The ultimate tool to automate telegram message forwarding.

The key features are:

1. Two modes of operation are past or live for dealing with either existing or upcoming messages.
2. Supports login with both telegram bot account as well as user account.
3. Custom filter replace watermark ocr and whatever you need !
4. Detailed docs 📚 + Video tutorial + Fast help in discussion forum 😎.
5. If you are a python developer, writing plugins 🔌 is like stealing candy from a baby.

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

Click on your platform of choice for a more detailed guide.

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.

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.

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.

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

Other options

• Python Anywhere
• Google Cloud Run
• Scheduled using GitHub Actions

• First of all read the wiki and watch the videos to get started.
• Search your problem everywhere !
• 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.

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

Also read:

• How to write a plugin for tgcf
• Package management with Poetry
• Telethon documentation

If you are not a developer, you may also contribute financially to incentivise the development of any custom feature you need.