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The original was posted on /r/opensourceapps by /u/Amanzious on 2021-10-08 05:44:16+00:00.

Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android.

Replacement of non-FOSS, untrustworthy or suspicious binaries or source code:

  • Do location sharing with OpenStreetMap(osmdroid) instead of Google Maps
  • Use Twemoji emoji set instead of Apple’s emoji
  • Google Play Services GCM replaced with Telegram’s push service
  • SECURITY: Old BoringSSL prebuilts are replaced with the newest upstream source code built at compile time
  • SECURITY: Old FFmpeg prebuilts are replaced with the newest upstream source code built at compile time
  • SECURITY: Bundled libWebP is updated

Removal of non-FOSS, untrustworthy or suspicious binaries or source code and their functionality:

  • Google Vision face detection and barcode scanning (Passport)
  • Google Wallet and Android Pay integration
  • Google Voice integration
  • HockeyApp crash reporting and self-updates
  • Google SMS retrieval. You have to type the code manually

Other:

  • Allow to set a proxy before login
  • Added the ability to parse locations from intents containing a geo:<lat>,<lon>,<zoom>string
  • Force static map previews from Telegram
  • No content restrictions

License: GPL-2.0

Source: https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS

Releases: https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS/releases

Download: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.telegram.messenger/

Project website: https://telegram.org/

Current status: Active and maintained, updated frequently.