Telegram Apps

On this page you can find Telegram apps for every platform and links to their open source code.

Mobile apps

Desktop apps

• Telegram for Windows/Mac/Linux


• Telegram for macOS

Web apps

• Telegram Web-version


• Telegram Chrome app


• Telegram React

Telegram Database Library (TDLib)

• TDLib – a cross-platform client designed to facilitate creating custom apps on the Telegram platform.


• Telegram X for Android – a slick experimental Telegram client based on TDLib.

Unofficial apps

Source code

For the moment we are focusing on open sourcing the things that allow developers to quickly build something using our API. We have published the code for our Android, iOS, web and desktop apps (Win, macOS and Linux) as well as the Telegram Database Library.

This code allows security researchers to fully evaluate our end-to-end encryption implementation.

Cross-platform library for building custom Telegram apps, see TDLib for details.
Licensed under Boost 1.0.
GitHub »

Official Android App, see Google Play Market page for full description.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 2 or later.
GitHub »
Download APK File »

Licensed under GNU GPL v. 2 or later.
GitHub »

Native macOS client.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 2.
GitHub »

Javascript client for browsers. Mac, Windows, Linux.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 3.
GitHub »

Javascript client for browsers. Mac, Windows, Linux.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 3.
GitHub »

Qt-based desktop client. Mac, Windows, Linux.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 3.
GitHub »

Licensed under GNU GPL v. 2 or later.
GitHub »

Unofficial apps

Linux Command-line interface for Telegram.
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 2.
GitHub »

A Telegram client optimized for Windows 10 (desktop and Xbox One).
Licensed under GNU GPL v. 3 or later.
GitHub »

A PHP MTProto Telegram client.
Licensed under GNU AGPL v. 3
GitHub »

Contact for security researchers

If you find any issues with Telegram apps and protocol, or have any questions about our implementation of security features, kindly contact us at security@telegram.org.