Best alternatives to Telegram Groups (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Telegram Groups, 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 Groups 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 17× more users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 0)
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Telegram Group and Channel Search Tool
This tool helps you search Telegram groups and channels to join, let's find the best Telegram channels link or groups links.
≈7K users4.7★ from 71 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago4 permissions- About 2.3× more users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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Telegram Pusher
Push URLs, images and notes to Telegram
560 users3.6★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago5 permissions- About 5.4× fewer users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 0)
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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 17× more users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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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 3.0× fewer users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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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 1.7× more users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
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Android for Web Telegram
Emulate Android on the web version of Telegram to run mini-apps.
967 users4.4★ from 7 ratings2 permissions- About 3.1× fewer users than Telegram Groups
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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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 3.0× fewer users than Telegram Groups
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Telegram Downloader
Downloads photos and videos from Telegram Web
482 users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions- About 6.2× fewer users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Telegram desktop online
Send unlimited Telegram messages, photos, videos, and voice notes, and conduct efficient group chats.
≈10K users1.6★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago2 permissions- About 3.3× more users than Telegram Groups
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
Telegram Groups alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Telegram Groups?
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 Groups alternative has the best rating?
Telegram Group and Channel Search Tool has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 71 ratings.
How many alternatives to Telegram Groups are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Telegram Groups 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.