# Telegram Bot API Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/telegram-bot-api/ 9 people recommended Telegram Bot API in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Easy to get started with and friendly to develop against, with a powerful bot platform. Expect rough edges once bots need to do more complex things. Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Easy to get started with (3 comments in the sample): "Telegram's bot API is a lot easier to get started with for sure…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46800587)) "Telegram's bot API is literally one of the friendliest APIs (of any kind) I've ever seen." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449133)) "Yeah telegram is so easy to develop with - I was blown away." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799978)) - Powerful, mature bot platform (3 comments in the sample): "I cannot argue that Telegram has by far the most powerful bot platform." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926944)) "it's nowhere near the maturity of Telegram's Bot API" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923165)) "the bot architecture is second to none" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449707)) ## What people recommend instead - [Twilio API](https://hackerapproved.com/p/twilio/): 9 recommend, 5 mixed, 26 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Telegram Bot API", https://hackerapproved.com/p/telegram-bot-api/ (9 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.