Telegram Bot Template

Stack

• Typescript
• grammY
• TypeORM

Run

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Make .env file from .env.example and provide BOT_TOKEN and ALLOWED_USERNAMES values. ALLOWED_USERNAMES is a comma-separated list of telegram usernames of bot admins.
3. Run postgresql database via provided docker-compose file:

docker compose up

4. Run initial database migration through special script:

npm run db

5. Run bot:

npm run dev

Deploy

Can be deployed to any VPS or cloud service. I recommend using Railway for this purpose.