Python program to automate custom telegram chat forwarding

tgcf

The ultimate tool to automate telegram message forwarding.

You can forward messages from a source chat to a destination chat. You can configure tgcf to do exactly what you need.

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The key features are:

Two modes of operation are past or live for dealing with either existing or upcoming messages.
Supports login with both telegram bot account as well as user account.
Custom filter replace watermark ocr and whatever you need !
Detailed docs 📚 + Video tutorial + Help from community in discussion forum 😎.
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Run Locally 🔥

Note: Make sure you have Python 3.8 or above installed. Go to python.org to download python.

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Platform	Supported
Windows	✅
Mac	✅
Linux	✅
Android	✅

If you are familiar with Docker, you may go that way for an easier life.

Open your terminal and run the following commands.

pip install --upgrade tgcf

To check if the installation succeeded, run

tgcf --version

If you see an error, that means installation failed.

Configuration 🛠️

Configuring tgcf is easy. You just need two files in your present directory (from which tgcf is invoked).

.env : To define your environment variables easily.
tgcf.config.yml : An yaml file to configure how tgcf behaves.

Start `tgcf` ✨

In your terminal, just run tgcf live or tgcf past to start tgcf. It will prompt you to enter your phone no. or bot token, when you run it for the first time.

For more details run tgcf --help or read docs.

Run on Cloud 🌩️

Deploying to a cloud server is an easier alternative if you cannot install on your own machine. Cloud servers are very reliable and great for running tgcf in live mode for a long time.

Platform	Pros	Cons
	free for 450 hr/mo	can't use tgcf in past mode
	speed and reliability	starts from $5/mo
	easily edit config file	only 50 hr/mo free

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Getting Help 💁🏻

First of all read the wiki and watch the videos to get started.
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Feel free to ask your questions in the Discussion forum.
For reporting bugs or requesting a feature please use the issue tracker for this repo.

Contributing 🙏

PRs most welcome! Read the contributing guidelines to get started.