If you follow a lot of Telegram channels, the unread counter becomes the job. The plan for TelegramBuddy’s feed aggregator is simple: combine Telegram channels into one feed by copying new posts from the channels you choose into a single channel you own, so you scroll one stream in order instead of opening twenty chats. This is coming to TelegramBuddy and is not built yet — join the waitlist below for early access.
Everything on this page describes how the service is intended to work. Details may change before it launches, and there is no release date.
What the feed aggregator will do
When it launches, you’ll be able to set up a rule with three parts:
- Sources — a list of channels or groups you are already a member of, or a whole Telegram folder.
- Optional processing — filters and clean-up applied on the way through, such as keeping only posts with certain words or dropping posts that are mostly links.
- Destination — one channel or group you own, which becomes your personal Telegram feed.
New posts from every source will arrive in the destination as they are published, interleaved by time. The result reads like a Telegram news aggregator you built yourself: the channels you picked, in the order things happened, in one place.
Who it is for
- News readers who follow several outlets and want one timeline rather than a dozen badges.
- Researchers and analysts tracking a topic across many channels, who want a single place to scroll, search and pin.
- Teams that want the channels relevant to their work gathered into a private group everyone can read.
- Anyone tidying up — people who have joined far more channels than they can keep up with and would rather merge Telegram channels than mute them one by one.
How it will work
- Create a destination. Make a private channel (or group) in Telegram. This is where the feed will land.
- Pick your sources. Choose channels from your chat list, or point the rule at a Telegram folder so anything you add to that folder later joins the feed too.
- Add optional filters. Narrow the stream by keyword, media type or author. The keyword filter service is planned to plug into the same rules.
- Choose how posts arrive. Copy each post as it appears, or group quieter channels into a periodic digest. An AI summary option is also on the roadmap for channels you want condensed rather than copied in full.
- Turn the rule on. From then on, new posts will be delivered to your feed from your own account.
Details that matter
It runs from your own account. Like the rest of TelegramBuddy, the aggregator is designed around your own Telegram login, not a bot. That means it can only read channels you can already see, including private ones you have joined. Where exactly the rules run — on your computer or elsewhere — is not final yet, so we are not promising round-the-clock delivery on this page.
Folder forwarding. Telegram folders are already how many people organise channels. Using a folder as a source means you manage the feed in Telegram itself: add a channel to the folder and it joins the feed.
Source labels. Each post in the feed is intended to show which channel it came from, so the merged stream never loses context.
Restricted channels stay out. Some channels switch on “Restrict saving content”. That setting means the owner does not want posts to leave the channel, and the aggregator will respect it. If you want that content in a shared feed, ask the owner. Only copy content you have the right to.
Duplicates. When several channels repost the same thing, you will want to see it once. Duplicate handling is part of the design; how aggressive it should be is one of the things we will settle with early users.
How it compares to the usual options
| Reading channels one by one | Forwarding bots and cloud services | TelegramBuddy feed aggregator (planned) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One timeline | No | Yes | Yes |
| Private channels you have joined | Yes | Often not, unless the bot is added | Yes, from your own account |
| Uses your folders | Yes, for browsing only | Rarely | Planned, as a source |
| Filters and digests | No | Varies | Planned |
Telegram’s own folders are good for organising a chat list, but they do not produce a single stream. Bots can merge channels, but they usually need to be added to each source or rely on someone else’s account and server. The aggregator is meant to sit between the two: your account, your channels, one feed.
What works today
The feed aggregator is not available yet, but the TelegramBuddy desktop app already works with the same channels. You can download videos and other media from a channel in bulk, or export a whole chat to a readable HTML page or JSON. If you want the posts themselves rather than a feed, the guide on downloading all videos from a Telegram channel shows how that works now.
Get early access
If one feed instead of twenty chats sounds right, add your email to the waitlist below. We will let you know when the feed aggregator is ready to try.