# Telepathy (otlite)

OSINT toolkit for investigating Telegram chats and accounts.

- Takes: Username
- Install: `otlite install telepathy`, into its own virtualenv
- Pinned: [telepathy==2.3.4](https://pypi.org/project/telepathy/2.3.4/)
- Command: `telepathy`
- Python: older than 3.13
- Verified: 24 Sept 2026, version 2.3.4 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Python 3.12.14
- Licence: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/prose-intelligence-ltd/Telepathy-Community

otlite is the no-Docker edition of OTInstaller for Linux and macOS: [install it](https://otinstaller.com/otlite) with `curl -fsSL https://get.otinstaller.com/otlite | sh`.

## Run it

| Input | otlite command | Telepathy receives |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telegram name | `otlite run telepathy -- tg:durov` | `telepathy -t durov` |

Arguments after `--` that aren't typed inputs go to the tool unchanged.

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

## What a run leaves

- `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`

The envelope is the same shape for every tool: the tool and version, the input, timing, exit code and status, the emails, domains, IP addresses and URLs found in the output, and the output file's path, hash and size. `otlite results --tool telepathy` lists saved runs, `otlite extract telepathy` pulls out indicators and `otlite diff telepathy durov` compares the two latest runs.

## With other tools

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

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