For when you'd rather not run your own server.
Start free Move my rules acrosstgcf is a well-regarded open-source Telegram forwarder you host yourself. If you're comfortable with Python, Docker and a VPS, it's free and endlessly tweakable, and you keep total control. EzForwardBot is the hosted answer to the same problem: nothing to deploy, nothing to keep patched, and someone else on call when Telegram changes something.
| EzForwardBot | tgcf | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | We run it — nothing to install | You run it (VPS, Docker or local) |
| Cost | Free plan, then £9.99/mo | Free software + your server and time |
| Setup | Connect an account in the app, about two minutes | Install Python, configure, deploy, keep it running |
| Upgrades & Telegram API changes | Handled for you | You update it |
| Uptime | Managed service | As good as your server |
| Customisable in code | No — settings only | Yes, it's yours |
| Support | Us | Community / GitHub issues |
If you enjoy self-hosting and want to modify the forwarder itself, use tgcf — it's genuinely good and it's free. Use EzForwardBot if your time is worth more than the subscription and you'd rather not be the one debugging a stalled session at midnight.
Different trade-offs. Self-hosting means your session file never leaves your machine. With us, the session is encrypted at rest and you can disconnect it at any time, but you are trusting a third party — that's a fair thing to weigh up.
Yes. Paste your source → destination list into the switch tool and we rebuild the routes as connections, paused, for you to review.
Every tgcf figure above was read from their own site on 27 July 2026, and converted at that day's ECB rate where a currency conversion was needed. Prices change — if you spot something out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
The free plan takes about two minutes and needs no card.
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