cobalt
save what you love without bullshit. cobalt is free and open for everyone, forever.
cobalt.tools is made with love by imput.net (@wukko.me & @jj.ax)
source code at github.com/imputnet/cobalt
- local processing is now enabled by default on ios! saving files from the processing queue is way faster & more comfortable than doing it via shortcuts, and you also get proper downloading progress cobalt.tools
- cobalt 11 brings on-device media processing, huge performance improvements, and refreshed ui local processing is enabled for all desktop users starting now, so you can enjoy best compatibility with players and editing tools, no extra remuxing required :) cobalt.tools
- we also moved the main frontend instance from cf pages to cf workers, which should've fixed random blank pages caused by cloudflare-related errors. let us know if it's still happening to you, and we’ll keep digging
- cobalt 11 brings on-device media processing, huge performance improvements, and refreshed ui local processing is enabled for all desktop users starting now, so you can enjoy best compatibility with players and editing tools, no extra remuxing required :) cobalt.tools
- local processing brings: - best file compatibility - detailed download progress - faster processing - better reliability - and reduced load on public instances it's really cool, and we're happy to finally release it for everyone!
- aside from local processing, we updated the web app a lot. everything looks better, feels better, and loads faster than ever before! we migrated parts of frontend to svelte 5, which improved rendering performance even more. it's beautiful!
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View full threadthere are a lot more changes, such as rewritten docs and service-related improvements. we couldn't possibly make a thread that's readable enough & contained all changes, but you can read the entire changelog in cobalt: cobalt.tools/updates#11.0 (now with a better font!)
- please add gifs
- we tried one more solution to fix downloading from youtube, but it doesn't scale. it'll be broken until we figure it out. the problem is not on our side, it's youtube pushing even more restrictions than before. we did all we could to let people have free access to information.
- services other than youtube are not affected and work just like before (except for twitter, cobalt supports downloading nsfw posts again!) you can read more about the youtube issue here: github.com/imputnet/cob... if you have an idea, please make a pull request!
- saving from youtube might work once in a while, but we can't promise 100% reliability just like before. we'll keep trying, but in all honesty, both of us are exhausted and extremely demotivated 🫠
- youtube downloading is fixed reliably! (for now, at least) go try it with various settings, all formats & qualities should be back: cobalt.tools it’s unknown for how long this will last, but hopefully it’ll be all sunshine and rainbows for a bit
- youtube downloading is fixed reliably! (for now, at least) go try it with various settings, all formats & qualities should be back: cobalt.tools it’s unknown for how long this will last, but hopefully it’ll be all sunshine and rainbows for a bit
- seems like there’s an increased amount of random errors related to youtube saving, typically leading to 0 byte files, since cobalt handles everything else trying again several times helps, but we’ll try to come up with a proper fix asap and come back with an update :3
- youtube’s been testing various ways of limiting access, both for downloaders and real users with adblockers most fucked up experiment being forced DRM for ALL videos, even those that are licensed as CC: github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dl... feels like it will only get worse from now on 🫠
- cobalt wasn't able to save youtube videos for a few hours, but it's fixed now! less formats though, so if you don't get 4k videos, try enabling HLS in video settings it's more of a bandaid fix, but it works for now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ cobalt.tools
- cobalt wasn't able to save youtube videos for a few hours, but it's fixed now! less formats though, so if you don't get 4k videos, try enabling HLS in video settings it's more of a bandaid fix, but it works for now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ cobalt.tools
- forgot to post here, but saving from twitter has been fixed since yesterday! cobalt now automatically falls back to the embed api, which is still functional and should hopefully stay this way
- cobalt.tools btw
- after several downtimes, twitter disabled the anonymous endpoint that’s used for viewing posts when logged out cobalt was using this endpoint, so it can’t get posts from twitter for now. we’ll try to figure this out in the morning and let you guys know when it’s fixed
- you can replicate this behavior by opening any tweet link in incognito mode in your browser
- saving from twitter might not work properly rn due to rather obvious reasons
- you can save anything from social media with cobalt.tools without annoying watermarks or other bullshit no need to screen record reels or youtube videos, cobalt can get them for you faster and in higher quality :)
