telegramdesktop/tdesktop
Telegram Desktop messaging app
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #479 of 2,503 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 19%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 228 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #45 in the weekly ranking the week of Apr 5, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides the official Telegram messaging client for desktop platforms using the Telegram API and MTProto secure protocol.
- Delivers a multi-platform, open-source desktop messenger with strong encryption and seamless synchronization across devices.
- Use for secure, real-time messaging on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktops with full Telegram feature support.
- Use for developers needing to build or customize a desktop client based on Telegram's open-source C++ codebase.
- Use for users requiring a portable, privacy-focused messaging app that supports large group chats and media sharing.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the official Telegram messenger desktop client, based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol.
The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception, the license is available here.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
7.4K+467
Open issues
996-37
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| stablyai/orca | 93.5K | +5.4K | 60 | 3 days ago |
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| repowise-dev/repowise | 7.8K | +544 | 40 | today |
| telegramdesktop/tdesktop | 33.2K | +0 | 75 | 4 days ago |
| Category median | 81.8K | +814 | 75 | — |
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