Installation - BotMux

Prerequisites

Go 1.26+
A Telegram bot token (create via @BotFather)

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/skrashevich/botmux.git
cd botmux
go build -o botmux .

No CGO required — all dependencies are pure Go.

Install via `go install`

go install github.com/skrashevich/botmux@latest

Run

# With token flag
./botmux -token "123456:ABC-DEF..."

# With environment variable
export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="123456:ABC-DEF..."
./botmux

# Custom address
./botmux -token "TOKEN" -addr :9090

The token is optional — if not provided, BotMux starts without a CLI bot and uses bots from the database only.

Command-Line Flags

Flag	Default	Description
`-token`	`""`	Telegram bot token (or `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` env var)
`-addr`	`:8080`	HTTP server listen address
`-db`	`botdata.db`	Path to SQLite database file
`-webhook`	`""`	Set webhook URL for receiving updates
`-tg-api`	`""`	Custom Telegram API base URL (or `TELEGRAM_API_URL` env var)
`-demo`	`false`	Enable demo mode (or `DEMO_MODE=true` env var)

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