Telegram Dictionary

Anton Maydell a software developer who worked with Telegram in its early days; current position unknown, probably works on the API if still at Telegram #people #dev #employee

GramJS a JavaScript Telegram API client; a modified version of it is used in Web A github.com/gram-js/gramjs #community #lib

ntgcalls a native library for interacting with group calls that is lightweight compared to tgcalls and provides static builds with C interfaces github.com/pytgcalls/ntgcalls #community #lib

pytgcalls an unmaintained Python library for interacting with group calls authored by the same person who created Telegram Crawler; not to be confused with py-tgcalls github.com/MarshalX/tgcalls #community #lib

py-tgcalls based on ntgcalls, a Python library for interacting with group calls; formerly based on tgcallsjs; not to be confused with pytgcalls github.com/pytgcalls/pytgcalls #community #lib

tgcallsjs an unmaintained JavaScript library for interacting with group calls that was built from parts of telegram-react github.com/tgcallsjs/tgcalls #community #lib

voice chat the former name of group calls from Dec 2020 until Jun 2021 when video support was added to them

video chat another name for group calls

group call (also video chat, formerly voice chat) a type of call that can be created within channels or groups, can have an unlimited number of listeners, and up to 10 simultaneous speakers

peer-to-peer call a type of call that is made between two users and can be upgraded to a conference call

conference call a type of call between multiple users that was upgraded from a peer-to-peer call; full name end-to-end encrypted conference call

tgcalls based on WebRTC, the library used by Telegram apps with the exception of the web ones to facilitate calls github.com/TelegramMessenger/tgcalls #lib

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telegram-react A web-based client for Telegram based on TDLib that was worked on by Evgeny Nadymov from 2019 up to late 2021, when it was abandoned in favor of the new official clients Web K and Web A. github.com/evgeny-nadymov/telegram-react #apps

@cGFnbGlhY2Npb19kaV9naGlhY2Npbw (like @tdhbcfiles) a channel that was used internally by Unigram to distribute updates and other files required for its functionality; Base64 encoding of pagliaccio_di_ghiaccio (English: ice clown)

Evgeny Nadymov a Telegram front-end developer who resides in the United States and went to the same university as Pavel Durov; creator of Telegram's app for Windows Phone; probably contracting for xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, to develop a messaging app called X Chat #people #dev #employee

2018 Durov poisoning In a Lex Fridman podcast released on September 30, 2025, Pavel Durov talked about an assasination attempt on him in spring 2018 which later appeared to be poisoning.

Alexander Zinchuk author and maintainer of Web A who is also allegedly working on MyTonWallet, a TON-centered cryptocurrency wallet app #people #dev #employee

Eduard Kuzmenko author and main maintainer of Web K #people #dev #employee