telegram-per-project vs Telegram MCP Server
telegram-per-project is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by trezero. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Telegram MCP Server is an MCP server published by tolboy. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  telegram-per-project |  Telegram MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.17.3 Forks (GitHub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 10 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | telegram-per-project | Telegram MCP Server |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 10 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-17 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (ghcr.io/tolboy/telegram-mcp-tdlib:1.17.3-stdio) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 0 | 7, secrets among them: 4 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 1 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 4 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/trezero/telegram-per-project | github.com/tolboy/telegram-mcp-tdlib |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
telegram-per-project
Telegram channel for Claude Code with per-project bot isolation. Each project gets its own Telegram bot, access policy, and message inbox — so messages to @alpha_bot reach Terminal 1 and messages to @beta_bot reach Terminal 2, with no cross-talk. Key features: - Per-project bot tokens via TELEGRAM_PROJECT_ID environment variable - Independent access policies per project, bootstrapped from global config - Response timeout — notifies senders when the assistant isn't responding (configurable, default 45s) - Full access control: DM pairing, allowlists, group mention detection - Reply, react, and edit_message tools for the assistant - Photo support with inline preview - Fully backward compatible — works as a single global bot if no project ID is set
Telegram MCP Server
Local-first TDLib Telegram MCP server with 115 tools, account isolation and production guardrails.
How to run each
telegram-per-project As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install telegram-per-project@claude-communityTelegram MCP Server As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD=<YOUR_TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD>" --env "TDLIB_API_HASH=<YOUR_TDLIB_API_HASH>" --env "TDLIB_API_ID=<YOUR_TDLIB_API_ID>" --env "TDLIB_AUTH_CODE=<YOUR_TDLIB_AUTH_CODE>" --env "TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER=<YOUR_TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER>" --transport stdio telegram-mcp-tdlib -- docker run -i --rm -e TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD -e TDLIB_API_HASH -e TDLIB_API_ID -e TDLIB_AUTH_CODE -e TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER ghcr.io/tolboy/telegram-mcp-tdlib:1.17.3-stdioRequires: TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD (secret), TDLIB_API_HASH (secret), TDLIB_API_ID, TDLIB_AUTH_CODE (secret), TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only telegram-per-project asks for
NODE_PATH
Only Telegram MCP Server asks for
MCP_READ_ONLYMCP_TOOL_PROFILETDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD (secret)TDLIB_API_HASH (secret)TDLIB_API_IDTDLIB_AUTH_CODE (secret)TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER (secret)
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: telegram-per-project · What it can do: Telegram MCP Server · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.