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      <title>I Built 9 Production-Ready Telegram Bots in Python (Open Source)</title>
      <dc:creator>Castanderness</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/castanderness/i-built-9-production-ready-telegram-bots-in-python-open-source-345h</link>
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      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  I Built 9 Production-Ready Telegram Bots in Python
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt; 9 open-source Telegram bot templates — AI assistant, booking, crypto alerts, job channel, price monitor, restaurant, tutor, survey, auto-content. All free on GitHub.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Bots
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  1. AI Assistant Pro (with subscription model)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Full freemium — 20 free messages/day, unlimited for premium users. SQLite database, admin panel.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="nd"&gt;@dp.message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="k"&gt;async&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="k"&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;handle_message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;Message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;is_premium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;user_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;db&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;get_msg_count_today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;user_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;&amp;gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;FREE_DAILY_LIMIT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="k"&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;answer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Limit reached!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;reply_markup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;premium_keyboard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;())&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="k"&gt;return&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;client&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;messages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;create&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;claude-haiku-4-5-20251001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;max_tokens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;1024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;messages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;conversations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;user_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;answer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;response&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  2. Appointment Booking Bot
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Barbershops, clinics, tutors. Interactive date/time picker, no double-booking, admin notifications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  3. Crypto Price Alert Bot
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set targets, get notified when BTC/ETH/SOL hits them. Free CoinGecko API, no key needed.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="k"&gt;async&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="k"&gt;def&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;check_alerts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;():&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;alerts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;get_all_active_alerts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;coins&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;list&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;({&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="k"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;alerts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;prices&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;get_prices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;coins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;alert_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;user_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;coin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;direction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;target&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;alerts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;prices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;get&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;coin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;hit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;direction&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;&amp;gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;target&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;direction&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;&amp;lt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;target&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="k"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;hit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
            &lt;span class="k"&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;bot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;send_message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;user_id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sa"&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Alert! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;coin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt; hit $&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  4-9. More bots
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Job vacancy channel (HH.ru API), Avito price monitor, restaurant reservations, English tutor, survey→Excel, auto-content scheduler.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Tech Stack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Python 3.12 + aiogram 3.7&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SQLite (survives restarts)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anthropic Claude Haiku (~$0.001/1000 messages)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;APScheduler for cron jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  GitHub
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All 9 bots open source: &lt;a href="https://github.com/Castanderness/telegram-bots-portfolio" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Castanderness/telegram-bots-portfolio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Portfolio: &lt;a href="https://castanderness.github.io/telegram-bots-portfolio/portfolio/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://castanderness.github.io/telegram-bots-portfolio/portfolio/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Available for freelance — $49+ per bot, 2-5 day delivery.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>I Built 9 Production-Ready Telegram Bots - Source Code Included</title>
      <dc:creator>Castanderness</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/castanderness/i-built-9-production-ready-telegram-bots-source-code-included-4n08</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/castanderness/i-built-9-production-ready-telegram-bots-source-code-included-4n08</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Overview
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;9 open-sourced production Telegram bots built for freelance clients.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Bots Included
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;AI Assistant Pro (Claude/ChatGPT + subscription tiers)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Booking Bot (date picker, anti-double-booking)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Crypto Price Alerts (CoinGecko free API)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vacancy Channel Bot (auto-posts from HH.ru)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Restaurant Bot (menu + table reservations)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Survey Bot (saves answers to Excel)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;English Tutor (vocabulary + quizzes)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auto-Content Bot (scheduled posts)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Price Monitor (Avito scraper + alerts)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Get the Code
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GitHub: &lt;a href="https://github.com/Castanderness/telegram-bots-portfolio" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Castanderness/telegram-bots-portfolio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Portfolio: &lt;a href="https://castanderness.github.io/telegram-bots-portfolio/portfolio/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://castanderness.github.io/telegram-bots-portfolio/portfolio/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Available for custom Telegram bot development. DM on GitHub.&lt;/p&gt;

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