🕵️‍♂️ WhatsApp Beacon (OSINT Tracker)

WhatsApp Beacon tracks when specific WhatsApp contacts go online and stores every completed session in SQLite. It can export to Excel, generate a polished analytics dashboard, and run fully headless once the session is authenticated.

Disclaimer: This tool is for educational and research purposes only. Do not use it for stalking or any illegal activities.

✨ Features

• PyPI install: pip install whatsapp-osint gets you the package fast.
• One-command installer: clone, create a local .venv, install the package, and verify the browser setup.
• Best-effort Linux bootstrap: if Git, Python, or Chrome/Chromium are missing, the installer will try to install them with sudo.
• Automated browser driver resolution: Selenium Manager handles matching drivers, with manual override flags if you need them.
• Headless tracking: authenticate once, then run quietly in the background.
• SQLite session history: every finished online session is stored locally.
• Excel export: turn the database into History_wp.xlsx.
• Advanced analytics dashboard: generate a static HTML report with filters, heatmaps, leaderboards, and recent-session views.

🚀 Installation

Install from PyPI

python3 -m pip install whatsapp-osint

The package installs 2 equivalent entry points:

• whatsapp-osint
• whatsapp-beacon

One-click installer from GitHub

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jasperan/whatsapp-osint/master/install.sh | bash

What it does:

• clones or updates the repo into ./whatsapp-osint
• creates ./whatsapp-osint/.venv
• installs the package and the whatsapp-beacon command
• on Linux, uses sudo when needed to install missing system packages and Chrome/Chromium
• verifies that a browser binary is available before it finishes

If you want a custom location:

PROJECT_DIR=/opt/whatsapp-osint curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jasperan/whatsapp-osint/master/install.sh | bash

git clone https://github.com/jasperan/whatsapp-osint.git
cd whatsapp-osint
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

▶️ Run it

If you installed from PyPI:

whatsapp-osint -u "John Doe"

whatsapp-osint and whatsapp-beacon run the same CLI. The rest of the examples keep using whatsapp-beacon.

If you used the GitHub installer:

cd whatsapp-osint
source .venv/bin/activate
whatsapp-beacon -u "John Doe"

If you do not want to activate the venv first:

./whatsapp-osint/.venv/bin/whatsapp-beacon -u "John Doe"

First run

The first run must authenticate with WhatsApp Web.

• Non-headless is the easiest path. Scan the QR code once, then the saved browser profile will be reused.
• Headless also works. If the session is not authenticated yet, the tool will save a QR screenshot to qrcode.png.

Example:

whatsapp-beacon -u "Maria" --headless

📊 Advanced analytics

Generate a static HTML dashboard from the collected SQLite history:

whatsapp-beacon --analytics

By default, the report is written to:

analytics/index.html

Custom output path:

whatsapp-beacon --analytics --analytics-output reports/contact-dashboard.html

Once generated, open it in your browser:

xdg-open analytics/index.html
# or on macOS
open analytics/index.html

The dashboard includes:

• top-level KPIs
• per-contact leaderboard
• daily online-time bars
• weekday/hour heatmap
• duration distribution
• recent sessions and longest sessions tables
• live filtering by contact inside the page

🖼️ Screenshots

First-run WhatsApp Web authentication flow

Advanced analytics dashboard overview

Captured from a demo dataset generated through the built-in analytics exporter.

Advanced analytics dashboard filtered to a single contact

Same dashboard, narrowed to one contact to show the live filter state.

⚙️ Command line arguments

⚙️ Configuration

You can keep defaults in config.yaml:

username: "Target Name"
language: "en"
headless: false
excel: false
browser: "chrome"
log_level: "INFO"
data_dir: "data"
chrome_binary_path: null

📦 Output

• Logs: logs/whatsapp_beacon.log
• Database: data/victims_logs.db
• Excel export: History_wp.xlsx
• Analytics report: analytics/index.html by default
• Saved WhatsApp profile: data/chrome_profile

🔧 Troubleshooting

cannot find Chrome binary

The installer now tries to fix this automatically on Linux. If your distro keeps the browser in a weird place, launch with an explicit path:

whatsapp-beacon -u "John Doe" --chrome-binary-path /full/path/to/browser

Useful checks:

which google-chrome google-chrome-stable chromium chromium-browser
whatsapp-beacon --help

Username is required

Tracking mode needs a contact name:

whatsapp-beacon -u "John Doe"

Analytics mode does not:

whatsapp-beacon --analytics

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Fork it, build what you need, and send a PR.

📜 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

🙌 Credits

Original concept developed in 2019. Revamped in 2025 for better performance and usability.