Transfer messages and files from Telegram to your Obsidian vault. You can easily save text, voice transcripts, images and other files from your Telegram chats to Obsidian for further processing and organization.
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- Synchronize text messages and files
- Save messages as individual notes or append to an existing note
- Transcript voices and video notes (for Telegram Premium subscribers only)
- Use customizable templates for new notes
- Set folders for new notes and files
- Automatically format text messages with markdown
- Delete processed messages from Telegram
- Open Obsidian and navigate to Settings > Third-party plugin
- Make sure Safe mode is off
- Click the Browse button to open the Community plugins window
- Search for Telegram Sync in the search bar
- Click the Install button, then enable the plugin by toggling the switch
- Download main.js, styles.css, manifest.json from the latest release
- Copy the downloaded files to /.obsidian/plugins/telegram-sync/
- Restart Obsidian and enable Telegram Sync in the Community plugins tab
- Create a new bot on Telegram by talking to the @botFather
- Copy the bot token provided by the @botFather
- Open the Obsidian settings and navigate to the Telegram Sync settings tab
- Paste your bot token to Bot > Connect > Bot Token field
- Configure the remaining settings according to your preferences
- Start sending messages and files to your Telegram bot
- When the Obsidian app is running on your laptop or PC, it syncs all your messages
- You can optionally add your bot to any chats that you want to sync (the bot needs admin rights)
- For syncing your notes between different devices should use Obsidian Sync, Syncthing, iCloud, Google Drive, etc.
- If you use Obsidian only on your cellphone, use "share" to transfer data between mobile applications.
Big thanks to everyone who's already been supporting this project - you rock!
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- knopki
- Fabio Scarsi
- anonymous patrons
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If you're thinking about contributing, please check out the Contributing Guide first. And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has already contributed - your help is greatly appreciated!