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Cobalt Tools

Privacy-first downloader supporting fast, no-tracking downloads of video, audio, and images from a wide range of social platforms—no account required, open API for free integration, expanding platform support, and no data or analytics collected or stored.

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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  YouTube Downloader
  2.  Video Download
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  MP3 Downloader
  6.  Support for 4K
  7.  Dark Mode
  8.  Convert YouTube videos to Mp4
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Convert YouTube videos to Mp3
  11.  SoundCloud Downloader
  12.  No installation required
  13.  Download videos from Instagram
  14.  Download videos from Facebook
  15.  Instagram Downloader
  16.  Progressive Web App
  17.  No installation
  18.  Web-Based
  19.  Built-In Proxy
  20.  Docker Container
  21.  API Integration

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Comment summary: Cobalt Tools is widely praised for its clean, ad-free interface and ease of use, allowing fast downloads of videos and audio from multiple platforms. Users note reliable performance, web app convenience, and broad site support. However, recent comments point out that direct YouTube downloading is no longer available, though alternative instances are suggested for this purpose. Occasional technical frustrations are also reported.
Top Positive Comment
Mauricio B. Holguin
2

Clean and straightforward. It lets you download videos or quickly extract audio super quick.

aoldadaniel
0

can't download basic youtube music video

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James Y
0

Great, but recently dropped support for YouTube videos.

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z0x8m3mg
0

"waiting for cloudflare turnstile" has taken years off of my life

morphy
1

no longer download from YouTube, but still can download from other sites.

Creative_joe
0

You can still download videos from YouTube using another instance from this website: https://cobalt.directory

Peter S.

The latest instance seems to be working.

Andrei030x
1

Currently not downloading from YouTube.

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What is Cobalt Tools?

Cobalt is a 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.

supported services: • Bilibili.com and Bilibili.tv • Dailymotion videos • Instagram reels & video posts • OK Videos • Pinterest (all media) • Reddit videos & gifs • Rutube videos • Soundcloud • TikTok videos & photos & audio • Tumblr • Twitch clips • Twitter posts & spaces & voice • Vimeo • Vine archive • VK video & clips • Youtube videos & shorts & music

This list is not final and keeps expanding over time, make sure to check it once in a while!

Cobalt does not (and will never) serve ads or sell your data, therefore it's completely free to use.

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 and see for yourself.

Cobalt's privacy policy is simple: no data about you is ever collected or stored. zero, zilch, nada, nothing. what you download is your business, not mine.

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Video & Movies, Audio & Music, Development, File Sharing, Social & Communications

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  •  43,593 Stars
  •  3,815 Forks
  •  271 Open Issues
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Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about Cobalt Tools, and it has gotten 99 likes

Cobalt Tools was added to AlternativeTo by ImSebi on and this page was last updated . Cobalt Tools is sometimes referred to as Cobalt.