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Instances - Search By Service - About - FAQ - Source Code
In August of 2023, I started to track a list of cobalt instances for fun, called instances.hyper.lol. At the start, this list was public and had to be user submitted. This list was from the cobalt Discord server.
Eventually, I found out ways to search the internet for public cobalt instances. I wrote a blog post about it here.
However, this list ended up growing larger than expected, and eventually was used for abuse. Different “social media downloaders” websites were taking my list and using the cobalt instances as their backend. They were profiting from open-source software. Furthermore, most instances were not aware of this list.
I decided to close down the site at the end of 2024. Around that time, another instance tracker was created, but only with instances that were asked to be added.
However, I continued to work on the list privately. I still would search the internet for cobalt instances and track them. I decided my list was done for the time, as the other tracker was much better.
Eventually in July 2025, I decided to make this site public again, but only with instances that had permission to be added. The private list still exists, but will not be public again.