BUGS

1) Whenever clicking on Better Telegram channel (chat_info.cpp?)
2) Randomly while BetterTelegram is open for up to 24-48h, when I come back online, the Telegram client crashed
3) Remove OTR/CT from messages & replace them with custom Badges in the user messages/profile
4) Sometimes when BetterTelegram is first injected & the Enable OTR Mode/Enable Protect Message button is clicked -> CRASH

If you guys see any other bugs/crashes, please write about them to @callmecrispy or @ethsony or @temptempxx so that we can add it to the list above!

Currently, our TODO list is as follows:

1) add the Tdata importer + unlimited accounts feature by 03.07.2025

2) write a patch DLL that will support Telegram 5.16.0 (that is expected to be released on Desktop in the next couple days), so the patch will take us 2-5 days to add support for after its release

3) replace CT/OTR with custom badges inside message/user-profile that is only visible to users of BetterTelegram

4) Figure out & fix all potential/known bugs or crashes before continuing with additional features + add support for stack tracer/debug logging feature to allow users to provide detailed future bug/crash reports

5) Resume working on the Fedora/Debian - Linux version of BetterTelegram

Update!

Telegram v5.16.0 was released today, our team is actively working on a patch DLL to support the latest version.

At the moment, if you have already installed BetterTelegram, you can continue to use it's features without issue on that same PC. But any new PC's that try & use BetterTelegram with the latest Telegram version will automatically receive this warning (see image above), at the time of log-in.

This warning simply states that your current Telegram Version (latest) is not yet supported by BetterTelegram.

Every Telegram version introduces new functionality to the client & as such, the previous function pointers/offsets change, and we must re-compile the newly added Telegram Libraries inside our DLL & also locate the new functions to hook, which allow BetterTelegram to modify Telegram the way it does.

The reason for this, is due to this line https://github.com/bettertelegram-client/main/blob/main/main.js#L108

Everytime BetterTelegram starts, it makes sure that Telegram doesn't have folder access it's "tupdates" (update folder). This way future Telegram updates can be controlled internally by BetterTelegram only once we have successfully added support for the latest version of Telegram. This also ensures that the user will not have any unexpected crashes due to version mismatch between the supported BetterTelegram DLL & the Telegram version.

Just to give you an idea of what these special "function pointers/offsets" are. Take note of Line #198 and #219 from the picture above.

These lines are key-components for the outlying functions "rescale_icon" and "generate_icon" used to create & set the size of icons that BetterTelegram injects into Telegram's client.

For this same reason, if these specific offsets are not found or for whatever reason point to a different address in memory than the one that it is meant for, when the function parameters get passed internally & Telegram detects that they are invalid, it would cause Telegram to crash.

For this same reason, we are required to go through all these various function pointers (31 at the current moment), throughout our DLL & assure that they point to the intended addresses in memory, from within the Telegram Client.

Hence, updates can take up to a few days for us to complete.

Update

BetterTelegram v1.3.91.DLL has been tested and working with the new Telegram Release v5.16.3 (as of 8 hours ago). Feel free to continue using BetterTelegram without interruption!

A major update for BetterTelegram GUI & in-part, BetterTelegram DLL is planned for release by 19.07.2025, it will include a handful of fixes & new features!

Lastly, we would like to THANK all of you beautiful people for helping us reach 50 active licences on BetterTelegram. We will seriously consider the original members of BetterTelegram in future perks/privileges of this project. Until the unforeseen future, BetterTelegram is free to use & as such, the most motivation we get for continued development of this project is the feedback & response from all you guys! Whether its negative, constructive criticism or positive — we strongly appreciate all of you!

Update

BetterTelegram v1.3.93.DLL has been released & hot-fixed to support Telegram v5.16.4 which was released yesterday!

Additionally, we are making a lot of progress with regards to the next major upgrade of BetterTelegram which will mark DLL v1.4.x & BetterTelegram GUI v1.3.x — it is expected to be finished around the first week of August. On top of there we are adding a bunch of new functionality/plugins, bug & crash fixes, plus performance upgrades ... you guys are going to LOVE everything thats coming!

Stay tuned everybody! ❤️

Update

Hello friends, in our constant effort to bring you the highest quality solution possible. We have been working hard on this video ad for BetterTelegram since the last 26 days, and it is finally finished! You'll be seeing it around quite a lot from here on out :)

Hope you enjoy!

Update (26.08.2025)

Hello everyone! In the last 2 months we have been hard at work addressing the previous bug reports & basically doing a full codebase rewrite of BetterTelegram in order to bring you a better experience!

BetterTelegram GUI v1.3.1

- Added Manual-Update functionality & UI with progress updates to inform the user about the status of the update in real-time
- Integrated Telegram Version updating UI/UX alongside Manual-Update, in order to make sure BetterTelegram supports the latest release
- Added a "Save License" button at the login page, to avoid entering your license key every time at login

BetterTelegram DLL v1.4.27

- Added a unique indicator of OTR-protected chats, which appears as a custom text render directly into the chat window
- Added UI for user authentication of the OTR plugin such that you explicitly control which users can or cannot authenticate with you
- OTR Protocol now works differently from before without bugs which were occuring when deauthenticating or reauthenticating OTR users
- Added unique message encoding which ensures that your buddies/peers cant send false OTR protocol messages to trick the plugin, only distinct messages are allowed
- Protocol now features a new control flow & order-of-operation since all components have been refactored

As of this moment, the latest Telegram version (6.0.2) is supported & updates will follow for newer versions as theyre released!

We hope you enjoy using BetterTelegram just as much as we enjoy making it!

Update (29.08.2025)

BetterTelegram DLL v1.4.32.dll

- Fixed a bug where reactions added to an OTR encrypted message would result in the message being deleted from the Telegram Chat Window

NOTE: We have been working on the sidelines to implement a Linux & MacOS build of BetterTelegram GUI + DLL (.SO for Linux & .DYLIB for MacOS), and we have an estimated release date by the end of November!
NOTE: Additionally, we are looking into making an iOS version of BetterTelegram (based on https://github.com/TelegramMessenger/Telegram-iOS) which will be available for download as an IPA & expect to have it completed before the end of this year!

Greetings everyone,

I wanted to share with you all the BetterTelegram group chat https://news.1rj.ru/str/+acvT6WkKhFRiYzlk

If anyone has any questions or requires technical assistance, you can be sure to receive a response there within 1-12 hours!

Thank you all for your attention & stay tuned for more updates!

Hello everyone,

The long awaited Open Source of BetterTelegram has happened! You can now view all internal source code here: https://github.com/bettertelegram-client/internal/tree/main

Greetings,

Today we added support for Telegram v6.1.2 (latest) on BetterTelegram, we hope you're enjoy using BetterTelegram just as much as we enjoy writing it!

Best to all of you,
BetterTelegram

BetterTelegram is now running an affiliate program!

We will create a unique link for you & your link clicks can be tracked via
https://bettertelegram.com/view_ads=visits

Downloads can be tracked via
https://bettertelegram.com/view_ads=downloads

For every download that comes with a new license registration from YOUR affiliate link

1) you will earn 5 USD on your account (for your given affiliate link)
2) AND (if the license is used for at least 3 days), you will earn 35% of all revenue that the given license generates for BetterTelegram.

Payouts can be collected every 15 DAYS (NET15) directly through Telegram, and will be made in XMR.

Write @bettertelegram_org to create your custom link in the affiliate program

Website is currently suffering a DDOS attack, we will announce when services are restored.

If you are suffering error 503 Service Unavailable while entering the site just wait till we solve the issue, news will be posted soon when its mitigated.

Auth System might be down temporarily.

- @bettertelegramorg team

DDOS attack has been mitigated successfully, website is back operative

https://bettertelegram.com/

Remember to claim your 30 days free trial on https://bettertelegram.com/account -> Next Step -> Activate 30-days free trial.

Btw once we reach 100 telegram channel subscribers (+20 active concurrent licenses used in a 48h span) we will run a couple telegram gifts giveway + sum $$$ too

Make sure you try bettertelegram today

and remember to join our public chat for any questions / anything you need : https://news.1rj.ru/str/+acvT6WkKhFRiYzlk

Btw hearing all you people think we are a "Rat n similar stuff" we decided to go fully opensource : https://github.com/bettertelegram-client , This means you can fully compile the client and see everything that goes arround inside bettertelegram-client, we as @bettertelegramorg keep the hooks updated to the latest telegram versions. Reverse engineering telegram to get these hooks is not an easy task. We would like to hear feedback from you guys on our public chat, thanks!