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a telegram desktop fork, kept as a queue of patches on top of upstream releases and built automatically

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GITHUB · launched Sep 25, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 68%) · 4 views

Niche: desktop environment and customization software · 283 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -43% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Communication
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • client
  • patchset
  • tdesktop
  • telegram

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Could you build this?

Partial Managing Git patches is trivial, but compiling and maintaining a custom fork of Telegram Desktop (a massive C++/Qt codebase with complex submodules) requires substantial build-system expertise.

What it would actually take: The project relies on a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions) automating `git rebase` / `git am` patch queues onto Telegram's `tdesktop` repository. The primary hurdle is managing the notorious compilation dependencies of Telegram Desktop (custom Qt fork, WebRTC, custom OpenSSL patches, OS-specific toolchains on Windows/macOS/Linux). It demands deep familiarity with C++ CMake builds, submodule orchestration, and resolving upstream merge conflicts in large C++ projects.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 2894 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #1951 of 2895 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 330 days after the earliest competitor.

  • discord-server-raider · github · 2026-11-02 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • freshGram · github · 2026-10-02 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • OneDeploy · hn · 2026-10-16 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • gramx · github · 2026-10-01 · 52 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Ronami · github · 2026-09-13 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • AutoMorph · github · 2026-10-20 · 157 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • discord-server-raider-installer · github · 2026-11-04 · 138 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • gitbolt · github · 2026-10-05 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.57

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