeapro/waha-plus

• Set WAHA_MEDIA_POSTGRESQL_URL with your credentials and database name.
• Set WAHA_MEDIA_STORAGE=POSTGRESQL to enable PostgreSQL as a media storage.

You can use the same connection URL for WAHA_MEDIA_POSTGRESQL_URL and WHATSAPP_SESSIONS_POSTGRESQL_URL if you want to use the same database for both storages.

And More!

Check out the full WAHA 2025.1 Changelog for more details!