Telegram Archive

Name: Telegram Archive
Author: GeiserX

by GeiserXversion 0.4.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.GeiserX/telegram-archive-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Search and read your archived Telegram chats and messages

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Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Chat & email
You need to fill in: TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL, TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL, TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER, TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS, READ_ONLY

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-archive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "telegram-archive-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS": "your-value",
        "READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add telegram-archive --env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL=your-value --env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER=your-value --env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS=your-value --env READ_ONLY=your-value -- npx -y telegram-archive-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-archive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "telegram-archive-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS": "your-value",
        "READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "telegram-archive": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "telegram-archive-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS": "your-value",
        "READ_ONLY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL required env
Telegram Archive instance URL (e.g. http://localhost:8000)
TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER env
Telegram Archive login username
TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS secret env
Telegram Archive login password
READ_ONLY env
Set to true to hide refresh_stats, the one tool that asks the viewer to do work

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account GeiserX, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

More stars than 0% of the other 1830 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 73% of the other 1830 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1830 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Telegram Archive safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL, TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.4.1) reached the registry 10 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js, Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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telegram-archive-mcp

An MCP server for any Telegram-Archive instance. LLMs use it to search messages, browse chats and read archived Telegram history.

Features

Speaks MCP 2026-07-28 and every earlier revision down to 2024-11-05 on stdio and Streamable HTTP. Clients that still use the initialize handshake work unchanged.
Search one chat or every chat at once, read a chat page by page, one calendar day in your timezone, or the conversation around one message.
Forum topics, pinned messages, folders and per-chat statistics.
The photo attached to a message, returned as an image the model can look at and scaled to 1568 pixels when larger (get_media).
Every tool is read-only except refresh_stats; READ_ONLY=1 hides that one too.
Signs in to Telegram-Archive through /api/login with TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER and TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS.
HTTP listens on loopback by default, checks Origin, caps request bodies, and requires MCP_AUTH_TOKEN on any other address.
Ships as an npm package, a Docker image and multi-arch Go binaries.

Install

Every client below runs the server over stdio. Set the URL, user and password of your Telegram-Archive viewer.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL=http://localhost:8000 \

--env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER=admin --env TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS=your-viewer-password \ --transport stdio telegram-archive -- npx -y telegram-archive-mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json) and Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

"mcpServers": { "telegram-archive": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "telegram-archive-mcp"], "env": { "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL": "http://localhost:8000", "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER": "admin", "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS": "your-viewer-password" } } } }

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json, asks for the password once)

"inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "tg-pass", "description": "Telegram-Archive viewer password", "password": true } ], "servers": { "telegram-archive": { "type": "stdio", "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "telegram-archive-mcp"], "env": { "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL": "http://localhost:8000", "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER": "admin", "TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS": "${input:tg-pass}" } } } }

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.telegram-archive]

command = "npx" args = ["-y", "telegram-archive-mcp"] env = { TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL = "http://localhost:8000", TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER = "admin", TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS = "your-viewer-password" }

Docker, for any client above: use docker as the command with these arguments, and a release tag from the releases page, never latest:

docker run -i --rm -e TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL -e TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER -e TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS drumsergio/telegram-archive-mcp:vX.Y.Z

The npm package downloads the release binary on first start and checks it against the checksums published with the package, so it also works with npm 12, which skips install scripts. A long-running HTTP server (Docker Compose) and local builds are in Getting started.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`list_chats`	Lists chats, most recent first; filter by `search` (name), `archived` or `folder_id`. Each chat's `ref` is the `chat_id` the other tools take.
`list_folders`	Lists your Telegram folders and their ids.
`search_all_chats`	Searches message text in every chat at once.
`search_messages`	Searches one chat, optionally one forum topic.
`get_messages`	Reads a chat newest first, by offset or keyset cursor, optionally one forum topic.
`get_message_context`	Returns one message with the messages before and after it.
`get_messages_by_date`	Returns every message of one calendar day in a timezone.
`get_pinned_messages`	Returns a chat's pinned messages.
`get_topics`	Lists a forum group's topics; their ids feed `topic_id`.
`get_chat_stats`	Message and media counts and size of one chat.
`get_media`	The photo attached to a message, as an image, or the file's details.
`refresh_stats`	Makes the viewer recalculate archive-wide statistics. Hidden with `READ_ONLY=1`.

Every tool returns structured content with an output schema, alongside the same JSON as text. Arguments and defaults are on Usage.

Documentation

The full documentation is at geiserx.github.io/telegram-archive-mcp.

Getting started: npm, Docker Compose, local build
Configuration: environment variables and client configuration
Usage: the 4 resources and 12 tools, paging, reading one day at a time
Development: testing, contributing, credits
Related projects: Telegram Archive, other MCP servers, where this one is listed

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Telegram Archive

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

Common questions

Alternatives

Vexa

emailmd

MCP WhatsApp Cloud

README from the maker

Features

Install

Tools

Documentation

License