# Web for Telegram

> Easy access to Telegram for Firefox. Notifications for incoming messages. Share and Save Telegram. Messenger

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-for-telegram](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-for-telegram)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-for-telegram`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** OinkAndStuff
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 581
- **Weekly downloads:** 43
- **Rating:** 3.86 / 5 (14 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-03
- **First published:** 2019-05-03
- **Size:** 2.02 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-for-telegram/)
- **Website:** [https://www.oinkandstuff.com](https://www.oinkandstuff.com/)

## Description

**Web for Telegram** is a lightweight Chrome extension that provides seamless access to Telegram's web messenger directly from your browser toolbar. It delivers real-time notifications for incoming messages and allows quick, efficient texting like on your smartphone, consuming minimal CPU, RAM, and bandwidth. Users can share photos, videos, and files up to 1.5 GB, join groups and channels, and enjoy Telegram's secure cloud-based platform.

The extension features a compact, standalone window for Telegram Web, cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, MacOS), auto-start with Chrome, and customizable settings. Premium options include multi-window accounts, customizable themes, and booster features. Developed by Oinkandstuff, it ensures full privacy and security without sharing credentials with third parties. This tool is ideal for users seeking fast, convenient Telegram messaging on their desktop browsers.

## Rankings

- #4,554 — Overall
- #248 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #5 — telegram
- #51 — messenger
- #58 — changelog
- #82 — web

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `notifications`
- `<all_urls>`
- `contextMenus`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

### Content script matches

- `*.telegram.org`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate that the Web for Telegram add-on successfully opens Telegram Web in a new window, providing convenient access. However, several users express serious privacy concerns about the add-on's permission to access all website data, which seems unnecessary for its function. Additionally, some report that the add-on becomes unresponsive and fails to open the Telegram window, affecting usability.

### Pros

- The add-on works and is effective in opening Telegram Web.
- It provides quick access to Telegram through a new window.

### Cons

- The add-on requests permission to access data on all websites, raising privacy concerns.
- It stops responding and fails to open the window in some cases.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-for-telegram)