Show HN: Fiwano – Unified API for WhatsApp, Instagram DM and Facebook Messenger
Fiwano provides a unified API that allows developers to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram DM, and Facebook Messenger through a single connection, eliminating the need to manage separate Meta tokens or developer dashboard configurations. The project, shared on GitHub, aims to simplify building AI assistants, CRMs, and automations that handle direct messages across these platforms.
Background
Fiwano is a startup offering a unified API that lets developers integrate WhatsApp, Instagram DM, and Facebook Messenger through a single endpoint — instead of building separate integrations for each Meta-owned channel, which normally requires navigating Meta's complex developer portal and obtaining individual tokens. The "cookbook" on GitHub is its documentation, designed to be easy to use with AI coding assistants. This matters because many businesses (e.g. e-commerce, customer support, AI assistants) need to handle messages across all three platforms, and Meta's APIs for these channels have different quirks, rate limits, and authentication flows. Fiwano positions itself as a "proxy" layer that abstracts those differences away. The project is currently in early stage (Show HN = a "show and tell" post on Hacker News where founders share their work for feedback).