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Mercurygram is a free and open-source fork of Telegram with proprietary parts removed. It uses OpenStreetMap for location sharing and adds privacy controls like disabling AI features. Note: new accounts must be created in the official Telegram app first. This app requests numerous permissions common for messaging apps.
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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
- What's New
- Added new privacy options in Settings to disable AI text editing, disable AI summaries, disable link previews, and start new conversations as secret chats by default.
- You can now create mentions by user ID or by choosing a contact from the selection menu.
- Added support for on-device map previews using OpenStreetMap.
- Expanded media permission settings to include specific controls for stickers, GIFs, games, and inline bots.
- Improved privacy by preventing the app from fetching link previews in the chat field, share dialog, poll editor, bot share, and story links.
- Improved
- Improved reliability of message paging to ensure failed loads can be retried automatically.
- Enhanced privacy by redacting sender metadata in voice and round-video message notifications.
- Fixed
- Fixed an issue where voice or round-video messages could restart unexpectedly.
- Fixed a crash on Android 12+ related to foreground push notifications.
About this version
- Version
- 12.8.1.2 (6916028)
- Size
- 48.3 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 29
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- Package
- it.belloworld.mercurygram
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