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telegram-mcp MCP Server

Name: chigwell/telegram-mcp
Rating: 4.1 (1 reviews)
Author: chigwell

chigwell/telegram-mcp

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Telegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings.

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Overview

chigwell/telegram-mcp is a Python MCP server licensed under Apache-2.0. Telegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings. Topics: admin, api, chat-management, contacts, groups, mcp, media, messaging, search, telegram, telegram-api, telegram-client, telethon.

Ranked #2568 out of 24846 indexed tools.

Has 1,812 GitHub stars.

Has 73 contributors.

Ecosystem

Python Apache-2.0 33 pypi/wk

adminapichat-managementcontactsgroupsmcpmediamessagingsearchtelegramtelegram-apitelegram-clienttelethon

Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 1,812

1,812 stars → well-known project

Freshness 25% 14d ago

Last commit 14d ago → recently updated

Issue Health 25% 58%

35/60 issues closed → decent issue management

Contributors 10% 73

73 contributors → active community

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

npm Downloads N/A

PyPI Downloads 13% 33/wk

33 weekly installs → early adoption

Forks 467

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License Apache-2.0

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Stars: 1,812
Forks: 467
Open Issues: 25
Closed Issues: 35
Contributors: 73
Dependents: —
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last Commit: 14d ago

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From the README

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A Telegram integration for Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients. It exposes Telegram account, chat, message, contact, media, folder, and admin operations through the [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) using [Telethon](https://docs.telethon.dev/).

## 🤖 MCP in Action

Basic Telegram MCP usage in Claude:

Asking Claude to analyze chat history and send a response:

Message sent successfully:

## Contents

- [What It Can Do](#what-it-can-do)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [MCP Client Configuration](#mcp-client-configuration)
- [Multi-Account Setup](#multi-account-setup)
- [Device Identity](#device-identity)
- [Proxy Support](#proxy-support)
- [File Path Security](#file-path-security)
- [Chat Access Privacy (Allowlist)](#chat-access-privacy-allowlist)
- [Docker](#docker)
- [Development](#development)
- [Security Notes](#security-notes)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [License](#lice

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