WhatsApp Clone Tool

A Python utility for creating customized clones of WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business applications by modifying package names and resources in decompiled APK files.

Termux: Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android

Tutorial YouTube (Click Image below to view)

📋 Overview

This tool allows you to create modified clones of WhatsApp applications by replacing package names and resource references in .smali and .xml files from a decompiled APK. It supports both regular WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business applications.

✨ Features

• Creates customized clones of WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business
• Supports automatic or custom package naming
• Multi-threaded processing for faster execution
• Interactive mode with rich text interface (when using the rich library)
• Comprehensive logging and progress tracking

🔧 Prerequisites

• Python 3.x or higher
• Decompiled WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business APK (using APKTool or similar)

Termux

pkg install python git -y

📚 Required Libraries

pip install tqdm rich

📥 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Towartz/wa-clone.git

2. Navigate to the directory:

   cd wa-clone

🚀 Usage

Step 1: Decompile WhatsApp APK

Before using this tool, you need to decompile a WhatsApp APK file:

Using APKTool (Command Line):

apktool d path/to/whatsapp.apk -o whatsapp_decompiled

Using ApkToolM (Android App):

1. Open ApkToolM
2. Click on the APK file
3. Select "Decompile" option
4. Choose "Decompile all resources and all classes.dex"

Step 2: Run the Cloning Tool

Interactive Mode (Recommended for beginners):

python whatsapp_clone.py

Follow the on-screen prompts to select options.

Command Line Mode:

python whatsapp_clone.py [folder_path] [options]

Command Line Arguments

Argument	Description
folder	Path to the decompiled WhatsApp folder
--whatsapp-type	Type of WhatsApp: 1 = WhatsApp, 2 = WhatsApp Business
--mode	Operation mode: 1 = Auto (default package names), 2 = Custom
--package	New package name without 'com' (Required with --mode 2)
--name	New folder name (Required with --mode 2)
--workers	Number of worker threads (Default: 4)
-h, --help	Display help message

Examples

Run interactively:

python whatsapp_clone.py

Process WhatsApp with default settings:

python whatsapp_clone.py ./whatsapp_decompiled --whatsapp-type 1 --mode 1

Process WhatsApp with custom package name:

python whatsapp_clone.py ./whatsapp_decompiled --whatsapp-type 1 --mode 2 --package mywhatsapp --name MyWhatsApp

Process WhatsApp Business with 8 worker threads:

python whatsapp_clone.py ./whatsapp_decompiled --whatsapp-type 2 --mode 1 --workers 8

Step 3: Recompile the Modified APK

After running the tool, you need to recompile the modified code back into an APK:

Using APKTool:

apktool b whatsapp_decompiled -o modified_whatsapp.apk

Using ApkToolM:

1. Select the modified folder
2. Choose "Build"
3. Wait for the build process to complete

Step 4: Sign the APK

The recompiled APK needs to be signed before it can be installed:

Using APK Signer tools like APK Signer or ZipSigner

⚠️ Important Notes

• This tool is for educational purposes only
• For Cloning WhatsApp Business (com.whatsapp.w4b) still have bug

🔄 Workflow Summary

1. Decompile WhatsApp/WhatsApp Business APK → Get decompiled folder
2. Run WhatsApp Clone Tool → Get modified decompiled folder
3. Recompile modified folder → Get unsigned APK
4. Sign the APK → Get installable APK

🤝 Credits

• Original script ported from .bat and .ps1 scripts
• Python version by YouTube@66XZD (デキ)