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Telegram FOSS

Chat with friends, start group chats and share all kinds of content. All of your messages and conversations are stored in Telegram's cloud.

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  • Android
  • F-Droid
  • OpenAPK
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Cloud Sync
  2.  Self Destructing Messages
  3.  Unlimited storage
  4.  Multiple Account support
  5.  Two-factor Authentication
  6.  Automatic Backup
  7.  End-to-End Encryption
  8.  Dark Mode
  9.  Ad-free
  10.  Encrypted Backup
  11.  Support for @mentions
  12.  Secret chats
  13.  Secure Chat
  14.  Encrypted Chat

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Backup & Sync, Social & Communications, Security & Privacy, File Sharing

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  •  3,309 Stars
  •  450 Forks
  •  278 Open Issues
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What is Telegram FOSS?

Chat with friends, start group chats and share all kinds of content. All of your messages and conversations are stored in Telegram's cloud.

The messaging platform is aimed at mobile devices, but desktop and web clients exist as well.

Several proprietary parts were removed from the original Telegram client, including Google Play Services for the location services, HockeySDK for self-updates and push notifications through Google Cloud Messaging. Location sharing functionality is restored using OpenStreetMap.

The official source code of the app contains binary blobs, so this tracks a fork which builds those from source. Hence, versions might become available with a certain lag.