Telegram Drive

Telegram Drive is a powerful utility that enables you to create your own cloud storage service using Telegram as the backend.

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Features

• UI: Based on Material You to create nice looking UI themes.
• Secure: Your data is secured using robust encryption.
• Flexible Deployment: Use Docker Compose or deploy without Docker.

Demo

UI Repo

Deploy using docker-compose

First clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/divyam234/teldrive
cd teldrive
touch teldrive.db

Follow Below Steps

• Create the teldrive.env file with your variables and start your container.See how to fill env file below.

docker compose up -d

• Go to http://localhost:8080

Use without docker

Follow Below Steps

• Download the release binary of Teldrive from the releases section.

• Add same env file as above.

• Now, run the Teldrive executable binary directly.

Setting up things

If you're locally or remotely hosting, create a file named teldrive.env in the root directory and add all the mandatory variables there. An example of teldrive.env file:

APP_ID=1234
APP_HASH=abc
JWT_SECRET=abc
DATABASE_URL=postgres://<db username>:<db password>@<db host>/<db name>

Generate JWT

$ openssl rand -hex 32

You can generate secret from here.

Important

• You can set up a local Postgres instance, but it's not recommended due to backup and data transfer hassles. The recommended approach is to use a free cloud-based Postgres DB like Neon DB.
• Default Channel can be selected through UI. Make sure to set it from account settings on first login.
• Multi Bots Mode is recommended to avoid flood errors and enable maximum download speed, especially if you are using downloaders like IDM and aria2c, which use multiple connections for downloads.
• To enable multi bots, generate new bot tokens from BotFather and add them through UI on first login.
• Uploads from UI will be slower due to limitations of the browser. Use modified Rclone version for teldrive.
• Teldrive supports image thumbnail resizing on the fly. To enable this, you have to deploy a separate image resize service from here.
• After deploying this service, add its URL in Teldrive UI settings in the Resize Host field.

Env Variables

Variable	Required	Description
APP_ID	Yes	API ID for your Telegram account, which can be obtained from my.telegram.org.
APP_HASH	Yes	API HASH for your Telegram account, which can be obtained from my.telegram.org.
JWT_SECRET	Yes	Used for signing JWT tokens.
DATABASE_URL	Yes	Connection String obtained from Postgres DB (you can use Neon db as a free alternative for Postgres).

Variable	Default Value	Required	Description
HTTPS	false	NO	Needed for cross domain setupNeeded for cross domain setup.
PORT	8080	NO	Change default listen port.
ALLOWED_USERS		NO	Allow certain Telegram usernames, including yours, to access the app.
COOKIE_SAME_SITE	true	NO	Needed for cross domain setup.
BG_BOTS_LIMIT	5	NO	Start at most BG_BOTS_LIMIT no of bots in the background to prevent connection recreation on every request (Default 5).
UPLOAD_RETENTION	15	NO	No of days to keep incomplete uploads parts in the channel; afterwards, these parts are deleted.
ENCRYPTION_KEY		NO	Password for Encrypting files.
DEV	false	NO	DEV mode to enable debug logging.
LOG_SQL	false	NO	Log SQL queries.

Warning

Keep your Password safe once generated teldrive uses same encryption as of rclone internally so you don't need to enable crypt in rclone.Teldrive generates random salt for each file part and saves in database so its more secure than rclone crypt whereas in rclone same salt value is used for all files which can be compromised easily. Enabling crypt in rclone makes UI reduntant so encrypting files in teldrive internally is better way to encrypt files and more secure encryption than rclone.To encrypt files see more about teldrive rclone config.

For making use of Multi Bots

Warning

Bots will be auto added as admin in channel if you set them from UI if it fails somehow add it manually.For newly logged session you have to wait 20-30 min to add bots to telegram channel.

Rclone Config Example

[teldrive]
type = teldrive
api_host = http://localhost:8080 # default host
access_token = #session token obtained from cookies
chunk_size = 500M
upload_concurrency = 4
encrypt_files = false # Enable this to encrypt files make sure ENCRYPTION_KEY env variable is not empty in teldrive instance.

See all options in rclone config command

Read Wiki for FAQ.

Best Practices for Using Teldrive

Dos:

• Follow Limits: Adhere to the limits imposed by Telegram servers to avoid account bans and automatic deletion of your channel.

Don'ts:

• Data Hoarding: Avoid excessive data hoarding, as it not only violates Telegram's terms but also leads to unnecessary wastage of storage space.

• No Netflix Clones: Refrain from using this service to create your own Netflix-like platform. Saving large amounts of movies or content for personal media servers is discouraged, as it goes against the intended use of Telegram.

Additional Recommendations:

• Responsible Storage: Be mindful of the content you store on Telegram. Utilize storage efficiently and only keep data that serves a purpose.

• Respect Terms of Service: Familiarize yourself with and adhere to the terms of service provided by Telegram to ensure a positive and sustainable usage experience.

By following these guidelines, you contribute to the responsible and effective use of Telegram, maintaining a fair and equitable environment for all users.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this project if you have any further ideas.

Donate

If you like this project small contribution would be appreciated Paypal.