I have created this separate Repository for Telegram as there is a large amount of resources available. Remember if you are investigating / researching on the actual platform to beware of your own OPSEC. Some BOTS will ask you for your Telegram phone number and you should think OPSEC before you decide to use the BOT.
Consider, disposable devices, which you can reformat, Virtual Machines, VPNs, anti virus, malware protection, sock accounts and don’t forget your settings. You may want to disable automatic downloads, in your settings, this may prevent you inadvertently downloading something.
Check that you are happy with any of the resources you use, as an example,two of the browser extensions have quite evasive privacy polices, read them first before using them. Some of the Bots are free others are paid for services. Always remember youe OPSEC when using Bots,as not all will be what they say they are.
*Due to the recent arrest of the Telegram founder in France (August 2024) some resources reliant of the Nearby Feature will not work*
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Due to Telegram's recent change to the their ToS, I have included the new transparency report bot
Blogs
- Cqcore, Telegram Fundamentals
- Cqcore, Telegram VM Part 1
- Cqcore, Telegram VM Part 2
- Cqcore Telegram VM Part 3
- Cyber Detective, Chats & Channels
- CyberRaya
- Hatless1der, Five Basic Tips
- Hatless1der, Osint From The Outside
- Henk van Ess
- Officer's Notes
- Osint Combine
- Osint Me
- Os2int, Batch Scraping
- Os2int, Nearby Map
- Practical OSINT
- ProjectFox
- Sayyara Mammadova
- Smaranda Tolosano
- Telegram Master
- The Investigator Blog
- Tomsguide, How To Use Telegram
How to set a Telegram account up and the OPSEC issues you need to know. (2022)
Learn how to build a bespoke Virtual Machine for Telegram OSINT. (2023)
Continue the Telegram OSINT VM build. (2023)
The final part of the OSINT VM build. (2023)
Analyzing Telegram chats and channels. Regular expressions in OSINT in practice.
Telerecon: Telegram Investigation Tool. (2023)
Tips on how to use Google dorking and inpsect element to research Telegram.
A list of useful tools, techniques, tradecraft and tactics on how to research Telegram.
Social search techniques using TikTok and Telegram. (2023)
Telegram Security Best Practices (2023)
Details of Telegram chats & media.
The Osint Me ultimate guide to Telegram OSINT and privacy.
Batch scraping from Telegram channels and groups, using TG-API.
A blog on how to geo-monitor user activity with Telegram nearby map.
4 best Telegram Bots for phone number investigation. (2024)
This a Blog from the Team behind Geogramint, an OSINT geolocalization tool for Telegram.
How to use TG Collector to scrape Telegram channels. (2023)
How journalists can investigate Telegram. (2022)
How to Look Up People by Phone Number: Top 10 Telegram Bots. (2023)
Best Online Tools for Telegram Investigations. (2023)
A beginners guide on how to use Telegram. (2022)
Browser Extensions
- TG Search Engine
- Save Telegram Chat History
- Telegram Sender
- Telegram Search Engine
You can find groups and channels by entering a keyword into this extension.
Extension save Telegram chat history, including photos and works on deleted accounts.
Extension for scraping user information from Telegram groups.
Extension for searching and scraping Telegram groups links and channel links.
Resources
- Awesome-Telegram-OSINT
- Bellingcat, Phone Number Checker
- CCTV (Currentlt Not Working)
- Combot
- Whois Bot
- Geogramint (Currentlt Not Working)
- Groupda
- Message Analyzer
- OSINT Rocks
- Lyzem
- TelegramGroup
- Telegram Group Joiner
- Telegram Nearby Map (Currentlt Not Working)
- Telemetr.io
- Telemtr.me
- Telemetry
- Telepathy
- Telegramchannels.me
- Telegrack
- TelegramDB
- Telegram Directory
- Telegram Limits
- Telegram Search Engine
- Telegram Simialr Channels
- Telegram Tracker
- Telegramtrac
- Telerecon
- TeleTracker
- Tgbots
- TG Collector
- Tgdev
- Tgstat.com
- Tlgrm
- TOsint
- DirectoryTG
- TricksFly
A Curated List of Awesome Telegram OSINT Tools, Sites & Resources.
This script lets you check whether a specific phone number is connected to a Telegram account.
Close-Circuit Telegram Vision revolutionizes location tracking, offering precise tracking within 50-100 meters.
Combot is a community management tool for Telegram.
A simple domain whois lookup Bot
An OSINT Geolocalization tool for Telegram that find nearby users and groups.
Search Telegram Channels.
Process the exported Telegram chat history .html and generate a report message count by date, and most used words.
Check a telephone to see if an accoutn exists.
Lyzem is a search engine created specifically for Telegram.
Search for Telegram, Bots, Channels & Groups.
Use this tool to batch add a Telegram account (via its phone number) to multiple Telegram groups.
Discover the location of nearby Telegram users.
Analyze Telegram Channels.
Analyze Telegram Channels
Telemetry provides the most comprehensive and impactful Telegram insights for you and your team.
Public release of Telepathy, an OSINT toolkit for investigating Telegram chats.
Directory of The Best Telegram Channels, Groups, and Bots.
Telecrack is a search engine enabling you to search telegra.ph
A search engine to search for channels, groups, bots and users on Telegram.
Discover Popular Telegram Channels, Groups, Bots and Games.
Telegram uses limits to ensure that users follow Fair Usage Policy and to keep the service running.
Search for Channels, Bots & Groups.
Telegram similar channels search tool (CLI + Maltego).
The package connects to Telegram's API to generate JSON files containing data for channels, including information and posts. It allows you to search for specific channels or a set of channels provided in a text file, with one channel per line.
A browser interface to Telegram’s API. Generates files containing messages, metadata and includes additional modules for data analysis. It's a Telegram Tracker fork.
A reconnaissance framework for researching and investigating Telegram.
TeleTracker is a simple set of Python scripts designed for anyone investigating Telegram channels.
Website for searching for Telegram Bots.
TG collector is a browser based graphical user interface for collecting Telegram messages from the channels.
Search Telegram channels for keywords.
Telegram channels and groups catalogue.
Discover interesting channels for your Telegram.
OSINT analysis tools of a Telegram bot.
Telegram channels, groups, and bots directory.
Telegram Channel & Group links.
Telegram Bots
- All In One Leaks
- Boto Detective
- Country Bot List
- Creation Date Bot
- Data leaks Bot
- DetectivA
- Downloady.io
- Email Bot
- Get Contact Bot
- How To Find Bots
- Leak Check Bot
- Leak OSINT
- Maigret Osint Bot
- Only Good Contact Bot
- Phish Bot
- Phone Leaks Bot
- Phone Number Bot
- Sang Mata Bot
- Tgscanrobot
- TelegramDB Search Bot
- TrueCaller
- Universal Search Bot
- Universal Easy Search Bot
- UserInfoBot
- Username to Id Bot
- Vehicle Bot
OSINT Toolbox, search leaked data for Email, Phone Number, Facebook account, Twitter profile and Telegram username.
Find information about people using phone numbers, names, email addresses, and social network IDs.
List of Bots by country and worldwide.
Shows the approximate creation date for any account in Telegram.
You can search for personal data by name, phone or email.
Russain telephone lookup for linked Instagram & VK accounts.
Download content from the internet.
Email Bot for searching for emails, linked to Data1eaks channel.
Get Contact BOT Telegram's only caller-id application aggregator.
Paid Bot, I will help you find information from open sources.
Check Email & Usernames.
Check Email & Usernames.
Bot version of the popular CLI username search.
Caller Id Bot.
This bot is going to check if an URL has been reported as a phishing site.
Telephone Bot for searching for telephone numbers, linked to Data1eaks channel.
Determination of operator and other data by phone number. The bot is supported by BMI Bots.
Bot that can track name and username changes and notify it in your group.
SOVA App BotA Bot for searching for different kinds of identifiers.
A Bot for finding Telegram groups of a persons.
This bot allows you to find public channels and groups, and see what public chats a user is in, or has been in.
Unofficial Bot to get information about a phone number.
Search multiple sources for phone numbers, username, email addresses etc.
Phone number Bot linked to Facebook, Telegram, Viber & WhatsApp profiles.
This bot displays user info when you forward a message to it.
A Bot to get user, group and channel ids
Checking the history of a used car by license plate number, VIN, and seller's phone number.
Telegram Custom Search Engines
URL Structure
- t.me/USERNAME
- web.telegram.org/k/#@USERNAME
- web.telegram.org/z/#@USERNAME
- t.me/joinchat/HASHVALUE
- t.me/+TELEPHONE-NUMBER
- t.me/s/PREVIEW CHANNEL or telegram.me/s/PREVIEW CHANNEL
Google Dorks
- site:t.me “search term”
- site:telegram.me “search term”
- “t.me/joinchat” “search term”
Search Engine
YouTube Telegram Playlists
Videos
- Bemro
- Elysium
- Dutch Osint Guy
- Os2int
- Patrick Rus
How to obtain a Telegram API
How to use Telepathy & Geogramint
How to find Groups & Chats and download content.
Geo-locating Telegram users with Telepathy.
Leveraging Telegram Bots to automate country specific OSINT Workflows.
