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Show HN: Cobalt – social media downloader with no bullshit (wukko.me)
3 points by wukko on Oct 12, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Hey, HN!

I made my own social media downloader because I got annoyed by others that either shove 50 ad banners down your throat, or require you to do some extra steps. The frontend page is light and all processing is done on the server, so it runs speedily on pretty much anything. It also has a bunch of download/ui customization options, but none of them are forced on you.

My main goal was to make something that's open, easy to use, and not annoying to deal with.

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think, I'm thirsty for feedback and opinions.

You can also take a look at its source code and judge my coding abilities: https://github.com/wukko/cobalt




Would be great to be able to download podcasts from any podcast page. Most only allow a play so it's for those ones.

For example: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/othertone-with-pharrel... (can only play an episode)

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/othertone-with-pharrell-s... (can only play an episode)

https://player.fm/series/othertone-with-pharrell-scott-and-f... (can download any episode: click the three dots)

https://art19.com/shows/othertone (can download an episode as well)

Also, checkout Soundcloud downloader:

https://extension-a6.com/extension/soundcloud-downloader-v2/...

It puts a download button under a track.




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