# 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

Repository: https://github.com/IvanGlinkin/CCTV
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cctv
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-02-24T08:38:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 28/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 8, release rhythm 35, longevity 61
- inputs: {"age_days": 859, "days_push": 555, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2478, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.079610+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: osint, web-scraping, data-visualization
- domain: osint, security, privacy
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: telegram, geolocation-tracking, people-nearby, osint-tool, broken-feature, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- IvanGlinkin/CCTV (main) score 28

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.079610+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:17.074103+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/IvanGlinkin/CCTV (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.079610+00:00, sha 0e28bba380ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.