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Plain guides for group admins and friends. Each one uses real bot commands, shows the free limits and tells you what Pro costs in Stars.

11 guides 57 minutes of reading By Zovo
★ Featured guideBasics6 min read

The best Telegram bots for group chats in 2026

The best Telegram bots for group chats in 2026, grouped by job: games, events, moderation, bill splitting, stats, privacy and reminders.

Every bot in this list is made by the maker of this site, so read it as one maker's toolkit grouped by job, not a neutral ranking.

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02
Events•5 min read

How to run Secret Santa in a Telegram group

How to run Secret Santa in a Telegram group: set a budget and date, let people join, collect wishlists and send each match privately by DM.

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Games•5 min read

Telegram party games for groups: what to play and how to start

Telegram party games for groups: Spy Party, Mafia, truth or dare, trivia and daily icebreakers, with player counts, commands and a game-night plan.

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Payments•5 min read

How to buy Telegram Stars and pay a bot with them

How to pay with Telegram Stars: buy Stars in the app, pay a bot invoice, pick one-time or monthly Pro, and get help or a refund with /paysupport.

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Basics•5 min read

How to add a bot to a Telegram group and make it an admin

How to add a bot to a Telegram group, make it an admin with only the rights it needs, and fix bots that cannot see messages or DM you.

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Moderation•5 min read

How to stop spam in a Telegram group: a layered plan

How to stop spam in a Telegram group: set permissions, slow mode and join approval first, then add a human check and link and flood filters.

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Privacy•6 min read

How to send a secret message in a Telegram group

How to send a secret message in a Telegram group that only one person can open, how to post anonymously, and what Telegram's own options can and cannot do.

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Events•6 min read

How to run a fair Telegram giveaway with a draw anyone can check

How to run a fair Telegram giveaway: post it with a Join button, draw at the deadline, and let anyone check the draw with a sha256 hash of the seed.

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Productivity•4 min read

How to set reminders in Telegram, for you and your group

How to set reminders in Telegram with a reminder bot: set your time zone, use /remind, snooze or delete, and remind a whole group of events and birthdays.

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Moderation•4 min read

Make group members join your channel before they write

How to force subscribe to a channel in a Telegram group, so members join before they write: setup, admin rights, private channels and limits.

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For builders

Want your own bot? Start here, then read the Stars payments guide.

For buildersBuilding6 min read

How to create a Telegram bot in 2026: from BotFather to Stars payments

How to create a Telegram bot: get a token from @BotFather, receive updates by webhook, reply from a Cloudflare Worker and take payments in Telegram Stars.

Open @BotFather in Telegram, send /newbot, pick a name and a username that ends in 'bot', and save the token it gives you like a password.

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Bots

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For builders

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