1. Agreement and Open Source License
By using Cobalt, you agree to these terms. Cobalt is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL-3.0-or-later). Nothing in these terms limits your rights under that license. Source code and full license text are available at github.com/hanan-bhatti/cobalt.
2. Your Content and Responsibility
You retain full ownership of the notes, links, images, media, and other content you store in Cobalt. Because Cobalt stores your information locally without a cloud note backup service, you are responsible for maintaining your own backups and exports of important content.
3. Third-Party Services and API Keys
Cobalt includes optional integrations with external services such as Google Gemini, The Movie Database (TMDb), Jikan, Trakt, and YouTube. You may choose to provide your own API keys or link third-party accounts.
Cobalt uses Trakt but is not endorsed or certified by Trakt. Cobalt uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
You are responsible for obtaining any required personal keys, keeping them secure, and complying with the terms of use established by each third-party provider. Cobalt is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these third-party services.
4. Service Availability and Offline Use
Cobalt is designed as an offline-first capture tool for your locally saved data. However, external integrations—such as AI OCR, audio transcription, online media searches, remote image loading, link preview scraping, trailer playback, and Trakt synchronization—require an active internet connection and depend on the operational availability of third-party APIs and servers.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
As provided in the GNU Affero General Public License, Cobalt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for full details.
6. External Accounts and Service Terms
When you connect an external service or send data to an external provider through Cobalt, your relationship with that provider is governed by their respective terms of service and policies. You may disconnect integrations or revoke account authorizations at any time.