forward-telegram-message

A Telegram message forwarder that forwards messages from a source chat to a target chat.

This project is implemented in Go using the gotd/td Telegram client library.

Features

• Forward messages from one Telegram chat to another
• Automatic reconnection on disconnect
• Proper error handling and logging
• Environment variable configuration

Requirements

• Go 1.24 or higher
• Telegram API credentials (visit https://my.telegram.org/ to get them)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/tiennm99/forward-telegram-message.git
cd forward-telegram-message

2. Install dependencies:

go mod tidy

Configuration

Create a .env file in the project root with the following content:

TG_PHONE=+1234567890
API_ID=123456789
API_HASH=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
SOURCE_GROUP_ID=-123456789
TARGET_GROUP_ID=-123456789

Replace the values with your Telegram credentials and chat IDs.

Usage

1. Install dependencies:

go mod tidy

2. Run the application:

go run .

The application will connect to Telegram and start forwarding messages from the source chat to the target chat.

The Original Python Version

In 2025, I rewrote this project using Go. The original Python version of this project can be found at the feature/python branch.