telegram-downloader mit Homebrew, scoop, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• tdl

Projektgeschichte

The iyear/tdl repository was created in 2022, with an early v0.1.0-beta release in September 2022. The official README and documentation describe it as 'Telegram Downloader, but more than a downloader' and as a Telegram toolkit written in Go.

The project developed around Telegram power-user workflows that official clients do not optimize for: bulk downloads, protected-chat handling, JSON exports, message forwarding, upload workflows, and session migration.

Adoptionsgeschichte

tdl's adoption is visible in its packaging spread across Homebrew, Scoop, Termux, AUR, Nix, Docker, and prebuilt release assets. The official installation docs list Homebrew's `brew install telegram-downloader` path alongside one-line scripts and binaries.

The GitHub repository has thousands of stars and many release artifacts, indicating a CLI niche larger than a one-off script but still centered on Telegram automation and archival users.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run `tdl dl` to download from Telegram message links or exported JSON, `tdl chat export` to produce JSON for media downloads, `tdl forward` to forward or clone messages with routing rules, and related commands to upload files or export members.

For package nerds, the interesting part is that the packaged executable exposes a whole Telegram data workflow while keeping user state under `~/.tdl`, which makes upgrades and backup behavior straightforward.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

telegram-downloader is notable as a package-manager-friendly wrapper around a service-specific power tool. It is the kind of CLI users want from Brew because it avoids manual GitHub asset selection and gives a stable `tdl` command on PATH.

The package also reflects a common modern packaging pattern: a Go single binary with cross-platform release assets, shell completions, Docker images, and docs that explicitly call out several package managers.

Zeitleiste

• 2022: iyear/tdl repository created and v0.1.0-beta released.
• 2023: Documentation covers export and troubleshooting workflows for Telegram sessions.
• 2024: Download docs document protected-chat JSON export and resume/serve workflows.
• 2026: v0.20.3 is published in the official GitHub releases.

Related projects

• Telegram Desktop is referenced in docs as a source of exported chat JSON.
• aria2, wget, axel, and IDM are adjacent download managers mentioned by tdl docs for serve-mode workflows.
• Other Telegram bot and userbot tools overlap, but tdl is packaged primarily as a terminal downloader/toolkit.

Quellen

• https://docs.iyear.me/tdl/
• https://docs.iyear.me/tdl/getting-started/installation/
• https://docs.iyear.me/tdl/guide/download/
• https://docs.iyear.me/tdl/guide/forward/
• https://docs.iyear.me/tdl/guide/tools/export-messages/
• https://github.com/iyear/tdl
• https://github.com/iyear/tdl/releases/tag/v0.20.3