Host your own (pipx)

For greater privacy, you can host your own instance of Threadkiller.

Requirements

• Python 3.14 or greater
• pipx with ensurepath successfully ran at least once

Installation

1. Download the bot with:

   pipx install threadkiller
   

2. Create a bot at @BotFather, and get its API token.

3. Set the API token as the TG_BOT_TOKEN environment variable:

   export TG_BOT_TOKEN=0000000000:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
   

4. Run the bot:

   threadkiller
   

Persisting the bot

In a production setting, it's recommended to have a way to keep the bot running.

You might want to look into something like nohup, screen, tmux or systemd units.