🕷️ TGSpyder

TGSpyder is an Open-Source Telegram OSINT CLI Tool by Darksight Analytics.

Features

• Scrape members list from both public and private groups to CSV
• Scrape chat messages from both public and private groups to CSV
• Extract t.me invite links from chat history (public and private groups)
• Look up a Telegram user by username or (limited) numeric ID
• Identify sticker pack creator ID (inferred via sticker set ID) Credits to: https://hackernoon.com/whats-wrong-with-stickers-in-telegram-deanonymize-anonymous-channels-in-two-clicks
• Proxy support:
  • Save proxy (--set-proxy)
  • Remove proxy (--remove-proxy)
  • One-off proxy override (--proxy)

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

Install

git clone https://github.com/Darksight-Analytics/tgspyder.git
cd tgspyder
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

🕷️ Introduction

Telegram OSINT CLI Tool Built for investigators, analysts, journalists, and researchers.

TGSpyder is a command-line OSINT tool for structured collection and analysis of Telegram data. It enables scraping of members, messages, invite links, users, and metadata from public and private Telegram groups and channels — exporting everything into investigator-friendly CSV files.

Features

• 📋 Scrape member lists (where Telegram allows)
• 💬 Crawl chat messages
• 🔗 Extract and de-duplicate Telegram invite links
• 🧍 Lookup users by ID or username
• 🎭 Identify sticker pack creators
• 🌐 SOCKS proxy support (Tor / VPN)
• 📁 Clean CSV output for OSINT workflows
• 📦 Output Structure

All collected data is stored in a single runtime folder:

TGSpyder Output/
├── members/
│   └── members_<target>_<timestamp>.csv
├── chats/
│   └── messages_<target>_<timestamp>.csv
└── crawled_links/
    └── crawled_links_<target>_<timestamp>.csv

🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Darksight-Analytics/tgspyder.git
cd tgspyder

2️⃣ Create & activate a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3️⃣ Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4️⃣ Install TGSpyder as a CLI

pip install -e .

Verify installation:

tgspyder --help

🔑 Telegram API Credentials

• Head over to https://my.telegram.org and log in with your Telegram account.
• Navigate to API development tools to generate your API ID and API Hash, which are required to authenticate TGSpyder with Telegram.

🧭 Basic Usage

Scrape members and chats

tgspyder https://t.me/examplegroup --members --chats

Extract invite links only

tgspyder https://t.me/examplegroup --crawl-invites

User lookup

tgspyder --user 123456789
tgspyder --user @username

Sticker pack creator lookup

tgspyder --sticker-pack https://t.me/addstickers/packname

🌐 Proxy Support

TGSpyder supports SOCKS proxies (Tor / VPN-friendly).

One-off proxy

tgspyder --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9050 <target> --chats

Save proxy for future runs

tgspyder --set-proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9050

Remove saved proxy

tgspyder --remove-proxy

🔐 Authentication & Config

On first run, TGSpyder will prompt for:

• Telegram API ID
• Telegram API Hash
• User account or bot token

Credentials are stored locally in: ~/.tgspyder.conf

Session files are reused automatically.

⚠️ Limitations

• Some groups do not expose member lists
• Private groups require valid invite links
• Sticker creator attribution is not always guaranteed
• Subject to Telegram API limits

🧪 Ethical Use & OSINT Disclaimer

TGSpyder is intended for:

• OSINT investigations
• Academic research
• Journalism
• Threat & network analysis

Users are responsible for compliance with:

• Local laws
• Platform terms of service
• Ethical research standards

📄 License

MIT License See LICENSE for details.

🚀 Demo

👤 Author

• Valdemar Balle
• Founder of Darksight Analytics

⚖️ Disclaimer

TGSpyder is provided for open-source intelligence (OSINT), research, investigative, and educational purposes only.

Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of this tool complies with:

• Applicable laws and regulations
• Platform terms of service
• Ethical research and investigative standards

The author and contributors assume no liability for misuse of this tool or for any consequences arising from its use.