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Install telegram-desktop with Homebrew Cask
Desktop client for Telegram messenger. Version 7.3.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Desktop client for Telegram messenger
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Project history and usage
Telegram Desktop is Telegram's official open-source desktop messenger, providing synchronized access to Telegram chats and cloud media on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Project history
Telegram launched in August 2013. An initially unofficial PC client appeared in early 2014 and later became the official Telegram Desktop application. Telegram Desktop reached version 1.0 in January 2017 with a redesigned interface and custom themes.
The client has continued as the service's principal cross-platform desktop application, adding features such as cloud drafts, media and document synchronization, chat export, calls, themes, and other capabilities shared with the Telegram platform.
Adoption history
Telegram Desktop grew into Telegram's official cross-platform desktop client for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its cloud synchronization lets users move between mobile and desktop clients, while official binaries, operating-system stores, Linux packages, and package managers provide multiple distribution paths.
Telegram reports more than one billion active users for the wider service. That figure describes Telegram overall rather than the desktop client alone.
How it is used
Sign in with a Telegram account and verification code to synchronize ordinary cloud chats, documents, photos, videos, and drafts across devices.
Use the client for messaging, groups, channels, calls, file exchange, and desktop-oriented operations such as chat-data export.
Secret Chats are device-specific and are not synchronized into Telegram Desktop.
Why package nerds care
Telegram Desktop is a substantial GPLv3 C++/Qt desktop application built on the public Telegram API and MTProto protocol. It is important to packaging communities because it spans Windows, macOS, and Linux, has both upstream and store-specific distributions, and maintains a large native build and dependency system.
Timeline
- 2013-08-14: Telegram launched.
- 2014-01: A stand-alone PC application appeared and later became the official Telegram Desktop client.
- 2017-01-11: Telegram Desktop reached version 1.0 with a redesigned interface and custom-theme support.
Related projects
- Telegram Web provides browser-based access.
- Telegram for macOS is a separate native Apple-platform client.
- Telegram Desktop uses the Telegram API and MTProto protocol.
Sources
- Official Desktop 1.0 announcement: https://telegram.org/blog/desktop-1-0
- Official FAQ: https://telegram.org/faq
- Official Telegram history: https://telegram.org/evolution
- Official repository: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for telegram-desktop. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-22
manager version7.3.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://desktop.telegram.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:telegram-desktop |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.3.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/telegram-desktop |
| Homepage | https://desktop.telegram.org/ |
| Upstream docs | https://desktop.telegram.org/ |
| Source archive | https://td.telegram.org/mac/td-setup-mac-7.3.3.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 2f61ac7b8ab5d1190a9ab0aa23198468bcbde9eb26c63af4708161ed6a5f7cd3 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | telegram-desktop |
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| Auto Updates | yes |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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