Cobalt is a web application designed to help users save various types of content from websites, including video, audio, photos, and GIFs. The application emphasizes privacy, security, and open-source principles.

Here are some of Cobalt's key features:

• Content Saving: Users can easily save desired content by simply pasting the link into Cobalt.

• Ad and Malware Protection: Cobalt is designed to protect users from ads, trackers, paywalls, and malware that may be present on other content-saving platforms.

• Privacy Focus:

  • All requests to Cobalt's backend are anonymous, and tunnel information is encrypted.

  • Cobalt maintains a strict zero-log policy, meaning they do not track user activity.

  • On-the-fly processing ensures that downloaded files are tunneled directly to the client without being saved to disk.

  • Users can enable forced tunneling to further enhance privacy by obscuring download sources from network providers.

• Open Community and Self-Hosting:

  • Cobalt fosters an active community of users who contribute to its development and improvement.

  • The application is open-source, allowing users to self-host it if desired.

• On-Device Processing: Some of Cobalt's newer features, like remuxing, are performed locally on the user's device, further enhancing efficiency and privacy.