Telepathy

2.3.4

OSINT toolkit for investigating Telegram chats and accounts.

Verified 24 Sept 2026
pip 2.3.4
MIT
Dual-use
Interactive
Needs setup

Source on GitHub · PyPI release · Markdown

Install and run

otlite install telepathy
Installs telepathy==2.3.4 into its own virtualenv. otlite lists what it will install and asks before it starts.
otlite run telepathy -- tg:durov
telepathy receives telepathy -t durov

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curl -fsSL https://get.otinstaller.com/otlite | sh

Linux and macOS, no Docker. It uses your Python and pipx when both are there, and otherwise brings its own Python. About otlite · otlite docs

Before you run it

Dual-use. otlite prints this before installing it: You are solely responsible for how you use these tools and for complying with all applicable laws. Use them only on targets you are authorized to investigate.
Asks questions while it runs. Run it on its own in a terminal; otlite run --all, otlite auto and playbooks skip it.
Needs a login or API key. Set it up before the first lookup; batch runs skip it unless you pass --include-credentialed.
Needs Python older than 3.13. Its googletrans and httpx dependencies use the cgi module, which Python 3.13 removed. otlite checks your Python before installing and says which version to use; otlite doctor lists the tools your Python can't run.

Notes

Asks for its Telegram credentials on the first run and stores them itself.

What it takes

Typed inputs after -- become Telepathy's own arguments. Anything else after -- passes through unchanged, so every option of the tool still works.

Input	With otlite	`telepathy` receives
Telegram name`tg:`	`otlite run telepathy -- tg:durov`	`telepathy -t durov`

What a run leaves

Every run is saved under results/ where you run otlite (or --output, or OTLITE_RESULTS_DIR): what the tool printed, a sidecar with how it ran, and an envelope.

results/telepathy/durov/<time>_telepathy_durov_<run id>.txt
results/telepathy/durov/<time>_telepathy_durov_<run id>.meta.json
results/telepathy/durov/<time>_telepathy_durov_<run id>.envelope.json

{
  "envelope": 1,
  "tool": "telepathy@2.3.4",
  "runtime": "otlite",
  "input": { "target": "durov" },
  "case": null,
  "started_at": "…", "ended_at": "…", "duration_ms": …,
  "exit_code": 0,
  "status": "complete",
  "entities": [{ "type": "url", "value": "…" }, …],
  "warnings": [],
  "output": { "path": "results/telepathy/durov/<time>_telepathy_durov_<run id>.txt", "sha256": "…", "bytes": … }
}

The envelope's shape, the same for every tool; values elided. Its entities are the emails, domains, IP addresses and URLs found in the output, or the tool's own when it prints them.

otlite results --tool telepathy

otlite extract telepathy

otlite diff telepathy durov

List the saved runs, pull out every indicator, or compare the two latest runs against the same target.

With other tools

Batch runs skip it: asks questions while it runs; run it on its own.

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