telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Choose this fork if you want a visually customized Telegram Desktop with extra UX/accessibility tweaks and can tolerate some upstream lag and packaging divergence. Stick with upstream if you need the newest fixes and the least maintenance friction.

Choose this fork if you want a customized Telegram Desktop base with its own settings, UI behavior, and packaging pipeline. Choose upstream if you want the official client with the lowest maintenance burden and fastest access to Telegram's latest fixes.

Choose this fork if you want a Telegreat-specific, privacy-forward client with custom backend behavior. Choose upstream if you want current Telegram Desktop features, easier maintenance, and lower compatibility risk.

Choose this fork only if its custom curation and updater behavior are the product goal. If you want a current Telegram Desktop base with ongoing upstream fixes, the fork is too stale and too far behind to be a low-risk adoption.

Prefer this fork if you want a customized Telegram Desktop with privacy/lock features and are willing to trade upstream freshness and consistency for those additions. Prefer upstream if you want the most current, standard Telegram Desktop experience with lower maintenance risk.

Choose this fork only if you specifically want an almost-unmodified Telegram Desktop snapshot; otherwise upstream is the better default because it is newer and actively maintained.

Choose this fork if you want a customized Telegram Desktop with product-level changes in gifts, bot/webview, and search behavior and you are willing to own long-term merge debt. Choose upstream if you want the most current, low-risk Telegram Desktop with full maintenance cadence and minimal divergence.

Choose this fork only if you specifically want the TDLib migration and the newer gift/credits/reactions workflows. If your priority is stability, upstream parity, or low-maintenance desktop messaging, the official Telegram Desktop repo is the safer base.

Choose this fork if you want an opinionated Telegram Desktop derivative with privacy, gifting, sticker, and visual customization changes. Choose upstream if you want current Telegram Desktop behavior, faster security/feature updates, and lower maintenance risk.