Telegram is a fascinating platform for builders: bots, channels, Mini Apps, and a huge global user base. The MTProto stack and Bot API are well documented. What is not well solved — for users and for people who ship communities — is discovery.
If you already know a community’s exact @username or invite slug, you are fine. If you are trying to answer questions like:
- “Where are active Python discussion groups on Telegram?”
- “Which crypto channels are actually public and sizable?”
- “Is there a gaming community in Hindi that isn’t a dead link?”
…Telegram’s built-in search often feels like exact-string matching, not exploration. That is a product gap, not a complaint about Telegram as a whole — they optimized for chat, not for a web-style directory.
What we ship: LetsTG
LetsTG is a directory + search layer on top of public Telegram groups and channels. Today it indexes 100,000+ communities and lets you:
- Search by keyword (partial matches — you do not need the perfect name)
- Filter by category — tech, crypto, gaming, marketing, education, and more
- Filter by language — English, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and 30+ others
- See member counts and basic activity signals before you burn a join attempt on spam
There is also a Telegram-native companion: letstg.com pairs with the bot letstgbot so people can search without leaving the client.
Everything above is free for end users — no paywall for basic discovery.
Why this matters if you run a community
If you maintain a dev group, a local meetup channel, or an OSS discussion room, being findable is half the battle. Directories that classify public metadata help legitimate communities surface next to noise. On LetsTG, group owners can get listed via the bot workflow (forward a message from your group to letstgbot) so new members can actually find you by topic and language.
Not pretending to replace Telegram search
LetsTG does not replace Telegram. It complements it the same way a curated package index complements npm search — browsing, filtering, and comparing at scale.
If you are building on Telegram or just tired of guessing invite links from random blogs, try letstg.com and tell me what is missing in the comments — I am actively iterating.
Disclaimer: I work on LetsTG. Links go to our site and bot.
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