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FOSS Telegram client with proprietary components removed. Uses OpenStreetMap instead of Google Play Services for location sharing. Note: account creation requires the official app first. Includes Tor plugin support and independent permission controls for GIFs, games and inline bots. New in this version: jump to first message in chats, faster "mark all as read," and improved theme refresh.
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About this app
*Warning:* Creating new accounts in the FOSS version not possible anymore, you have to create an account in the official build and then login to the FOSS. Client for the Telegram messaging platform.
Chat with friends, start group chats and share all kinds of content. All of your messages and conversations are stored in Telegram's cloud.
The messaging platform is aimed at mobile devices, but desktop and web clients exist as well.
Several proprietary parts were removed from the original Telegram client, including Google Play Services for the location services, HockeySDK for self-updates and push notifications through Google Cloud Messaging. Location sharing functionality is restored using OpenStreetMap.
Anti-Feature: Non-Free Network, since the servers run proprietary software.
The official source code of the app contains binary blobs, so this tracks a fork which builds those from source. Hence, versions might become available with a certain lag.
What's new
- The chat menu now includes Go to first message, which jumps to the oldest message.
- Fixed
- Theme colours now refresh in release builds after a theme change: the message field no longer keeps dark-theme text on a light panel.
- Group permissions for GIFs, games and inline bots now work independently of the stickers permission.
- The notification permission prompt no longer returns on every launch after it was accepted but the permission was not granted.
- Improved
- Mark all as read only sends requests for unread chats and unread forum topics, as Telegram Desktop does, avoiding long waits on large accounts.
- The All chats badge and its Mark all as read follow the Include muted chats setting.
- Opting out of pre-releases now hides an already staged pre-release update right away.
About this version
- Version
- 12.10.6.1 (7112018)
- Size
- 40.79 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 0
- Updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- Package
- it.belloworld.mercurygram
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