Telegram Bot

A Telegram Message forward or backup or clone ( or whatever you want to call it) bot.

A Telegram bot that helps you forward messages from one chat to another in batches, without the risk of getting banned that comes with using userbot accounts.

Features

• Forward messages between chats, groups, and channels
• Batch processing to handle large message volumes efficiently
• Progress tracking with status updates
• Supports forwarding from public and private chats
• Skips service messages automatically
• Rate-limit friendly implementation
• Minimal dependencies and easy setup
• Faster than userbots and less likely to get banned

Setup

1. Clone this repository
2. Copy example_config.ini to config.ini
3. Fill in your Telegram API credentials in config.ini:

   [Telegram]
   api_id = YOUR_API_ID
   api_hash = YOUR_API_HASH
   bot_token = YOUR_BOT_TOKEN
   clone = True # Set to False to disable message cloning
   batch_size = 100 # Number of messages to forward per batch

   Message cloning means that the bot will send a copy of the message to the destination chat, preserving the original message's content, without author's tag/quote.

To get your credentials:

• Create an application at https://my.telegram.org/apps
• Create a bot through @BotFather to get the bot token

Usage

1. Start the bot:

python bot.py

2. Send /start to your bot to get usage instructions

3. Use the /forward command with the following format:

/forward chat_id start_id end_id

Example:

/forward -1002540899531 1 70056

Where:

• chat_id: Source chat ID (can be negative for channels/groups)
• start_id: First message ID to forward
• end_id: Last message ID to forward

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Telethon library
• ConfigParser (built-in)

So basically, you just need telethon library to run this bot.

pip install telethon

Notes

• The bot must be a member of both source and destination chats
• For channels/groups, use the chat ID format: -100xxxxxxxxxx
• For users: positive integer ID