cobalt

An open-source self-hosted YouTube alternative. Subscribe to other users on other servers using ActivityPub. Reduced bandwidth costs for server owners via WebTorrent.

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94 Stars

4 Forks

94 Watchers

Ruby Language

Cost to Build

$8.6K

Market Value

$19.3K

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Growth over time

22 data points · 2018-09-01 → 2025-07-01

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What is the Gargron/cobalt GitHub project? Description: "An open-source self-hosted YouTube alternative. Subscribe to other users on other servers using ActivityPub. Reduced bandwidth costs for server owners via WebTorrent.". Written in Ruby. Explain what it does, its main use cases, key features, and who would benefit from using it.

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How to clone cobalt

Clone via HTTPS

git clone https://github.com/Gargron/cobalt.git

Clone via SSH

[email protected]:Gargron/cobalt.git

Download ZIP

Download master.zip

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