Hey HN,
I built Telechat — a self-hosted Claude AI bot that runs on your machine and connects to Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, and web chat simultaneously from a single process.
Why I built this
When Anthropic launched Claude Code Channels in March, I was excited — finally, Claude on my phone. But Channels only supports Telegram and Discord, routes everything through Anthropic's servers, and requires a Pro/Max subscription. I wanted something that:
Keeps every message on my machine (zero cloud relay)
