[Feature request] Multiple accounts support

[rizaumami]

Steps to reproduce

Nothing.

Expected behaviour

There is menu to login into (three?) different accounts just like in Telegram v4.7 for Android, so I don't have to open multiple Telegram Desktop windows and messing with launcher script or config directory, etc.

Actual behaviour

I can now login into multiple accounts by issuing -workdir or -many -workdir, but this is an inconvenient process because I have to open multiple Telegram Desktop windows and provide many config directories.

Configuration

Operating system: Debian Sid 64 bit
Version of Telegram Desktop: 1.2.6 alpha
Used theme: Default

Logs:

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[zarEclEC]

Try Franz, it's not perfect but it's something.

I'd love to have it implemented natively, too 👍

[rizaumami]

I knew about Franz, Rambox, Wavebox or just the new Firefox Quantum multi container. But that all just a Telegram web (wrapper), which mean it's limited in features and resource hungry. I hope for a native implementation.

[cobalto]

#533

[stek29]

@cobalto Multiple instances != Multiple accounts in once instance.

[cobalto]

@stek29 disagree.
They asked for multiple instances to have multiple accounts at the same machine when "multiple accounts" wasnt a feature of telegram. Now it is and now you can ask for it.

So, I think its for the same use, that's why I quoted the other one here.

But I probably should have done the opposite, but now both are linked and that's what I wanted. Not gonna fix that now ^^'

[vogelito]

Would love to see this.

[Kirill]

I need this too

[Fathurhoho]

I really need this feature.

[Silicomancer]

Needed badly here too.

[zeroone2numeral2]

Yes yes same here

I claimed my heart reaction too, kind heart-reaction stranger. Now deliver

[azzamsa]

hope it will be implemented soon. So we can easily switch between account for family and work.

[hroost]

+1

[rikarsen]

waiting for it

[ShadowJonathan]

+1

[sigaev-pro]

+1

[RememberTheAir]

Stop with the +1s, reactions are there for a reason. +1s are just useless noise

[Kirill]

@john-preston, did you have plan for this issue?

[john-preston]

@Kirill At the moment I don’t :(

[Piterden]

Hi, guys)

Any updates?

[nectop]

waiting for implementation.

[abbasnaqdi]

+1

[Mikaela]

However you will have duplicated resource usage (which is the same problem with profiles also) while the Android client runs just one instance which I would expect Telegram desktop to also do.

[miztizm]

must have

[painhardcore]

This is so frustrating. It's a core feature of TG messenger. Why do ignore this issue so long?

[Aokromes]

This is so frustrating. It's a core feature of TG messenger. Why do ignore this issue so long?

#4261 (comment)

[miztizm]

This is so frustrating. It's a core feature of TG messenger. Why do ignore this issue so long?

#4261 (comment)

It's a normal for telegram, they don't just implement features, they think how it would be better to implement them. We waited a pinned chats, limit since 2017 and they made a "groups". I think they have some internal management that decides what is critical and what is not. (or maybe its their business plan to make people wait)

[Hypfer]

Since telegram is a free service, I don't think that it is acceptable to demand anything from the devs.

It is an open source project so anyone could add this feature. git clone and off you go

[miztizm]

Since telegram is a free service, I don't think that it is acceptable to demand anything from the devs.

It is an open source project so anyone could add this feature. git clone and off you go

"open source" is a wall between server side limits and users.

[dausruddin]

It is an opensource project so anyone could add this feature. git clone and off you go

Thanks. I now have the source locally. I just need to learn how to code. Really helpful :D

[Hypfer]

@dausruddin well you can always hire someone to do what you can't or won't do.

[dausruddin]

@Hypfer Oh. I thought anyone could do this. Thanks. I will consider :)

[Aokromes]

This is so frustrating. It's a core feature of TG messenger. Why do ignore this issue so long?

#4261 (comment)

It's a normal for telegram, they don't just implement features, they think how it would be better to implement them. We waited a pinned chats, limit since 2017 and they made a "groups". I think they have some internal management that decides what is critical and what is not. (or maybe its their business plan to make people wait)

#4261 (comment)
#4261 (comment)

[erfantkerfan]

This is so frustrating that this feature is not available after these many requests.
+1

[Aokromes]

read the message over your message.

[zarEclEC]

b6ac4a0

👀

[cobalto]

Oh boy.
Who said dreams don't come true (sometimes)? 🙃

[AlexWayfer]

@Aokromes closed this 34 minutes ago

Sorry, but why? I don't see real code changes for multi-accounts.

[Aokromes]

@Aokromes closed this 34 minutes ago

Sorry, but why? I don't see real code changes for multi-accounts.

b6ac4a0 (ofc that's only the final commit of the work on multiaccount)

[RememberTheAir]

Maybe this should've been closed only once the release is ready. Is it going to be released soon? Since there's a closed alpha, there's still tests going on and maybe we will get it in the next days only

[AlexWayfer]

b6ac4a0

I saw it, but there is "6 changed files with 15 additions and 19 deletions". It doesn't seem like real multi-account support.

(ofc that's only the final commit of the work on multiaccount)

OK, then thank you all very much!

Maybe this should've been closed only once the release is ready. Is it going to be released soon? Since there's a closed alpha, there's still tests going on and maybe we will get it in the next days only

There are a few different strategies for closing issues in project. As I've understand, in this project issues closed when merged in a main branch. So, let's just wait for a release.

[dungmv]

miracle

[MrTruth0]

b6ac4a0

I saw it, but there is "6 changed files with 15 additions and 19 deletions". It doesn't seem like real multi-account support.

Yeah, it's normal, this is the "Closed Alpha", with this commit we can see that they're working on :3

[Aokromes]

b6ac4a0

I saw it, but there is "6 changed files with 15 additions and 19 deletions". It doesn't seem like real multi-account support.

Yeah, it's normal, this is the "Closed Alpha", with this commit we can see that they're working on :3

not anymore closed alpha. it was pushed to dev branch, so public.

[ange007]

b6ac4a0

I saw it, but there is "6 changed files with 15 additions and 19 deletions". It doesn't seem like real multi-account support.

Yeah, it's normal, this is the "Closed Alpha", with this commit we can see that they're working on :3

not anymore closed alpha. it was pushed to dev branch, so public.

How can this be tested?

[Aokromes]

b6ac4a0

I saw it, but there is "6 changed files with 15 additions and 19 deletions". It doesn't seem like real multi-account support.

Yeah, it's normal, this is the "Closed Alpha", with this commit we can see that they're working on :3

not anymore closed alpha. it was pushed to dev branch, so public.

How can this be tested?

compiling yourself or waiting for release on the next few hours-days.

[gandalfsaxe]

Does work on https://web.telegram.org/ also?

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