@gitlab_notifine_botFree
80 / 100
Score
These Telegram bots bring repository and CI events into a chat: a push, a pull or merge request waiting for review, a failed pipeline. For a small team a group with these messages often replaces a dashboard nobody opens.
| # | Bot | Price | Languages | Inline | Groups | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @gitlab_notifine_bot | Free | EN | no | yes | 80 |
| 2 | @github_notifine_bot | Free | EN | no | yes | 76 |
| 3 | @FallenAlertBot | Free | EN | no | yes | 74 |
| 4 | @BuddyTelegramBot | Freemium · buddy.works free plan: 1 seat, 300 pipeline GB-minutes, Telegram action included | EN | no | yes | 73 |
| 5 | @GitHubBot | Free | EN | no | no | 66 |
We did not push a test repository through every bot; the ranking rests on what can be checked. For each bot we confirmed on t.me that it is live and looked for its source: an open repository, the vendor's documentation or a catalog record of its commands. From code and docs we noted which events each bot handles, how you connect it (a webhook URL or a GitHub login with repository access), whether it filters branches and whether the service behind it still works. Integram's GitLab bot was removed because its platform is gone, and four more because nothing but a name described them.
There are two ways to wire a repository to Telegram. Notifine's bots give you a webhook URL: GitHub or GitLab sends events to it, and the bot never touches your account, which works for private repositories too. GithubBot (@FallenAlertBot) asks you to sign in with GitHub OAuth and requests the repo and admin:repo_hook scopes. That lets it post comments, approve and merge from the chat, but it can also read and write every repository your account reaches, so weigh convenience against access.
GitLab has its own Telegram integration on every tier: you create a bot in BotFather, add it to a channel and paste the token under Settings → Integrations. It is the most private option, since events go straight from GitLab to your own bot, and it can report only broken pipelines. GitHub has no built-in Telegram integration, which is why third-party bots exist. If your pipelines run on buddy.works, its official bot (@BuddyTelegramBot) posts from a pipeline action with a message template you control.
A group that reports every push stops being read within a day. Start with pull or merge requests, review requests and failed pipelines, and add pushes only for the main branch. Notifine supports this in the URL itself: ?branch=main keeps one branch and ?exclude_branch=dependabot/* drops automated updates. If the team uses forum topics, send /start inside a dedicated topic so notifications do not bury the conversation.
Yes. Add the webhook URL from Notifine's GitHub bot (@github_notifine_bot) in the repository settings, which needs no login, or sign in to GithubBot (@FallenAlertBot), which asks for full repository access.
Yes, on every tier. Create a bot in @BotFather, add it to a channel with the right to post, and enter the token and channel ID under Settings → Integrations → Telegram; you can limit it to broken pipelines.
With Notifine's bots, add ?exclude_branch=dependabot/* to the webhook URL; exclusions take priority over ?branch= filters.
