4 ms·

Cobalt – Free and Open Source yt-dlp front end with no ads

45 points by NayamAmarshe 2y ago

mpalmer 2y ago
Cool project, just wish it wasn't AGPL.
- hoistbypetard 2y ago
  Why?
- jazzyjackson 2y ago
  contact them and they may not mind working out a commercial license with you or were you just lamenting that it wasn't given away freely enough for you?
  - mpalmer 2y ago
    Like politics, I find that extremism and absolutism in software usually leads to less inclusion and less freedom for everyone involved, not more. Look at the effects of the policy, not just the intention. The unintended targets of the restrictions and not just the intended ones. I'd tell you that your unwarranted sarcasm isn't worthy of you. But I don't know you, so maybe it is.
    - jazzyjackson 2y ago
      :p
    - thisislife2 2y ago
      > less inclusion and less freedom People have different values and ideas, which means those words may mean something entirely different to someone else, to how you interpret them. xGPL code seeks to protect the freedom of the developer and the consumer to tinker with the code (right to know and repair), at the (slight) expense of capitalism. There is no prohibition on you to use the code, even commercially. All the license demands of you is that if a consumer of the product demands the source code, you share it with them. And that you cannot prohibit them to modify and distribute it further.
      - mpalmer 2y ago
        > People have different values and ideas, which means those words may mean something entirely different to someone else, to how you interpret them. You have more or less restated my point, and incorrectly assumed that I don't know how various flavors of the GPL are intended to function.
severine 2y ago
Wow, is this too good to be true as a service? What are the running costs? Are you looking for this to be long term stable? Very beautiful, I hope it sets a trend, congrats!
martinbaun 2y ago
I love the theme! One question, do the donations pay for the costs?
aprilnya 2y ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure Cobalt isn’t a yt-dlp frontend - it seems to have its own code for downloading[1], and I’ve seen tweets by the developer, talking about adding/fixing support for various services [1]: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/tree/current/src/modules/processing/services https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/tree/current/src/modules/...
sharpshadow 2y ago
I use https://yt-download.org/ https://yt-download.org/ when necessary.
- NayamAmarshe 2y ago
  Cobalt is much more feature rich and supports 15+ websites.

45 points by NayamAmarshe 2y ago

mpalmer 2y ago

Cool project, just wish it wasn't AGPL.

hoistbypetard 2y ago
Why?
jazzyjackson 2y ago
contact them and they may not mind working out a commercial license with you or were you just lamenting that it wasn't given away freely enough for you?
- mpalmer 2y ago
  Like politics, I find that extremism and absolutism in software usually leads to less inclusion and less freedom for everyone involved, not more. Look at the effects of the policy, not just the intention. The unintended targets of the restrictions and not just the intended ones. I'd tell you that your unwarranted sarcasm isn't worthy of you. But I don't know you, so maybe it is.
  - jazzyjackson 2y ago
    :p
  - thisislife2 2y ago
    > less inclusion and less freedom People have different values and ideas, which means those words may mean something entirely different to someone else, to how you interpret them. xGPL code seeks to protect the freedom of the developer and the consumer to tinker with the code (right to know and repair), at the (slight) expense of capitalism. There is no prohibition on you to use the code, even commercially. All the license demands of you is that if a consumer of the product demands the source code, you share it with them. And that you cannot prohibit them to modify and distribute it further.
    - mpalmer 2y ago
      > People have different values and ideas, which means those words may mean something entirely different to someone else, to how you interpret them. You have more or less restated my point, and incorrectly assumed that I don't know how various flavors of the GPL are intended to function.

severine 2y ago

Wow, is this too good to be true as a service? What are the running costs? Are you looking for this to be long term stable? Very beautiful, I hope it sets a trend, congrats!

martinbaun 2y ago

I love the theme! One question, do the donations pay for the costs?

aprilnya 2y ago

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure Cobalt isn’t a yt-dlp frontend - it seems to have its own code for downloading[1], and I’ve seen tweets by the developer, talking about adding/fixing support for various services [1]: https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/tree/current/src/modules/processing/services https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/tree/current/src/modules/...

sharpshadow 2y ago

I use https://yt-download.org/ https://yt-download.org/ when necessary.

NayamAmarshe 2y ago
Cobalt is much more feature rich and supports 15+ websites.