9 alternatives to tdesktop
telegramdesktop/tdesktop — Telegram Desktop messaging app (33,323 stars, GPL-3.0, ui, chat, files).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It does not serve code from telegramdesktop/tdesktop itself (licence class: strong-copyleft), so these alternatives are the licence-cleared route.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grinev/opencode-telegram-bot | 6.8 | MIT | 1,280 |
| 2 | emreturkmencom/antigravity-telegram-suite | 5.2 | MIT | 186 |
| 3 | alexander-akhmetov/python-telegram | 4.6 | MIT | 724 |
| 4 | telegram-bot-rb/telegram-bot | 7.2 | MIT | 676 |
| 5 | pengrad/java-telegram-bot-api | 4.3 | Apache-2.0 | 1,958 |
| 6 | telegram-mini-apps/tma.js | 4.9 | MIT | 1,208 |
| 7 | skydependence/tgdrive | 4.5 | MIT | 465 |
| 8 | yagop/node-telegram-bot-api | 5.0 | MIT | 9,215 |
| 9 | sindresorhus/caprine | 1.9 | MIT | 7,404 |
The alternatives in detail
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OpenCode mobile client via Telegram: run and monitor AI coding tasks from your phone while everything runs locally on your machine. OpenCode V2 support.score 6.8/10 · MIT permissive · 1,280 stars · 261 components · search them
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Antigravity Telegram bot — remote-control your AI agent via Telegram. Chat, switch models, orchestrate multi-agent workflows, and manage workspaces from your phone.score 5.2/10 · MIT permissive · 186 stars · 31 components · search them
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Python client for the Telegram's tdlibscore 4.6/10 · MIT permissive · 724 stars · 7 components · search them
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Ruby gem for building Telegram Bot with optional Rails integrationscore 7.2/10 · MIT permissive · 676 stars · 34 components · search them
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Telegram Bot API for Javascore 4.3/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 1,958 stars · 462 components · search them
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Made from scratch TypeScript packages, examples and documentation you will surely need to start developing on Telegram Mini Apps.score 4.9/10 · MIT permissive · 1,208 stars · 88 components · search them
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一款基于telegram bot的文件上传、分享、图床、网盘系统score 4.5/10 · MIT permissive · 465 stars · 83 components · search them
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Telegram Bot API for NodeJSscore 5.0/10 · MIT permissive · 9,215 stars · 39 components · search them
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Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop appscore 1.9/10 · MIT permissive · 7,404 stars · 16 components · search them
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