tgcf

The ultimate tool to automate custom telegram message forwarding.

Live-syncer, Auto-poster, backup-bot, cloner, chat-forwarder, duplicator, ...

Call it whatever you like! tgcf can fulfill your custom needs.

Videos

The following videos (english) explain everything in great detail.

Feature Overview
Running on Windows/Mac/Linux
Running on Android
Deploy to Digital Ocean Droplet

Supported environments

Linux
Mac
Windows (Running Ubuntu on top of WSL-2)
Android (Using Termux app)
Any Linux VPS

Install and Run

If you want to use tgcf for free, then run on your own desktop or mobile computer.

Make sure you are on a supported environment and have python:3.10 or above, installed.

Create a directory and move into it.
```
mkdir my-tgcf
cd my-tgcf
```
Create a python virtual environment and activate it.
```
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
```
Install tgcf using pip
```
pip install tgcf
tgcf --version
```
Set the password for accessing web interface. The password is to be set in the .env file.
```
echo "PASSWORD=hocus pocus qwerty utopia" >> .env
```
Set your own password, instead of whats given above.

Security advice:
- Please make sure the password has more than 16 characters.
- You can save your password in any password manager (may be of browser) to autofill password everytime.
Start the web-server.
```
tgcf-web
```

To run tgcf without the web-ui read about tgcf cli.

If you are planning to use watermarking and ocr features within tgcf, you need to install ffmpeg and tesseract-ocr libraries in you system. Read more.

Deploy to Cloud

Click on this link and get free 200$ on Digital Ocean.

NOTE You will get nothing if you directly sign up from Digital Ocean Home Page. Use the link above, or click on the big fat button above to get free 200$.

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.

Here are some guides for deployment to different cloud providers.

Getting Help

First of all read the wiki and watch the videos to get started.
Type your question in GitHub's Search bar on the top left of this page, and click "In this repository". Go through the issues, discussions and wiki pages that appear in the result. Try re-wording your query a few times before you give up.
If your question does not already exist, feel free to ask your questions in the Discussion forum. Please avoid duplicates.
For reporting bugs or requesting a new feature please use the issue tracker of the repo.

Contributing

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

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