BroadcastChannel

BroadcastChannel is an open-source microblogging platform that uses Telegram as its CMS. Built on the Astro framework and written in TypeScript, it fetches posts from any public Telegram channel and renders them as a fast, zero-JavaScript website. The output is fully server-rendered HTML that loads instantly on any device and performs well in search engine rankings without manual optimization. For anyone already publishing content on Telegram, BroadcastChannel provides a polished public-facing blog with no additional writing workflow required.

Common Use Cases

Content creators who publish regularly to Telegram channels use BroadcastChannel to give their audience a browsable web presence without managing a separate CMS. Newsletters and independent publishers use it to reach readers who prefer web browsing or RSS over Telegram itself. Technical bloggers post code snippets and articles through Telegram and get a syntax-highlighted, indexed website automatically. Organizations use it as a lightweight announcement board — posting updates to a Telegram channel that simultaneously serves as their website. Developer communities with active Telegram channels use BroadcastChannel to archive and surface past posts, making knowledge accessible to new members who join long after the content was originally published. Journalists and commentators use it to build a public-facing archive of their Telegram commentary without switching platforms.

Key Features

• Telegram as the CMS: Write posts in Telegram's familiar composer and they appear on your site automatically — no separate editor or admin panel required.
• Zero client-side JavaScript: All pages are server-rendered HTML, making the site load fast on any connection and score highly in Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals audits.
• Dual RSS feeds: Every blog gets XML and JSON RSS feeds out of the box so readers can subscribe through any feed aggregator or podcast app.
• Auto-generated sitemap: A sitemap.xml is generated automatically, helping search engines discover and index all your posts without manual submission.
• Social profile links: Add links to Telegram, Twitter, GitHub, Mastodon, Bluesky, and Discord through environment variables — no template editing needed.
• Tag and category support: Organize posts with tags to help readers navigate your content archive by topic.
• Custom header and footer injection: Inject arbitrary HTML into the page header or footer for analytics scripts, custom branding, or additional metadata.
• SEO controls: Configure noindex and nofollow directives per deployment, and add Google Search Console verification through an environment variable.

Why deploy BroadcastChannel on Hostinger VPS

Deploying BroadcastChannel on a Hostinger VPS gives you a custom domain, HTTPS via Traefik, and complete control over your published output — none of which are guaranteed on the free tiers of Vercel or Cloudflare Pages, which can impose bandwidth caps, cold start delays, or build minute limits. Since BroadcastChannel fetches content from Telegram at request time and requires no database, the container is lightweight and runs comfortably on the smallest VPS plan with minimal memory usage. Your content remains in Telegram, the tool you already use daily, so there is no migration process or data portability concern if you ever want to move hosts. Traefik handles SSL certificate provisioning and renewal automatically, so your blog stays online and secure without any ongoing maintenance.