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title: "Telegram"
description: "Telegram is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 8.1k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/telegram"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/telegram.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Telegram

> Telegram is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 8.1k installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

Telegram is a built-in Home Assistant integration that sends notifications through Telegram. It adds notifier services to Home Assistant and relies on the vendor's cloud to deliver messages. Setup is done in the configuration file. A reload action refreshes the Telegram notify services without a restart. The integration can also show repair notices in Settings, Repairs, including one for migrating the Telegram notify service.

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Set up in configuration.yaml. See [the documentation](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/telegram/).

## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **Set up in YAML**: Added through configuration.yaml.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the UI.

## Actions

- **Reload**: Reloads telegram notify services.

## Troubleshooting

- **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs:
  Migration of Telegram notify service

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Messaging and notifications](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/messaging-and-notifications.md), Chat apps
- Brand: [Telegram](https://vulpo.app/integrations/telegram.md)
- Number: 8.1k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `telegram`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/telegram/>

In Vulpo: Entity card (read-only)

## Other ways in for Telegram

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Telegram bot](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/telegram-bot.md) | Built-in integration | 27.4k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant |
| [Messenger for Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/microteq-whatsigram-messenger.md) | Marketplace integration | 542 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | No update in 6 to 18 months |
| [Telegram client](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/lufton-ha-telegram-client.md) | Marketplace integration | 100 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | No update in 6 to 18 months |
| [Telegram Bot \<\> Conversation](https://github.com/Shulyaka/telegram_bot_conversation) | Marketplace integration | 19 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |
| [Telegram VoIP Calls](https://github.com/Sanji78/telegram_voip) | Marketplace integration | 13 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | No update in 6 to 18 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/telegram

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