# nickoala/telepot

Python framework for Telegram Bot API

Repository: https://github.com/nickoala/telepot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/telepot
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: telegram, telegram-bot, python
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-03-09T06:27:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4073, "days_push": 2003, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2412, forks 460 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.476585+00:00)

## What it is
Telepot is a Python framework wrapping the Telegram Bot API, providing classes and helpers for building Telegram bots. The author has explicitly stopped maintaining the library.

## Use cases
- build a telegram bot in python
- handle telegram bot updates and webhooks
- send messages and media via telegram bot api
- create inline keyboard bots
- learn how telegram bot api works in python

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight pure-python telegram bot library and accept no updates
- maintaining an existing codebase already built on telepot

## When to avoid
- starting a new telegram bot project - the library is unmaintained since 2021
- you need support for newer telegram bot api features
- you want security fixes or active community support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-framework, http-client, chatbot
- domain: chatbots, messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: telegram, telegram-bot, bot-framework, api-wrapper, unmaintained, automation

## Member repositories
- nickoala/telepot (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.476585+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 2026-08-30T02:33:57.065226+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nickoala/telepot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.476585+00:00, sha c49fccceaabe)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/telepot/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:59.075418+00:00, sha fb91402708d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.