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# cobalt
Best way to save what you love.
Live web app: [co.wukko.me](https://co.wukko.me/)
![cobalt logo with repeated logo pattern background](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wukko/cobalt/current/src/front/icons/pattern.png "cobalt logo with repeated logo pattern background")
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## What's cobalt?
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cobalt is social and media platform downloader that doesn't piss you off.
It's fast, friendly, and doesn't have any bullshit that modern web is filled with: no ads, trackers, or analytics.
Paste the link, get the video, move on. It's that simple. Just how it should be.
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## Supported services
| Service | Video + Audio | Only audio | Only video | Additional notes or features |
| -------- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :----- |
| bilibili.com | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Instagram | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Ability to pick what to save from multi-media posts. |
| Instagram Reels | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
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| Pinterest | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Support for videos and stories. |
| Reddit | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Support for GIFs and videos. |
| SoundCloud | | ✅ | | Audio metadata, downloads from private links. |
| TikTok | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Supports downloads of: videos with or without watermark, images from slideshow without watermark, full (original) audios. |
| Tumblr | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Support for audio file downloads. |
| Twitter* | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Ability to pick what to save from multi-media tweets. |
| Vimeo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Audio downloads are only available for dash files. |
| Vine Archive | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| VK Videos | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| VK Clips | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| YouTube Videos & Shorts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Support for 8K, 4K, HDR, VR, and high FPS videos. Audio metadata & dubs. h264/av1/vp9 codecs. |
| YouTube Music | | ✅ | | Audio metadata. |
This list is not final and keeps expanding over time, make sure to check it once in a while!
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*Reliability of downloads from Twitter is questionable due to its current management.
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## cobalt API
cobalt has an open API that you can use in your projects for **free**.
It's easy and straightforward to use, [check out the docs](https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/blob/current/docs/API.md) and see for yourself.
Feel free to use the main API instance ([co.wuk.sh](https://co.wuk.sh/)) in your projects.
## Host an instance yourself
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### Requirements
- Node.js 18 or above
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- git
Setup script installs all needed `npm` dependencies, but you have to install `Node.js` and `git` yourself.
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1. Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/wukko/cobalt`
2. Run setup script and follow instructions: `npm run setup`
3. Run cobalt via `npm start`
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4. Done.
You need to host API and web app separately since v.6.0. Setup script will help you with that!
### Ubuntu 22.04+ workaround
`nscd` needs to be installed and running so that the `ffmpeg-static` binary can resolve DNS ([#101](https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/issues/101#issuecomment-1494822258)):
```bash
sudo apt install nscd
sudo service nscd start
```
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### Docker
It's also possible to run cobalt via Docker. I *highly* recommend using Docker compose.
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Check out the [example compose file](https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/blob/current/docker-compose.example.yml) and alter it for your needs.
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## Disclaimer
cobalt is my passion project, so update schedule depends solely on my free time, motivation, and mood.
Don't expect any consistency in that.
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## License
cobalt is under [AGPL-3.0](https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/blob/current/LICENSE) license.
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[Fluent Emoji](https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui-emoji) used in the project is under [MIT](https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui-emoji/blob/main/LICENSE) license.