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Telegram Sidebar

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Description

Category: 3rd Party Integrations
#telegram#sidebar#chat#bots#channels

The Telegram Sidebar plugin embeds Telegram Web inside the sidebar, so chats stay beside your notes instead of in a separate window. It keeps the login session across restarts, lets you choose the Web K or Web A client, and can place the panel on either side of the workspace. You can set a default bot, user, channel or group to open on launch, then use commands to open the panel, reload it or jump straight to that chat. The plugin is desktop only because it depends on an Electron webview, and it stores only local plugin settings while Telegram handles messages and session data through its own web client.

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RequirementsExperimental

  • Telegram account

Latest Version

1.3.4
2 months ago

Changelog

Ran the official eslint-plugin-obsidianmd locally against this plugin and fixed everything it flagged (0 errors, down from 60 problems):

  • minAppVersion bumped to 1.7.2 — Workspace.revealLeaf and ExtraButtonComponent.setTooltip require it; the plugin was already using them while declaring 1.0.0 support
  • Replaced the undocumented adapter.basePath access with the public FileSystemAdapter.getBasePath()
  • Properly typed the Electron <webview> surface instead of as any casts
  • Fixed floating promises in command callbacks and settings load
  • Renamed the "Open Telegram Sidebar" command (id/name no longer duplicate the plugin id/name)
  • Sentence-cased command names and settings UI text
  • Dropped the builtin-modules dependency in favor of Node's own node:module list

No user-facing behavior changes.

See all version on GitHub

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Telegram Sidebar for Obsidian

Embed Telegram Web directly in your Obsidian sidebar. Chat with bots, contacts, groups, and channels without leaving your vault.

Desktop Only License

Features

  • Sidebar Telegram Web — Full Telegram Web client in your Obsidian sidebar
  • Persistent Login — Log in once, stay logged in across restarts
  • Direct Chat Navigation — Configure a default bot/user/channel to open automatically
  • Configurable — Choose Web version (K/A), panel side (left/right), auto-open on startup
  • Command Palette — Open, reload, and navigate via commands

Use Cases

  • Chat with AI bots (OpenClaw, ChatGPT bots, etc.) while taking notes
  • Monitor Telegram channels alongside your knowledge base
  • Quick replies without switching windows

Installation (BRAT)

  1. Install BRAT from Community Plugins
  2. Open BRAT Settings → Add Beta Plugin
  3. Enter: https://github.com/reallygood83/teledian
  4. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community Plugins

Usage

  1. Click the paper plane icon (✈) in the left ribbon, or use Command Palette → Open Telegram Sidebar
  2. Log in to Telegram Web (first time only)
  3. Start chatting!

Settings

Setting Description Default
Telegram Username Bot/user/channel to open on launch (without @) Empty (main screen)
Web Version K (lightweight) or A (modern React UI) K
Panel Side Left or Right sidebar Right
Auto Open Open sidebar automatically on startup Off

Commands

Command Action
Open Telegram Sidebar Toggle the sidebar panel
Reload Telegram Refresh the webview
Go to Chat Navigate to the configured username

Requirements

  • Obsidian Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  • Not compatible with Obsidian Mobile (uses Electron webview)

Network Use

This plugin loads Telegram Web (https://web.telegram.org) directly inside an embedded Electron <webview> in the Obsidian sidebar. No data is sent to any server operated by this plugin — your Telegram session, messages, and login are handled entirely by Telegram's own web client and are subject to Telegram's Privacy Policy. The plugin only reads/writes local plugin settings (data.json) inside your vault.

Development

git clone https://github.com/reallygood83/teledian.git
cd teledian
npm install
npm run dev     # watch mode
npm run build   # production build

Copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css to your vault's .obsidian/plugins/telegram-sidebar/ folder.

License

MIT

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