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Download TelegramBuddy

Free, runs on your own computer, and available in eight languages.

Download for macOSmacOS 12 or newer · Apple Silicon and IntelComing soon
Download for WindowsWindows 10 or newer · 64-bitComing soon

After downloading

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    Open the app. On the first run it asks for a Telegram api_id and api_hash.

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    Get them free at my.telegram.org under API development tools — it takes about two minutes and you only do it once.

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    Paste them in, then sign in with a QR code or your phone number.

Why does it ask for a key?

Telegram requires every app to register its own api_id, and it counts rate limits against that id. Giving each install its own key means one heavy user cannot slow down everybody else, and no single key can be banned out from under all of us. It identifies the app, not you.

Prefer to run it from source?

The app is Python and React. Clone it, install the requirements, and run it — the readme has the four commands.