Telegem v3.4.0 is out – Bot API 9.6, Redis store, and looking back at 4.5 months of building

I started Telegem on December 20, 2025. I didn't plan to build a full Telegram framework. I just wanted something faster than telegram-bot-ruby, something that didn't block, something that felt right in Ruby.

Today, I'm releasing v3.4.0.

What's New

• Bot API 9.6 full support – managed bots, polls overhaul, sendMessageDraft, and all the new update types.
• Redis session store – for horizontal scaling across multiple webhook instances.
• Translate plugin – built-in translation using the Lingva API.
• Removed concurrent-ruby – lighter footprint, fewer dependencies.
• Better error messages – improved feedback for invalid middleware.
• Ruby 3.1+ support – fully tested and verified.

Why v3.4.0 Matters

The Telegram Bot API changes fast. Most Ruby wrappers lag behind. With v3.4.0, Telegem is fully aligned with Telegram's April 2026 release – managed bots, polls with multiple correct answers, the works.

The Redis store is the other big one. Until now, sessions lived in memory. That's fine for one process. For webhook mode with multiple workers? You needed shared storage. Now you have it.

Looking Back at 4.5 Months

I pushed the first commit on December 20, 2025. Since then, Telegem has grown to:

• 46 versions
• ~71,000 total downloads
• Full async architecture (built on Async, not threads)
• Webhook server with SSL (no Rack required)
• Scenes, sessions, rate limiting, middleware – all the things you expect from a modern framework

Not everyone found it. Not everyone stayed. But thousands of developers tried it, and that's more than I expected when I started.

What's Next

I'm not adding features for the sake of features. Telegem is stable. The next work will be:

1. Lowering the Ruby requirement back to 3.1 (v3.4.0 incorrectly bumped it to 3.4 – fixing it in the next patch).
2. More docs for advanced patterns.
3. Proper plugin system – making it easier for the community to extend the core.

Get It

bash
gem install telegem

Or in your Gemfile:

gem 'telegem', '~> 3.4.0'


  

    

      
      
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Telegem Documentation


Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for Telegem, a modern Ruby framework for building Telegram bots.






Table of Contents



Getting Started




README - Main project README

Getting Started - Installation and basic setup

Core Concepts - Understanding Telegem architecture



Core Components





Bot - Main bot class and configuration

Context - Update context and response methods

Handlers - Command, hears, and event handlers

Middleware - Request processing pipeline

Scenes - Multi-step conversation flows

Sessions - Data persistence between updates



API & Types





API - Telegram API client usage

Types - Type-safe API response handling

Keyboards - Inline and reply keyboard DSL



Advanced Features





Plugins - Built-in and custom plugins

Webhooks - Production webhook deployment

Error Handling - Comprehensive error management

Testing - Unit and integration testing

Deployment - Production deployment guides



Examples & Guides








Examples - Complete bot examples



Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions



Contributing - Development guidelines



Changelog…




  


  
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I don't know where Telegem will be a year from now. But I know it's already a better foundation than anything else in Ruby for building Telegram bots.

I'm curious—for those building bots in Ruby, what's your biggest pain point with current libraries? I'd love to see if Telegem can solve it for you.

– ZenDrx