python-telegram-bot
The most popular Python library for building Telegram bots, with a high-level framework for commands, conversations and jobs.
The standard way to build reminder, alert and assistant bots in Python; Telegram itself costs nothing.
Who it is for
Developers building Telegram bots for reminders, alerts, account tracking, customer questions or trading signals.
Strengths
- Mature, very well documented, large community.
- High-level helpers for conversations, scheduled jobs and inline keyboards.
- Telegram's Bot API is free to use.
Good to know
- Requires hosting a script somewhere that stays online.
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Real-life uses
Morning briefing
Every morning at 7:00 you get the weather, your first meetings, traffic to work and today's bin day in one message.
Family shopping list
Anyone in the family writes "milk" in the group and the bot keeps one shared list, sorted by supermarket aisle.
Medication and care reminders
Reminders for an elderly relative, with an alert to the family if a dose is not confirmed.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these sources, checked on 2026-10-24. If something has changed, the source wins; tell us at hello@heybotify.com.
- https://github.com/python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot: description, activity
- https://python-telegram-bot.org/: project website and documentation
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