imputnet/cobalt
best way to save what you love observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 76
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1517
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 149
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
42273 stars · 3662 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Cobalt is a friendly, ad-free media downloader web app that lets users save video, audio, photos, and GIFs from sites like YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and SoundCloud by simply pasting a link. It consists of an API backend and a Svelte frontend, is fully self-hostable, and processes media with a strict zero-log, privacy-first approach.
Use cases
- download youtube videos without ads
- save tiktok videos as mp4
- download audio from soundcloud
- save twitter videos and gifs
- self-host a media downloader api
- download instagram photos and videos
- extract music from youtube links
When to choose
- you want a clean, ad-free downloader for public media from many social platforms
- you need a privacy-respecting tool with no logs, trackers, or paywalls
- you want to self-host your own downloader instance or API
- you want a simple paste-link-get-file workflow on any device
When to avoid
- you need to download paid, private, or DRM-protected content - cobalt only handles free public content
- you need bulk or scheduled downloading with queue management
- you require a desktop or mobile native app rather than a web interface
- your use case involves content whose terms of service prohibit downloading
Facets
application · maturity active
web-scraping video-processing audio-processing http-server gui media web-development privacy self-hosted social-media self-hosted browser media-downloader video-downloader youtube-downloader social-media-downloader svelte typescript no-ads privacy-focused self-hostable web-server docker nodejs
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt · fetched 2026-08-28 · c9a8b5059c77
- homepage: https://cobalt.tools · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4d00cef9c0fe
- site_page: https://cobalt.tools/about/general · fetched 2026-08-29 · 61ea41ebbc9e
- site_page: https://cobalt.tools/about/terms · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8208c15ee163
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| imputnet/cobalt | main | 66 |
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