Compare cobalt and OpenShorts - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.
What is cobalt?
Free, open-source media downloader — paste a link from YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, or 20+ other sites and save the file with no ads, tracking, or paywalls.
Price: Free
Paste-and-download from 20+ services (YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Twitch, SoundCloud, Bilibili, Vimeo, and more)
Auto audio mute, remux, and audio-only extraction
No ads, tracking, paywalls, or sign-ins
Open source — self-hostable on your own server
Files served directly without going through a middle service