Telegram Forwarder Bot

A lightweight Telegram client-based bot that automatically forwards all incoming private messages from your account to a specified private group.

Built using Telethon and designed for simplicity, reliability, and 24/7 operation.

Features

• 📩 Automatically forwards private chat messages to a private group
• 👤 Shows original sender ("Forwarded from [username]" format)
• 🔒 Uses .env file for secure API configuration
• 🔄 Ready for 24/7 server deployment with systemd
• 🖥️ Easy and fast setup on any Linux server (Ubuntu recommended)

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or higher
• A Telegram account
• api_id and api_hash from Telegram API

Setup

1. Clone or download this repository manually.

   git clone https://github.com/Arianrv/telegram-forwarder-bot.git
   cd telegram-forwarder-bot
   

2. Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install required libraries from requirements.txt:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Create a apiprivate.env file in the root folder with this format:

   api_id=YOUR_API_ID
   api_hash=YOUR_API_HASH
   target_group_id=YOUR_TARGET_GROUP_ID     # (e.g. -100123456789)
   

5. Run the bot:

   python forward.py