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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:,,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.