cobalt is a media downloader that doesn't piss you off. it's friendly, efficient, and doesn't have ads, trackers, paywalls or other nonsense.
paste the link, get the file, move on. that simple, just how it should be.
this monorepo includes source code for api, frontend, and related packages:
it also includes documentation in the docs tree:
- cobalt api documentation
- how to run a cobalt instance
- how to protect a cobalt instance
- how to configure a cobalt instance for youtube
cobalt is sponsored by royalehosting.net and the main processing servers are hosted on their network. we really appreciate their kindness and support!
cobalt is a tool that makes downloading public content easier. it takes zero liability. the end user is responsible for what they download, how they use and distribute that content. cobalt never caches any content, it works like a fancy proxy.
cobalt is in no way a piracy tool and cannot be used as such. it can only download free & publicly accessible content. same content can be downloaded via dev tools of any modern web browser.
thank you for considering making a contribution to cobalt! please check the contributing guidelines here before making a pull request.
for relevant licensing information, see the api and web READMEs. unless specified otherwise, the remainder of this repository is licensed under AGPL-3.0.
