Cobalt Instance
Your own cobalt processing instance — the API that saves media, no frontend.
About Cobalt Instance
Cobalt saves media from social platforms without ads, trackers, or paywalls.
This template runs the processing instance — the API that does the work.
There's no web UI: point any cobalt frontend at it (cobalt.tools → settings →
instances → custom) or call it from your own scripts.
Want the frontend hosted on your server too? Deploy the Cobalt template
instead — it runs both on one domain.
An API key is generated on first boot and printed in the deploy logs. Keys
bypass rate limits, and can be made mandatory with
API_AUTH_REQUIRED=1.Bandwidth, not CPU, is the limit: downloads stream through your server.
About DollarDeploy
DollarDeploy deploys and manages apps on your own VPS — no SSH, no YAML, no lock-in. Launch Cobalt Instance in a few clicks, then get HTTPS, monitoring, logs and backups handled for you.