About OpenTG
OpenTG is a search engine for public Telegram channels. Telegram is hard to search from outside the app, so we give each post we index a permanent web page that anyone can read, link to and cite, with a link back to the original on Telegram.
Who it is for
- People researching a topic. Search public channels by phrase, channel, language and date, from the website, then follow a story back to its source.
- Channel owners. Add our read-only bot and your posts become pages that people can find on Google and in AI answers. See how to add a channel.
- Developers and AI agents. The same search is available through a REST API and an MCP server, using a key from your account.
How you use it
Anyone can read a post page without an account. Search shows a short preview when you are signed out, and all results once you sign in. Every account has a daily quota, shared by site search, the API and MCP. The Free plan needs no card, and paid plans raise the quota.
Where the posts come from
The index has two sources:
- Channels whose admins added our bot. A private channel is only ever included this way, by its admin's choice.
- Public channel pages on t.me. These are the pages Telegram publishes for anyone to read without an account. Our software collects posts from them automatically.
We keep original text posts of at least 200 characters, and skip forwarded posts and media without a caption. Groups and direct messages are never included.
The API also has one lookup that reads a public channel's latest posts from t.me when a customer asks for them, including channels that are not in our index. It does not reach private channels or channels we have removed, and it only ever contacts t.me, never another site.
Our Terms forbid mirroring the service or extracting it in bulk.
Removing a channel or post
Channel owners and rights holders can ask us to remove a channel or a post, at our contact page or support@opentg.ai. A removed post stops being available at its URL. A removed channel disappears from the site, search and API, and we stop collecting it. We also remove channels that break our Content Policy, whether or not anyone has asked.
Who runs OpenTG
OpenTG is run by Yuriy Landovskyy, a sole proprietor (фізична особа-підприємець) registered in Ukraine. It is an independent service, not affiliated with Telegram Messenger Inc. You can reach us at support@opentg.ai. The Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Refund Policy have the details.