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Install telegram-a with Homebrew Cask

Web client for Telegram messenger. Version 10.9.51 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

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brew install --cask telegram-a

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overview

Package summary

Web client for Telegram messenger

Commands and aliases

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history

Project history and usage

Telegram A is the installable desktop edition of Telegram Web A, an open-source official Telegram client derived from a prize-winning lightweight-client contest entry.

Project history

Telegram Web A began as a lightweight-client contest entry and published its initial 1.0 release in March 2021. The project deliberately minimized dependencies and built its interface on the custom Teact framework.

In August 2023, the project jumped from version 1.x to 10.0 to mark Telegram’s tenth anniversary and its functional parity with native clients. That release also introduced an experimental standalone desktop build for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Adoption history

The client won first prize in Telegram’s Lightweight Client Contest and subsequently became an official Telegram web client at web.telegram.org/a. Its installable desktop build extends the same application beyond the browser.

The project’s public repository and GPL licensing enable community inspection and contribution, while operational feedback is routed through Telegram’s official suggestions platform.

How it is used

Users sign in to their Telegram account and access chats, channels, groups, calls, media, bots, and other Telegram features through the Web A interface. The cask provides the experimental standalone desktop packaging rather than requiring a browser tab.

Why package nerds care

Telegram A is notable for being an official messenger client built with an unusually self-contained web stack: its own React-like Teact framework, a customized GramJS implementation, and extensive use of Web Workers, WebAssembly, IndexedDB-style caching, streaming, and PWA APIs. The desktop cask packages that web-first architecture as a native-style application.

Timeline

  • 2021: Version 1.0.0 is released on March 13.
  • 2023: Version 10.0 introduces an experimental standalone desktop edition.
  • 2026: The project wiki adopts the Telegram Air (Web A) name.

Related projects

  • Telegram
  • Telegram Web K
  • Teact
  • GramJS

Sources

  • Official changelog: https://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
  • Official project wiki: https://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt/wiki
  • Official repository README: https://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt#readme
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  • source_facts.description

security posture

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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for telegram-a. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

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  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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Installed executables

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freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-10-22
manager version10.9.51
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:telegram-a
Version10.9.51
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/telegram-a
Homepagehttps://web.telegram.org/a/get
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt
Upstream docshttps://web.telegram.org/a/get
Source archivehttps://github.com/Ajaxy/telegram-tt/releases/download/v10.9.51/Telegram-A-arm64.dmg
SHA-2569299cc0b54a6ed896f07d0347476084401e2e96ae01476c3c9fac222ce528e09
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokentelegram-a
Names
  • Telegram A
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

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Related tools

  • telegram-desktopPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: client, messenger, telegram.
  • telegram-desktop@betaPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: client, messenger, telegram.

Same workflow

  • telegram-downloaderLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: messenger, telegram.

source trail

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