• Python 3.11+
• Docker
• docker-compose
• make
• poetry

• Rename .env.dist to .env and configure it
• Rename docker-compose.example.yml to docker-compose.yml
• Run make app-build command then make app-run to start the bot

• Configure and start PostgreSQL
• Configure and start Redis (» Read more)
• Rename .env.example to .env and configure it
• Run database migrations with make migrate command
• Configure telegram-bot.service (» Read more)

poetry install

Make migration script:

make migration message=MESSAGE_WHAT_THE_MIGRATION_DOES

Run migrations:

make migrate

1. Parse new used localization keys to update translations files (make i18n locale=TRANSLATION_LOCALE)
2. Write new translations in .ftl files by translations/TRANSLATION_LOCALE
3. Restart the bot

• Aiogram 3.x (Telegram bot framework)
• PostgreSQL (database)
• SQLAlchemy (working with database from Python)
• Alembic (lightweight database migration tool)
• Redis (in-memory data storage for FSM and caching)
• Project Fluent (modern localization system)