IvanGlinkin/CCTV
Close-Circuit Telegram Vision revolutionizes location tracking with its open-source design and Telegram API integration. Offering precise tracking within 50-100 meters, users can monitor others in real-time for logistics or safety, redefining how we navigate our surroundings observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
28/100
- Activity 8
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 61
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 859
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 555
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2478 stars · 326 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
CCTV (Close-Circuit Telegram Vision) is an open-source OSINT tool that abuses Telegram's 'People Nearby' feature to triangulate and track users' locations within 50-100 meters, generating HTML reports. It relies on the Telegram API via api_id/api_hash credentials.
Use cases
- track a person's location via telegram nearby feature
- osint investigation of telegram users
- triangulate telegram user coordinates
- monitor people nearby for logistics or safety
- generate html reports of tracked locations
When to choose
- you need to study how telegram nearby-feature triangulation worked
- you are researching osint techniques for educational purposes
When to avoid
- you need a working tracker today - telegram disabled the people nearby feature on Sept 6, 2024, breaking the tool
- you want to avoid telegram account bans - telegram started banning accounts using this feature
- you need a legally or ethically sanctioned tracking solution
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
osint web-scraping data-visualization osint security privacy python cli windows telegram geolocation-tracking people-nearby osint-tool broken-feature linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/IvanGlinkin/CCTV · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0e28bba380ac
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| IvanGlinkin/CCTV | main | 28 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="IvanGlinkin/CCTV")
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