# Nekmo/telegram-upload

Upload and download files from Telegram up to 4 GiB using your account

Repository: https://github.com/Nekmo/telegram-upload
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/telegram-upload
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: telegram, upload, file-upload, files, downloader, download, telegram-client
Last push: 2024-06-18T01:08:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3082, "days_push": 807, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1414, forks 271 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.585672+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that uses your personal Telegram account to upload and download files up to 4 GiB (2 GiB for free accounts), effectively turning Telegram into a personal cloud storage service. It requires api_id and api_hash credentials and works with saved messages or channels.

## Use cases
- upload large files to telegram from the command line
- use telegram as free cloud storage
- download files from a telegram channel or saved messages
- transfer files bigger than 2GB using a premium telegram account
- script automated file backups to telegram
- send videos and media files to myself via telegram

## When to choose
- you want to move large files (up to 4 GiB) through Telegram using your personal account
- you need a scriptable, terminal-based way to upload/download files to Telegram
- you want a free personal cloud backed by Telegram saved messages or channels

## When to avoid
- you only need to send files under 50MB via a bot token - bots are not supported
- you need a GUI or web interface for file transfers
- you need cloud storage with sharing links and access controls rather than a messaging platform

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-upload, cli, developer-tools
- domain: messaging-platforms, files
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: telegram, file-transfer, personal-cloud, telethon, large-files, command-line, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- Nekmo/telegram-upload (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.585672+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 2026-08-30T04:38:11.615327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Nekmo/telegram-upload (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.585672+00:00, sha f8856b447ed0)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/telegram-upload/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:04.980589+00:00, sha c0a6ab81533c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.