Home

Awesome

ChatGPT Telegram Bot

python-version openai-version license Publish Docker image

A Telegram bot that integrates with OpenAI's official ChatGPT, DALL·E and Whisper APIs to provide answers. Ready to use with minimal configuration required.

Screenshots

Demo

demo

Plugins

plugins

Features

Additional features - help needed!

If you'd like to help, check out the issues section and contribute!
If you want to help with translations, check out the Translations Manual

PRs are always welcome!

Prerequisites

Getting started

Configuration

Customize the configuration by copying .env.example and renaming it to .env, then editing the required parameters as desired:

ParameterDescription
OPENAI_API_KEYYour OpenAI API key, you can get it from here
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENYour Telegram bot's token, obtained using BotFather (see tutorial)
ADMIN_USER_IDSTelegram user IDs of admins. These users have access to special admin commands, information and no budget restrictions. Admin IDs don't have to be added to ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS. Note: by default, no admin (-)
ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDSA comma-separated list of Telegram user IDs that are allowed to interact with the bot (use getidsbot to find your user ID). Note: by default, everyone is allowed (*)

Optional configuration

The following parameters are optional and can be set in the .env file:

Budgets

ParameterDescriptionDefault value
BUDGET_PERIODDetermines the time frame all budgets are applied to. Available periods: daily (resets budget every day), monthly (resets budgets on the first of each month), all-time (never resets budget). See the Budget Manual for more informationmonthly
USER_BUDGETSA comma-separated list of $-amounts per user from list ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS to set custom usage limit of OpenAI API costs for each. For *- user lists the first USER_BUDGETS value is given to every user. Note: by default, no limits for any user (*). See the Budget Manual for more information*
GUEST_BUDGET$-amount as usage limit for all guest users. Guest users are users in group chats that are not in the ALLOWED_TELEGRAM_USER_IDS list. Value is ignored if no usage limits are set in user budgets (USER_BUDGETS=*). See the Budget Manual for more information100.0
TOKEN_PRICE$-price per 1000 tokens used to compute cost information in usage statistics. Source: https://openai.com/pricing0.002
IMAGE_PRICESA comma-separated list with 3 elements of prices for the different image sizes: 256x256, 512x512 and 1024x1024. Source: https://openai.com/pricing0.016,0.018,0.02
TRANSCRIPTION_PRICEUSD-price for one minute of audio transcription. Source: https://openai.com/pricing0.006
VISION_TOKEN_PRICEUSD-price per 1K tokens of image interpretation. Source: https://openai.com/pricing0.01
TTS_PRICESA comma-separated list with prices for the tts models: tts-1, tts-1-hd. Source: https://openai.com/pricing0.015,0.030

Check out the Budget Manual for possible budget configurations.

Additional optional configuration options

ParameterDescriptionDefault value
ENABLE_QUOTINGWhether to enable message quoting in private chatstrue
ENABLE_IMAGE_GENERATIONWhether to enable image generation via the /image commandtrue
ENABLE_TRANSCRIPTIONWhether to enable transcriptions of audio and video messagestrue
ENABLE_TTS_GENERATIONWhether to enable text to speech generation via the /ttstrue
ENABLE_VISIONWhether to enable vision capabilities in supported modelstrue
PROXYProxy to be used for OpenAI and Telegram bot (e.g. http://localhost:8080)-
OPENAI_PROXYProxy to be used only for OpenAI (e.g. http://localhost:8080)-
TELEGRAM_PROXYProxy to be used only for Telegram bot (e.g. http://localhost:8080)-
OPENAI_MODELThe OpenAI model to use for generating responses. You can find all available models heregpt-3.5-turbo
OPENAI_BASE_URLEndpoint URL for unofficial OpenAI-compatible APIs (e.g., LocalAI or text-generation-webui)Default OpenAI API URL
ASSISTANT_PROMPTA system message that sets the tone and controls the behavior of the assistantYou are a helpful assistant.
SHOW_USAGEWhether to show OpenAI token usage information after each responsefalse
STREAMWhether to stream responses. Note: incompatible, if enabled, with N_CHOICES higher than 1true
MAX_TOKENSUpper bound on how many tokens the ChatGPT API will return1200 for GPT-3, 2400 for GPT-4
VISION_MAX_TOKENSUpper bound on how many tokens vision models will return300 for gpt-4-vision-preview
VISION_MODELThe Vision to Speech model to use. Allowed values: gpt-4-vision-previewgpt-4-vision-preview
ENABLE_VISION_FOLLOW_UP_QUESTIONSIf true, once you send an image to the bot, it uses the configured VISION_MODEL until the conversation ends. Otherwise, it uses the OPENAI_MODEL to follow the conversation. Allowed values: true or falsetrue
MAX_HISTORY_SIZEMax number of messages to keep in memory, after which the conversation will be summarised to avoid excessive token usage15
MAX_CONVERSATION_AGE_MINUTESMaximum number of minutes a conversation should live since the last message, after which the conversation will be reset180
VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLYWhether to answer to voice messages with the transcript only or with a ChatGPT response of the transcriptfalse
VOICE_REPLY_PROMPTSA semicolon separated list of phrases (i.e. Hi bot;Hello chat). If the transcript starts with any of them, it will be treated as a prompt even if VOICE_REPLY_WITH_TRANSCRIPT_ONLY is set to true-
VISION_PROMPTA phrase (i.e. What is in this image). The vision models use it as prompt to interpret a given image. If there is caption in the image sent to the bot, that supersedes this parameterWhat is in this image
N_CHOICESNumber of answers to generate for each input message. Note: setting this to a number higher than 1 will not work properly if STREAM is enabled1
TEMPERATURENumber between 0 and 2. Higher values will make the output more random1.0
PRESENCE_PENALTYNumber between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on whether they appear in the text so far0.0
FREQUENCY_PENALTYNumber between -2.0 and 2.0. Positive values penalize new tokens based on their existing frequency in the text so far0.0
IMAGE_FORMATThe Telegram image receive mode. Allowed values: document or photophoto
IMAGE_MODELThe DALL·E model to be used. Available models: dall-e-2 and dall-e-3, find current available models heredall-e-2
IMAGE_QUALITYQuality of DALL·E images, only available for dall-e-3-model. Possible options: standard or hd, beware of pricing differences.standard
IMAGE_STYLEStyle for DALL·E image generation, only available for dall-e-3-model. Possible options: vivid or natural. Check availbe styles here.vivid
IMAGE_SIZEThe DALL·E generated image size. Must be 256x256, 512x512, or 1024x1024 for dall-e-2. Must be 1024x1024 for dall-e-3 models.512x512
VISION_DETAILThe detail parameter for vision models, explained Vision Guide. Allowed values: low or highauto
GROUP_TRIGGER_KEYWORDIf set, the bot in group chats will only respond to messages that start with this keyword-
IGNORE_GROUP_TRANSCRIPTIONSIf set to true, the bot will not process transcriptions in group chatstrue
IGNORE_GROUP_VISIONIf set to true, the bot will not process vision queries in group chatstrue
BOT_LANGUAGELanguage of general bot messages. Currently available: en, de, ru, tr, it, fi, es, id, nl, zh-cn, zh-tw, vi, fa, pt-br, uk, ms, uz, ar. Contribute with additional translationsen
WHISPER_PROMPTTo improve the accuracy of Whisper's transcription service, especially for specific names or terms, you can set up a custom message. Speech to text - Prompting-
TTS_VOICEThe Text to Speech voice to use. Allowed values: alloy, echo, fable, onyx, nova, or shimmeralloy
TTS_MODELThe Text to Speech model to use. Allowed values: tts-1 or tts-1-hdtts-1

Check out the official API reference for more details.

Functions

ParameterDescriptionDefault value
ENABLE_FUNCTIONSWhether to use functions (aka plugins). You can read more about functions heretrue (if available for the model)
FUNCTIONS_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_CALLSMaximum number of back-to-back function calls to be made by the model in a single response, before displaying a user-facing message10
PLUGINSList of plugins to enable (see below for a full list), e.g: PLUGINS=wolfram,weather-
SHOW_PLUGINS_USEDWhether to show which plugins were used for a responsefalse

Available plugins

NameDescriptionRequired environment variable(s)Dependency
weatherDaily weather and 7-day forecast for any location (powered by Open-Meteo)-
wolframWolframAlpha queries (powered by WolframAlpha)WOLFRAM_APP_IDwolframalpha
ddg_web_searchWeb search (powered by DuckDuckGo)-duckduckgo_search
ddg_translateTranslate text to any language (powered by DuckDuckGo)-duckduckgo_search
ddg_image_searchSearch image or GIF (powered by DuckDuckGo)-duckduckgo_search
cryptoLive cryptocurrencies rate (powered by CoinCap) - by @stumpyfr-
spotifySpotify top tracks/artists, currently playing song and content search (powered by Spotify). Requires one-time authorization.SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID, SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET, SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URIspotipy
worldtimeapiGet latest world time (powered by WorldTimeAPI) - by @noriellecruzWORLDTIME_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE
diceSend a dice in the chat!-
youtube_audio_extractorExtract audio from YouTube videos-pytube
deepl_translateTranslate text to any language (powered by DeepL) - by @LedyBacerDEEPL_API_KEY
gtts_text_to_speechText to speech (powered by Google Translate APIs)-gtts
whoisQuery the whois domain database - by @jnaskali-whois
webshotScreenshot a website from a given url or domain name - by @noriellecruz-
auto_ttsText to speech using OpenAI APIs - by @Jipok-

Environment variables

VariableDescriptionDefault value
WOLFRAM_APP_IDWolfram Alpha APP ID (required only for the wolfram plugin, you can get one here)-
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_IDSpotify app Client ID (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard)-
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRETSpotify app Client Secret (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard)-
SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URISpotify app Redirect URI (required only for the spotify plugin, you can find it on the dashboard)-
WORLDTIME_DEFAULT_TIMEZONEDefault timezone to use, i.e. Europe/Rome (required only for the worldtimeapi plugin, you can get TZ Identifiers from here)-
DUCKDUCKGO_SAFESEARCHDuckDuckGo safe search (on, off or moderate) (optional, applies to ddg_web_search and ddg_image_search)moderate
DEEPL_API_KEYDeepL API key (required for the deepl plugin, you can get one here)-

Installing

Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory:

git clone https://github.com/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot.git
cd chatgpt-telegram-bot

From Source

  1. Create a virtual environment:
python -m venv venv
  1. Activate the virtual environment:
# For Linux or macOS:
source venv/bin/activate

# For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
  1. Install the dependencies using requirements.txt file:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Use the following command to start the bot:
python bot/main.py

Using Docker Compose

Run the following command to build and run the Docker image:

docker compose up

Ready-to-use Docker images

You can also use the Docker image from Docker Hub:

docker pull n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest
docker run -it --env-file .env n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot

or using the GitHub Container Registry:

docker pull ghcr.io/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot:latest
docker run -it --env-file .env ghcr.io/n3d1117/chatgpt-telegram-bot

Docker manual build

docker build -t chatgpt-telegram-bot .
docker run -it --env-file .env chatgpt-telegram-bot

Credits

Disclaimer

This is a personal project and is not affiliated with OpenAI in any way.

License

This project is released under the terms of the GPL 2.0 license. For more information, see the LICENSE file included in the repository.