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paulpierre/informer

A Telegram Mass Surveillance Bot in Python observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/paulpierre/informer · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

54/100

  • Activity 48
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2460
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 317
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1662 stars · 243 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Python library built on Telethon that masquerades as real Telegram user accounts to monitor and log messages from hundreds of channels per account. It persists message and channel metadata to MySQL, Google Sheets, and a private Telegram channel for later analysis.

Use cases

  • monitor hundreds of telegram channels for keywords
  • scrape telegram channel messages into a database
  • track cryptocurrency shilling and sentiment in telegram groups
  • run brand monitoring across telegram channels
  • log telegram channel activity to google sheets
  • analyze telegram channel participants and message volume

When to choose

  • you need to monitor many telegram channels at scale using real user accounts
  • you want keyword regex filtering with messages stored in MySQL or Google Sheets
  • you want a dockerized, self-hosted telegram listener that stays logged in

When to avoid

  • you need an official Telegram Bot API solution rather than user-account automation
  • you require production-grade stability - it is a proof-of-concept with known bugs
  • your use case may violate Telegram's terms of service or local surveillance laws

Facets

library · maturity experimental

web-scraping monitoring chatbot database logging messaging-platforms social-media python self-hosted telegram telethon userbot mass-surveillance channel-monitoring keyword-filtering google-sheets sock-puppet surveillance automation cryptocurrency docker

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
paulpierre/informermain54

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