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tg-mtproto-cli

v0.1.1

Published

CLI for Telegram via MTProto — chats, messages, media download, multi-account

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Maintainers

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Keywords

telegrammtprotoclitgmtcutechatmessagestelegram-client

Readme

tg-mtproto-cli

CLI for Telegram via MTProto. Direct access to chats, messages and media — no Bot API, no limits.

Features

  • Multi-account — manage multiple Telegram accounts with aliases
  • Chats — list dialogs with unread counters
  • Messages — fetch messages from any chat, group or supergroup
  • Forum topics — list and read topics in supergroup forums
  • Media download — download photos, videos, documents
  • Time filter — --after to show messages since a specific time
  • JSON output — --json flag for scripting and piping
  • Secure storage — credentials in system keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Vault, Linux Secret Service)

Prerequisites

You need Telegram API credentials (api_id and api_hash). Get them at my.telegram.org.

Install

npm install -g tg-mtproto-cli

Quick start

# Authenticate (will prompt for API credentials on first run)
tg auth

# List your chats
tg chats

# Last 20 messages from a chat
tg messages @username -n 20

# Messages since 9am today
tg messages @username --after 09:00

# Download a photo
tg download @username 42

Commands

| Command | Description | |---|---| | tg auth | Authenticate a Telegram account | | tg logout <alias> | Log out and remove session | | tg accounts | List all accounts | | tg accounts rename <old> <new> | Rename an account alias | | tg default <alias> | Set the default account | | tg chats | List chats | | tg messages <chat> | List messages from a chat | | tg topics <chat> | List forum topics in a supergroup | | tg download <chat> <messageId> | Download media from a message |

Messages options

tg messages <chat> [options]

| Option | Description | |---|---| | -n <count> | Number of messages (default: 100) | | --all | Load entire chat history | | --topic <id> | Messages from a specific forum topic | | --after <datetime> | Messages after a given time |

--after accepts: 2026-02-22, 2026-02-22T10:00, 10:00 (today).

Global flags

| Flag | Description | |---|---| | --account <alias> | Use a specific account | | --json | Output in JSON format |

How it works

Uses mtcute for MTProto protocol. Sessions are stored in ~/.tg-mtproto-cli/sessions/. Credentials are stored in the system keychain via cross-keychain.

License

MIT