Open-source alternatives to Telegram

Free, open-source, downloadable replacements for Telegram

Tdesktop

Official Telegram desktop client. — Telegram Desktop messaging app

alternative to Telegram

33.3k+18/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailtelegramdesktop/tdesktop

macOS Windows Linux

Unigram

Telegram client for Windows with UWP and WinUI. — Telegram for Windows

alternative to Telegram

5.5k+3/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailUnigramDev/Unigram

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Nekogram

Third-party Telegram client for Android. — Open-source third-party Telegram client with not many but useful modifications.

alternative to Telegram

4k+2/dayGNU General Public License v2.0Chat & mailNekogram/Nekogram

Android

Chatgpt TelegramCLI

ChatGPT bot for Telegram messaging — Run your own GPTChat Telegram bot, with a single command!

alternative to Telegram

3.9kMIT LicenseChat & mailm1guelpf/chatgpt-telegram

macOS Windows Linux

Nagram

A third-party Telegram client for Android. — The third-party Telegram android app.

alternative to Telegram

3.5k+1/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailNextAlone/Nagram

Android

Telegram FOSS

Unofficial FOSS fork of Telegram for Android — Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android

alternative to Telegram

3.3k+1/dayGNU General Public License v2.0Chat & mailTelegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS

Android

Fluffychat

The cutest Matrix instant messenger — The cutest instant messenger in the [matrix]

alternative to Telegram、Signal

3.2k+8/dayGNU Affero General Public License v3.0Chat & mailkrille-chan/fluffychat

Windows Linux Android

Tweb

A web client for Telegram messaging. — Telegram Web K, GPL v3

alternative to Telegram

2.7k+1/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailmorethanwords/tweb

Web

Telegram React

Experimental Telegram web client built with React and TDLib. — Experimental Telegram web client with tdlib, webassembly and react js under the hood

alternative to Telegram

2.6k+1/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailevgeny-nadymov/telegram-react

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Dino

Modern XMPP chat client for Linux. — Modern XMPP ("Jabber") Chat Client using GTK/Vala

alternative to Telegram

2.5kGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & maildino/dino

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Teamgram ServerCLI

Self-hosted MTProto server compatible with Telegram clients. — Unofficial open source mtproto server written in golang with compatible telegram client.

alternative to Telegram

2.3k+1/dayApache License 2.0Chat & mailteamgram/teamgram-server

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A deprecated macOS client for Telegram. — Source code of deprecated Telegram for macos version

alternative to Telegram

1.8kGNU General Public License v2.0Chat & mailovertake/telegram

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Cherrygram

Third-party Telegram client for Android

alternative to Telegram

1.5kGNU General Public License v2.0Chat & mailarsLan4k1390/Cherrygram

Android

ExteraGram

Third-party Telegram client for Android. — Telegram client based on Android sources with new features

alternative to Telegram

1.4kGNU General Public License v2.0Chat & mailexteraSquad/exteraGram

Android

Paper Plane

A modern Telegram client for GNOME. — Chat over Telegram on a modern and elegant client

alternative to Telegram

1.1k+1/dayGNU General Public License v3.0Chat & mailpaper-plane-developers/paper-plane

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