Best alternatives to Telegram desktop online (2026)
7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Telegram desktop online, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Telegram desktop online alternatives, compared
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Web for Telegram
Easy access to Telegram for Chrome. Notifications for incoming messages. Share and Save Telegram. Messenger
≈50K users3.2★ from 40 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago10 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Telegram desktop online
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 2)
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Send to Telegram
A browser extension to send selected contents on web pages to Telegram via Telegram Bot API.
≈1K users5.0★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Telegram desktop online
- Updated less recently
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SendMe Telegram
Allows you to send links, images, maps, quotes from browser to your Telegram via bot.
≈5K users4.3★ from 117 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Telegram desktop online
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Enhancer for Telegram™
Easy access to Telegram web with enhancing and privacy features.
≈50K users3.9★ from 344 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago1 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Telegram desktop online
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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Telegram Groups
Telegram Groups
≈3K users3.8★ from 16 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Telegram desktop online
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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Messenger for Telegram™
Access to Telegram's web application in a separate window or tab and get notified when new messages received
≈2K users3.8★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Telegram desktop online
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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Telegram Privacy Extension
Telegram Privacy Extension hides your messages on Telegram Web until you hover over them.
≈1K users3.7★ from 3 ratingsNo special permissions- About 10× fewer users than Telegram desktop online
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
Telegram desktop online alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Telegram desktop online?
By users, the most popular alternative is Web for Telegram with ≈50K users and a 3.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Web for Telegram.
Which Telegram desktop online alternative has the best rating?
SendMe Telegram has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 117 ratings.
Is there a Telegram desktop online alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Telegram Groups asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Telegram desktop online.
How many alternatives to Telegram desktop online are there?
We list 7 close alternatives to Telegram desktop online on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.