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# telegram-tui
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A minimal Telegram terminal client built with `ncurses` and TDLib.
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## Features
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- interactive login flow inside the TUI
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- chat list in the left pane
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- message view in the right pane
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- send plain text messages
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- scroll chats and message history with the keyboard
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## Requirements
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- CMake 3.21+
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- a C++17 compiler
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- `ncurses`
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- TDLib build dependencies (`gperf`, `openssl`, `zlib`, `git`)
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The project vendors TDLib automatically by default. If you already have TDLib installed with CMake package metadata, configure with `-DTELEGRAM_TUI_USE_SYSTEM_TDLIB=ON`.
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If you have a prebuilt TDLib bundle with `include/` and `lib/`, configure with
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`-DTELEGRAM_TUI_TDLIB_ROOT=/path/to/tdlib`.
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## Build
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```bash
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cmake -S . -B build
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cmake --build build -j
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```
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During configure, CMake also checks the app config at
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`$XDG_DATA_HOME/telegram-tui/config.json` or `~/.local/share/telegram-tui/config.json`.
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If that file contains `api_id` and `api_hash`, they are embedded into the build.
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## Run
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Create a Telegram application at <https://my.telegram.org/apps>, then either rely on the
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embedded credentials from the app config above, or export credentials:
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```bash
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export TELEGRAM_API_ID=123456
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export TELEGRAM_API_HASH=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
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./build/telegram-tui
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```
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Or start the app without env vars and enter them interactively when prompted.
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When entered in the TUI, the app now stores `api_id` and `api_hash` in
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`~/.local/share/telegram-tui/config.json` and reuses them on later launches.
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To use Telegram test servers instead of production:
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```bash
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export TELEGRAM_USE_TEST_DC=1
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./build/telegram-tui
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```
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The client stores TDLib state in `~/.local/share/telegram-tui/tdlib` for production and `~/.local/share/telegram-tui/test/tdlib` for test mode.
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## Keys
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- `Up` / `Down`: move selection
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- `Tab`: switch focus between chats and messages
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- `Enter`: open the selected chat
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- `i`: start composing a message
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- `PgUp` / `PgDn`: scroll the current message view
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- `r`: reload chats or history
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- `Esc`: cancel current input
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- `q`: quit
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