# Telegram Private Chatbot

> Two-way Telegram bot that relays DMs into topic threads with captcha checks to block spam.

- Category: Chat & realtime
- Self-hosted alternative to: LiveGram
- Repository: https://github.com/jikssha/telegram_private_chatbot
- Licence: MIT
- GitHub stars: 607
- Last commit: 2026-01-05
- Latest release: v5.3
- Rank: 86 of 234 on OpenFlareStack
- Cloudflare resources it creates: none found in its wrangler config
- Deploy: https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/?url=https://github.com/jikssha/telegram_private_chatbot
- Page: https://openflarestack.com/apps/telegram-private-chatbot/

## Keeping it up to date

```bash
git remote add upstream https://github.com/jikssha/telegram_private_chatbot.git
git pull upstream main
npx wrangler deploy
```