[Android Apps and Games] nikitasius:
Hi folks it has been 9+ months that i consistently developing my telegram fork, "Telegraher with blackjack and hookers!"

The main idea is that vanilla TG client pretty annoying:

remote deletions

impossible to screenshot in greenchats

content restrictions

have too much privileges & tracking

So slowly i started to mod that client to make my own. I use Telegram official source as a base. I don't use Tg-FOSS cause author is pretty slow in updates. Also i don't use popular "cat-forks" cause i have "real life" and i hate x2 screen size tap menus.

I started from version 8.3.0 and 1st release was made for 8.3.1. While i'm writing this post we're on 8.8.5, so our internal version is look actual stuff section.

We're not in Izzy's repo (cause fork >30Mb), we're not on fdroid either because I don't want to depend on their CI/CD and their repo. We're on github and apps made by CI/CD and posted by github too. Then releases are picked up by the bot and send to our TG chat, from where i move them into the channel. Also i send a copy to Matrix (which i made as a backup since Telegram send us a strike in march'22, to loveletter to "Telegraher team"). And i move them also on my CDN with TOR access enabled, so folks can download files w/o JS and hide their IP as they want.

Why i did it for telegram and not for Matrix or XMPP, it's because i have lot of contacts on telegram. When my friends will leave TG i will leave it too. Also i love to piss-off telegram fanboys.

Main features are:

we're in bundle, 4 architectures and we work from android 4.4+ (early versions 4.1+)

no remote deletions at all (green chats & timed medias also)

no gapps, the app is FOSS (notifications are same like in Tg-FOSS, via notification badge cause since A8 OS can kill the app)

we have shadowban to shadowban people or channels you don't want to see

no content restrictions, also in greenchats (save all you want, but don't forward, 'cause forward if fully API function)

emulator detection is disabled

we have device spoofing (actually TG doesn't change devices pretty fast for active sessions, but you can change it globally and add an account)

the phone you type is "always active" and you have that simcard

we have session manager & unlimited multiacc (while you have memory, we're tested 80 accs easily).

wal is disabled for db, so no journal grow

we're on vanilla API keys & keep vanilla behaviour to avoid any client bans (we keep low profile, sending vanilla keys, package, vendor, codeversion & fingerprint also)

..and many other features what i added or picked somewhere (or community is asked me).

Application links:

Github repo, CI/CD releases (all is made here, the origin)

Gitlab repo, just synced from Github.

CDN releases and cloned repo also (manual copy here, front is Cloudflare, backed by AWS, if you care about your IP, use VPN or TOR)

Telegram resources: channel, chat, FAQ EN/RU & FAQ Persian.

Matrix resource: the space, chat & apks (after last incident with free oracle cloud we're lost local files, but i launched anotherone with same keys, server is in swiss)

"Press":

Techtracker.in (08/2022)

FAQ:

Can i be banned?

Officially - no. Telegram have 2 TOS: one for the users, another is for the devs. User TOS is the TOS you need to follow when you use the app. User TOS forbid `spam, scam, violence & porn`. This is an open-source fork which don't have hidden features to `spam, scam, violence & porn`. Dev TOS is the TOS which devs must follow when they develop the apps and use generated API keys. Telegraher as an app break the DEV TOS only & Telegraher use vanilla API keys. User TOS it's up to you!

Actual stuff:

Actual release is 9.33.31

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if you face the issue "update your app it's too old" go here

About me:

I'm not an Android dev, but i code on Java, thats why i do what i do. I'm a russian and i live already 10y in France. My life & work c'est ici.

P.S. Telegraher there are no "p", it's not a "Telegrapher" and have nothing to do with.