Looking to replace the current use of "Saved Messages" from Telegram
reddit / selfhosted

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 09:24

Hi,

I don't really know if what I want to do is reasonable and/or
possible. At the moment I use the chat "Saved Messages" of Telegram as
a big cross-platform clipboard for text and files between my devices.
What I would like to achieve is to have a self hosted analogous
functionality (it has to support Android and Windows), but it should
not completely replace it.

Let me explain: I have an OpenMediaVault NAS at home, which I access
through Tailscale. I don't want to setup a reverse proxy and all of
that.

What I would like to achieve is this:

* Have a service running on the server which contains texts and files
like the "Saved Message" of Telegram, so ordered by date and time
* Have an app (be it native or a web-app) for Android and Windows
which lets me access those things
* Possibly a way to sync the Telegram "Saved Messages" to this service
of the server, at least one way (Telegram -> Service)

I think that for the last point it would be enough to write a bot
hosted on the server which handles this, but for the service I'm
actually clueless.

As for why I want to keep Telegram in the flow of this, it's for the
ease of use and because I don't use any other kind of messagging app,
so often what I want to save comes from Telegram. Also at work I can't
install my VPN, but I can open telegram on a web browser.

Hope the flair is correct

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-02 09:38

Signal > Note to self? Other than that any notes taking app that you
can selfhost will do.

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 09:49

Wouldn't that be exactly like sending things to the "Saved Messages"
of Telegram?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-02 09:50

Yes, but secure, unlike Telegram.

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 09:51

And that I understand, I might consider it, but it is not what I'm
looking for sadly

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-02 09:52

As I said, any note taking app does what you need.

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 09:53

But what about the files?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-02 09:53

Most note taking apps allow pasting of files.

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allmwh · 2023-10-02 09:55

memos

https://github.com/usememos/memos

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 09:57

Can I put any kind of file in a memo? Is so this could be interesting

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 10:11

It would be feasible, the problem is that it is extremely fast to use
the that feature of Telegram/Signal. I'll try memos as suggested by
u/allmwh and see if it works.

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tamdelay · 2023-10-02 11:23

VNC/RDP does copy and paste

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-02 14:19

THIS was the solution

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NihmarThrent · 2023-10-03 07:25

That wasn't the solution I wanted, but I nice to have/know. Thanks!