Telegram-FOSS v5.10 is now available on F-Droid!
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F-Droid package
Changelog
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Telegram-FOSS v5.11 has been released!
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v5.11.0.apk
29 MB
Telegram-FOSS Github version
SHA-256:
SHA-256:
EDCABB753670C2AF2A094E5FB517BB276DF0A38BB9627CC79CA5EFB6F426180ETelegram-FOSS v5.11 is now available on F-Droid!
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F-Droid package
Changelog
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F-Droid package
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Android Telegram v5.12 has been released
Source has not as usual.
Changes have not been defined clearly this time.
Changelog:
- Improved search. When searching for messages in a chat, tap on the number of results to view them as a list.
- Various interface improvements.
- Better support for Android 10.
No official blog post this time.
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Source has not as usual.
Changes have not been defined clearly this time.
Changelog:
- Improved search. When searching for messages in a chat, tap on the number of results to view them as a list.
- Various interface improvements.
- Better support for Android 10.
No official blog post this time.
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Android Telegram v5.12.1 has been released
Source has not as usual.
Changelog:
- Listen to podcasts and audio tracks longer than 20 minutes at 2x speed.
- Resume playback from where you left off when watching long videos and listening to long audio tracks.
- Search for items in the current folder when attaching files or music.
- Tap and hold on chats when sharing from other apps to send to several recipients.
- Hold on the Archive folder to mark all archived chats as read.
No official blog post this time.
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Source has not as usual.
Changelog:
- Listen to podcasts and audio tracks longer than 20 minutes at 2x speed.
- Resume playback from where you left off when watching long videos and listening to long audio tracks.
- Search for items in the current folder when attaching files or music.
- Tap and hold on chats when sharing from other apps to send to several recipients.
- Hold on the Archive folder to mark all archived chats as read.
No official blog post this time.
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Android Telegram Source v5.13 has been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
There is no changelog yet since this release isn't even in the regular store yet, and DrKLO has not put any info either. You will be notified.
Unconfirmed changes:
- Active Sessions moved to main panel as "Devices"
- Night mode button in the header of main menu
- Instant view updates
- Location UI updates
Edit: official changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
There is no changelog yet since this release isn't even in the regular store yet, and DrKLO has not put any info either. You will be notified.
Unconfirmed changes:
- Active Sessions moved to main panel as "Devices"
- Night mode button in the header of main menu
- Instant view updates
- Location UI updates
Edit: official changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Android Telegram v5.13 has been released
Now it arrived on the store.
Changelog:
- Create themes with color gradients and patterns.
- Schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online.
- Choose venues more easily when sharing your location.
- Switch to Night Mode and back directly from the left menu.
- Get dark maps in Night Mode.
- Choose video quality in a more intuitive way when sending videos.
- Try dragging down in user profiles or jumping between messages in a chat to see new animations.
- Discover 31 other bug fixes and improvements.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Now it arrived on the store.
Changelog:
- Create themes with color gradients and patterns.
- Schedule messages to be sent when your recipient comes online.
- Choose venues more easily when sharing your location.
- Switch to Night Mode and back directly from the left menu.
- Get dark maps in Night Mode.
- Choose video quality in a more intuitive way when sending videos.
- Try dragging down in user profiles or jumping between messages in a chat to see new animations.
- Discover 31 other bug fixes and improvements.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Android Telegram may now feature regular source code releases
DrKLO confirmed that the source will be released with the binaries from now on. Subjunctive since we all know how inconsistent that has been so far. You will be notified as usual.
Let's hope for the best :)
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DrKLO confirmed that the source will be released with the binaries from now on. Subjunctive since we all know how inconsistent that has been so far. You will be notified as usual.
Let's hope for the best :)
🔒
Android Telegram note
Telegram is pushing about one metric gorillion bugfixes. We won't notify you pointlessly for those just because they release beta-quality.
None of these have any effect on your privacy anyway. The new reproducible builds are rather meaningless as well as that doesn't touch the important topics at all.
Things to look out for:
- server source
- consistent feature-sets, including E2E ("secret") chats
Once something worthwhile happens you'll know it.
🔒
Telegram is pushing about one metric gorillion bugfixes. We won't notify you pointlessly for those just because they release beta-quality.
None of these have any effect on your privacy anyway. The new reproducible builds are rather meaningless as well as that doesn't touch the important topics at all.
Things to look out for:
- server source
- consistent feature-sets, including E2E ("secret") chats
Once something worthwhile happens you'll know it.
🔒
Is Telegram Open Source yet? Let's find out!
🔴 Server
NO
🔵 Android
regular repo (except it's only squash commits)
https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram
🔵 TG-Desktop
regular repo
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
✅ deblobbed/real Open Source/FLOSS/privacy respecting clients:
✅ Android
Telegram-FOSS
https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS
available on F-Droid
✅ Debian
https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/telegram-desktop
minimally patched
✅ Emacs
https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el/
Respects deletion etc. as far as we know. Unless you're already an emacs user, this is probably a little too hard to use for you.
🔵 More sources
TDLib,iOS,macOS,web,WP
https://telegram.org/apps#source-code
➡️ Help keep Telegram free and private, ask for sources!
Android
@DrKLO (he's in @tgbetachat)
General
Pavel Durov (founder) https://twitter.com/durov/
Telegram https://twitter.com/telegram
Telegram support https://twitter.com/smstelegram
Volunteers in Telegram settings
Official library to create own clients
(doing their work for them.. but a truly original FOSS client would be nice)
tdlib
https://github.com/tdlib/td
🔵 iOS
iOS is locked down by default anyway and nobody has published a reasonably easily accessible version with trackers removed
If you care about your privacy, or want to talk about FOSS/libre philosophy in general, join our group: @PrivacyToday!
last updated: April 23, 2021
🔒
🔴 Server
NO
🔵 Android
regular repo (except it's only squash commits)
https://github.com/DrKLO/Telegram
🔵 TG-Desktop
regular repo
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
✅ deblobbed/real Open Source/FLOSS/privacy respecting clients:
✅ Android
Telegram-FOSS
https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS
available on F-Droid
✅ Debian
https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/telegram-desktop
minimally patched
✅ Emacs
https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el/
Respects deletion etc. as far as we know. Unless you're already an emacs user, this is probably a little too hard to use for you.
🔵 More sources
TDLib,iOS,macOS,web,WP
https://telegram.org/apps#source-code
➡️ Help keep Telegram free and private, ask for sources!
Android
@DrKLO (he's in @tgbetachat)
General
Pavel Durov (founder) https://twitter.com/durov/
Telegram https://twitter.com/telegram
Telegram support https://twitter.com/smstelegram
Volunteers in Telegram settings
Official library to create own clients
(doing their work for them.. but a truly original FOSS client would be nice)
tdlib
https://github.com/tdlib/td
🔵 iOS
iOS is locked down by default anyway and nobody has published a reasonably easily accessible version with trackers removed
If you care about your privacy, or want to talk about FOSS/libre philosophy in general, join our group: @PrivacyToday!
last updated: April 23, 2021
🔒
Android Telegram now features a regular repo
So far it's looking good and we've changed the pin to reflect this. The change likely doesn't come from the heart as the developer made his stance very clear, but rather from the marketing team which decided to push the "reproducible builds", requiring him to step up.
But that doesn't matter as we now get regular source updates for Android 🙂.
Still no sign of the server code, though. The server would be great to have as the TG architecture itself is nice and speedy and it'd allow running truly private servers.
You'll be informed of noteworthy events around Telegram (Privacy).
🔒
So far it's looking good and we've changed the pin to reflect this. The change likely doesn't come from the heart as the developer made his stance very clear, but rather from the marketing team which decided to push the "reproducible builds", requiring him to step up.
But that doesn't matter as we now get regular source updates for Android 🙂.
Still no sign of the server code, though. The server would be great to have as the TG architecture itself is nice and speedy and it'd allow running truly private servers.
You'll be informed of noteworthy events around Telegram (Privacy).
🔒
Telegram-FOSS v5.13.1 has been released!
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v5.13.1.apk
37.2 MB
Telegram-FOSS Github version
SHA-256:
🔒
SHA-256:
3FF58B3315C5CE7C08232A1D9EC91996B891868E8D6C00172F88EA7AAEEC45C5🔒
Android Telegram v5.14 binary + source have been released
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
Changelog:
- Create three new kinds of polls.
- See who voted for what in polls with visible votes.
- Vote for several options in polls that allow multiple answers.
- Try to guess the correct answer in quiz-style polls.
- Use bots like @QuizBot to create quizzes with multiple questions.
- Add polls from the attachment menu in any group or channel.
- See exact progress counters for files as they upload or download.
- Change the appearance of message bubbles.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Telegram-FOSS should follow relatively quickly as usual, you will be notified.
Changelog:
- Create three new kinds of polls.
- See who voted for what in polls with visible votes.
- Vote for several options in polls that allow multiple answers.
- Try to guess the correct answer in quiz-style polls.
- Use bots like @QuizBot to create quizzes with multiple questions.
- Add polls from the attachment menu in any group or channel.
- See exact progress counters for files as they upload or download.
- Change the appearance of message bubbles.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
Telegram-FOSS v5.13.1 is now available on F-Droid!
Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
Telegram-FOSS v5.14 has been released!
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
The new version is only available via the TG-FOSS repository here, as F-Droid has not built yet. You'll receive a quick notification once F-Droid is ready too.
Thanks to the Telegram-FOSS maintainers for a prompt update!
Keep in mind the signature is different from the F-Droid version.
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
TF-BETA-THERMATK-v5.14.0.apk
37.1 MB
Telegram-FOSS Github version
SHA-256:
🔒
SHA-256:
866E494C17B1A86CDDBEAF0723A27B5E39CBA2E7804EE18C5691BDCC08EB2408🔒
Telegram-FOSS v5.14 is now available on F-Droid!
This includes the fix for the broken notifications.
Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
This includes the fix for the broken notifications.
Refresh F-Droid to update
F-Droid package
Changelog
No sign of server or TGX sources yet whatsoever.
🔒
Android Telegram v5.15 binary has been released
The source however has not. We thought they finally switched to normal releases? Apparently not. You will be notified when the source is freed.
Nothing privacy or freedom related in this update, just more fluff again.
Changelog:
New Profiles, Fast Media Viewer and People Nearby 2.0
- Access shared media directly from the redesigned profile pages.
- Pull down to enlarge profile pictures.
- Flip through photos by tapping on their left or right edge.
- Tap on your chat partner's profile picture to immediately expand it.
- Make your profile visible to others in your area from 'Contacts' > 'Add People Nearby' and make new friends.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒
The source however has not. We thought they finally switched to normal releases? Apparently not. You will be notified when the source is freed.
Nothing privacy or freedom related in this update, just more fluff again.
Changelog:
New Profiles, Fast Media Viewer and People Nearby 2.0
- Access shared media directly from the redesigned profile pages.
- Pull down to enlarge profile pictures.
- Flip through photos by tapping on their left or right edge.
- Tap on your chat partner's profile picture to immediately expand it.
- Make your profile visible to others in your area from 'Contacts' > 'Add People Nearby' and make new friends.
Telegram's blog post about the update
No sign of server or TGX sources yet. No sign of Telegram caring about E2E (secret chats) either as Telegram Desktop still doesn't have it. (Only the Mac client that's made by another developer.)
🔒