3rd party Telegram app?

The official Telegram app with ads that appear at inconvenient locations bugs me. Any recomendations for a good FOSS Telegram client that does not show ads?

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David@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm using Mercurygram because it supports UnifiedPush

Sentient@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

+1

gunpachi@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Extergaram is pretty good. I have been using it for about 4 months now. I feel like this is the best fork I've tried.

Previously I have tried Nekogram X and for a very short while Forkgram

doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Does Telegram actively enforce stuff against third party clients? Like if I use a third party client, is my account at risk of being banned?

gunpachi@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I don't think so. As long as you are not in some shady third party fork, you will be okay.

I have been using telegram forks for some time now, never encountered a ban or anything like that.

doors_3@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y

I was just piqued that if third party forks might offer extra features, some of which if they overlap with Telegram's Premium offering, could be an issue. But I checked out couple of apps listed in this thread and they feel alright. I had confused a fork with a mod of the official app, the latter of which would certainly be a grey area.

xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Nah they they're chill. Hell, I can't even count how many alternative clients they own. IIRC they developed four clients for web alone.

Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I've been using Telegram-FOSS

Unsure if it does (not) have ads though,
if it has, then they're likely blocked by Adaway

basxto@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y

I didn’t notice any apps yet and I definitely don’t use any kind of ad blocking.

sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nekogram

schizoidman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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RedBauble@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Nekogram X?

schizoidman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

Seems some messages in channels are not supported.

stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi · 1 pts · 2y

Telegrapher looks cool

The_wild_card@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I would suggest Mercurygram or telegram FOSS both removes binary bloat . The dev of mercurygram is super responsive and the updates are also faster on mercurygram .

schizoidman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Mercurygram still has ads unfortunately

The_wild_card@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

What i have never ever seen em. I think it maybe the channels you are in ?

pixelgesicht@feddit.de · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

matrix with telegram bridge

Sentient@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

One of the clients of all time