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You can literally build your own client. Full spec is open source and documented and it works. There are many implementations already. You can also compile the

• saagarjha 8y ago
  > You can literally build your own client. I mean, I could, but the Telegram developers being so opaque about this doesn’t make me feel like this is a good use of my time. > There are many implementations already. As far as I can tell, the only implementations for the platforms I care about are the “official” ones (in the sense that they are placed under some random person’s GitHub account and linked to by the Telegram website). > You can also compile the official client yourself. I have never been able to get this to work. Either way, what I compile from the “sources” they have put online and what they are shipping are two different things.
  • dzsekijo 8y ago
    > As far as I can tell, the only implementations for the platforms I care about are the “official” ones Telethon (https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon) is a decent up to date (with MTProto) independent clean-room client implementation in the form of a Python lib. You might consider trying to take care about it.
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      Hmm, I’ll take a look. I’m still not convinced that I would work on a better client, though.