Telegram Desktop – Official Messenger

This is the complete source code and the build instructions for the official Telegram messenger desktop client, based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol.

The source code is published under GPLv3 with OpenSSL exception, the license is available here.

Supported systems

The latest version is available for

• Windows 7 and above (64 bit) (portable)
• Windows 7 and above (32 bit) (portable)
• macOS 10.13 and above
• Linux static build for 64 bit
• Snap
• Flatpak

Old system versions

Version 4.9.9 was the last that supports older systems

• macOS 10.12
• Linux with glibc < 2.28 static build

Version 2.4.4 was the last that supports older systems

• OS X 10.10 and 10.11
• Linux static build for 32 bit

Version 1.8.15 was the last that supports older systems

• Windows XP and Vista (portable)
• OS X 10.8 and 10.9
• OS X 10.6 and 10.7

Third-party

• Qt 6 (LGPL) and Qt 5.15 (LGPL) slightly patched
• OpenSSL 3.2.1 (Apache License 2.0)
• WebRTC (New BSD License)
• zlib (zlib License)
• LZMA SDK 9.20 (public domain)
• liblzma (public domain)
• Google Breakpad (License)
• Google Crashpad (Apache License 2.0)
• GYP (BSD License)
• Ninja (Apache License 2.0)
• OpenAL Soft (LGPL)
• Opus codec (BSD License)
• FFmpeg (LGPL)
• Guideline Support Library (MIT License)
• Range-v3 (Boost License)
• Open Sans font (Apache License 2.0)
• Vazirmatn font (SIL Open Font License 1.1)
• Emoji alpha codes (MIT License)
• xxHash (BSD License)
• QR Code generator (MIT License)
• CMake (New BSD License)
• Hunspell (LGPL)
• Ada (Apache License 2.0)
• zxcvbn-c (MIT License)
• FrequencyWords by Hermit Dave (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)

Build instructions

• Windows (32-bit and 64-bit)
• macOS
• GNU/Linux using Docker

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