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  • Health score: 95/100.
  • Shipping score: 100/100.

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WPPConnect

WPPConnect is an open source project developed by the JavaScript community with the aim of exporting functions from WhatsApp Web to the node, which can be used to support the creation of any interaction, such as customer service, media sending, intelligence recognition based on phrases artificial and many other things, use your imagination

Active
Health87
Shipping78
Score88
Confidence100
Stars3.4k
ModeSource-visible project
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Gotify

A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui)

Active
Health80
Shipping73
Score81
Confidence89
Stars15.5k
ModeSource-visible project
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09

TextBee

open-source sms-gateway. turn any android phone into an sms gateway

Warning
Health71
Shipping67
Score77
Confidence100
Stars3k
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Hyvor Relay

✉️ Open-Source Email API for Developers. Self-hosted Alternative to SES, Mailgun, SendGrid.

Warning
Health74
Shipping36
Score69
Confidence100
Stars714
ModeSource-visible project
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