FAQ
Why?
Telegram is known to have a large amount of spam, which large groups often struggle to deal with.
Rose was built to help these online communities fight against spammers. To make sure she integrates with Telegram as tightly as possible, without needing any fancy new Telegram apps, Rose hooks straight into Telegram's Bot API. This means that all you need to do to use Rose, is to add her to your group.
Who runs Rose?
Check out our about us page!
How old is Rose?
Rose was first released in August 2018, as the improved version of Marie, which was our first attempt at building a group management bot.
How many people use Rose?
At time of writing (Nov 2024) Rose currently has:
- 780 million total users
- 17 million total groups
- 75 million monthly active users
- 2 million monthly active groups
Is Rose an official Telegram project?
No! Rose is not endorsed by Telegram.
However, we would love to get her verified, so people know she's the real deal - so if anyone at Telegram is reading this, please reach out! :)
Can Rose use Telegram Custom Emoji?
This is an interesting question. The short answer is that in most cases, no.
The reason for this is that for bots to send custom emoji, Telegram requires the bot owner to buy a custom username on fragment, and then pay 1000 TON (Telegram's cryptocurrency). At time of writing, this is approximately 5000 USD.
The alternative option for your bot to send premium emoji is for your group to be "boosted" until you unlock the ability to set emoji packs for that group. This will then allow all users (including Rose) to use the custom emoji from that sticker pack. Once that's done, all you need to do is save some messages with custom emoji in Rose (Eg, through greetings, notes, filters, etc)!
How do you make money?
Spam is a problem for everyone - therefore, we believe in keeping Rose free.
Instead, we provide custom clones, which allow you to run your own customised version of Rose, for a price.
Alternatively, if you would like to help pay for Rose's server costs through donations, please donate here!
How does the Rose handle user data?
Rose's privacy policy is available here.
Is Rose open source?
No, Rose is not open source. Previous experiences with open source on Telegram have been quite negative, so it was decided that Rose should remain closed source.
Additionally, open sourcing Rose would undermine our ability to provide private Rose instances; which leads us to our next point...
Can I run my own Rose?
We've recently released a new service to allow users to run their own private Rose instances, with lots of added customisation options, and features which cannot be added to Rose's free version for logistical or performance reasons.
More details are available on our business website!