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cobaltvsspotify-saver

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

cobaltspotify-saver
Score83/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#35 of 59 in Music Streaming
GitHub stars45 595169
Stars, last 30 days+1 811—
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—0.7.5 · 23 Nov 2025
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageSveltePython

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 44/100 for spotify-saver, so it is the safer default.

spotify-saver ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for cobalt.

If you want the quickest setup, cobalt is easier to run; spotify-saver needs more configuration.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 811 stars in 30 days).

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