It’s surprising that there’s almost no practical information about Telegram Cocoon beyond what’s on GitHub and the official website. Various media outlets have plenty of general coverage about the network launch, but almost nothing about real user experience.

I decided to spend a bit of time and figure out what’s actually going on in the network, how it works, and, most importantly, whether I, as a developer, can use it today. So in this article I’ll look at Cocoon from a developer’s perspective: how to install it and how to use it.