# witnessmenow/Universal-Arduino-Telegram-Bot

Use Telegram on your Arduino (ESP8266 or Wifi-101 boards)

Repository: https://github.com/witnessmenow/Universal-Arduino-Telegram-Bot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/universal-arduino-telegram-bot
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: telegram, arduino, wifi
Last push: 2024-07-29T06:31:43+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": 3721, "days_push": 765, "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 1230, forks 323 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.796619+00:00)

## What it is
An Arduino IDE library providing an interface to the Telegram Bot API, designed to work across multiple Arduino architectures such as ESP8266 and WiFi-101 boards. It lets embedded projects send and receive Telegram messages for remote monitoring and command of hardware.

## Use cases
- control an arduino project remotely via telegram
- send sensor readings from esp8266 to telegram
- receive telegram commands on an iot device
- get notifications from my arduino project on my phone
- build a telegram bot on esp32
- remote home automation with telegram messages

## When to choose
- you need Telegram messaging from Arduino-compatible boards like ESP8266, ESP32, or WiFi-101
- you want a single library supporting multiple Arduino architectures
- you want remote monitoring or command of an embedded project via a chat app

## When to avoid
- your board has no WiFi or SSL capability
- you need a full-featured Telegram client rather than the Bot API
- you are not using the Arduino IDE ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, sdk, chatbot
- domain: iot, embedded-systems, messaging-platforms
- platform: embedded, iot, cpp
- tags: telegram-bot-api, arduino-library, esp8266, esp32, wifi-101, arduino-ide, automation

## Member repositories
- witnessmenow/Universal-Arduino-Telegram-Bot (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.796619+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 2026-08-30T06:15:04.153803+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/witnessmenow/Universal-Arduino-Telegram-Bot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.796619+00:00, sha 1f9f50245dd0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.