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.
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.
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Blogs
- Aware-Online, Geolocation
- Cqcore, Telegram Fundamentals
- Cqcore, Telegram VM Part 1
- Cqcore, Telegram VM Part 2
- Cqcore Telegram VM Part 3
- Cyber Detective, Chats & Channels
- Hatless1der, Five Basic Tips
- Hatless1der, Osint From The Outside
- Henk van Ess
- Osint Combine
- Osint Me
- Os2int, Batch Scraping
- Os2int, Nearby Map
- ProjectFox
- Sayyara Mammadova
- Smaranda Tolosano
- The Investigator Blog
- Tomsguide, How To Use Telegram
How to search Telegram groups based on location.
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.
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)
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.
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)
Best Online Tools for Telegram Investigations. (2023)
A beginners guide on how to use Telegram. (2022)
Browser Extensions
- Save Telegram Chat History
- Telegram Sender
- Telegram Search Engine
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
- Combot
- Geogramint
- Message Analyzer
- Lyzem
- Telegram Nearby Map
- Telemetr
- Telepathy
- Telegramchannels.me
- Telegrack.com
- TelegramDB
- Telegram Directory
- Telegram Search Engine
- Telegram Tracker
- TelegramTrac
- Tgbots
- TG Collector
- Tgdev
- Tgstat.com
- Tlgrm
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.
Combot is a community management tool for Telegram.
An OSINT Geolocalization tool for Telegram that find nearby users and groups.
Process the exported Telegram chat history .html and generate a report message count by date, and most used words.
Lyzem is a search engine created specifically for Telegram.
Discover the location of nearby Telegram users.
Analyze Telegram Channels.
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.
Search for Channels, Bots & Groups.
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.
Web version of Python package telegram-tracker developed by Esteban Ponce de León
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.
Telegram Bots
- Boto Detective
- Country Bot List
- Creation Date Bot
- Data leaks Bot
- Email Bot
- How To Find Bots
- Leak Check Bot
- Maigret Osint Bot
- Phish Bot
- Phone Leaks Bot
- SOVA App Bot
- Tgscanrobot
- TelegramDB Search Bot
- Universal Search Bot
- UserInfoBot
- Username to Id Bot
- Whois Bot
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.
Email Bot for searching for emails, linked to Data1eaks channel.
Paid Bot, I will help you find information from open sources.
Check Email & Usernames.
Bot version of the popular CLI username search.
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.
A 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.
Search multiple sources for phone numbers, username, email addresses etc.
This bot displays user info when you forward a message to it.
A Bot to get user, group and channel ids
A simple domain whois lookup Bot
Telegram Custom Search Engines
URL Structure
- t.me/USERNAME
- web.telegram.org/k/#@USERNAME
- t.me/joinchat/HASHVALUE
- t.me/+TELEPHONE-NUMBER
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.