Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cobalt
Your Kobo can run apps now
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey HN, I built an SDK to help me create apps I wanted on my Kobo. My Kobo device has a single core <1GHz processor and 512MB RAM, much less than a Raspberry Pi, but the eInk display and larger battery life opens up a lot of use cases. I have since used it to build an approval sidekick for my Mac's Claude code and codex, a Hacker News Client for Kobo, a Gutenberg reader, an RSS search and reader and more. All the code is in the repo. If you have a different device than mine (Clara BW) would love for you to test it on your device and submit a PR to enable this for more device profiles. Thanks.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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cobalt▲503save video, audio, and GIFs from websites in one click
2024 · cobalt.tools · its alternatives →
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Koala▲117Free, open source and web based bear alternative.
2022 · koalanotes.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · koob.jake.run · its alternatives →
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Steps to get emacs running on a Kobo Clara BW. Contribute to enthdegree/kobo-emacs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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LiveKit▲236The open source platform for real-time communication
2021 · livekit.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · getkozmos.com · its alternatives →
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Add activity feeds to your app in 10 lines of code
2018 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
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Codex now runs natively on Windows with secure sandbox
Mar 2026 · learn.chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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NotesHub 2.x▲74Markdown based note-taking app with git sync & kanban boards
2023 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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Local-first collaboration SDK for React, Vue, and Svelte. Batteries-included: Rich text, undo/redo, cursors, and presence. - Dancode-188/synckit
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I read HN on my phone every day and never really settled on a reader, so I wrote my own and finally tidied it up enough to put out there. It's plain SwiftUI with no third-party dependencies. A few things I spent the most time on: Comments are parsed and drawn as native text instead of being dumped into a web view. Links, italics, quotes and code blocks behave like the rest of the OS, text selection works, and threads collapse instantly. The whole comment tree comes back from the Algolia API in a single request, which felt a lot nicer than walking the Firebase API node by node. Accessibility.…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Kando is a cross-platform open source pie menu which I am currently developing! It offers an unconventional, fast, highly efficient, and fun way of interacting with your computer! You can use it to launch applications, simulate keyboard shortcuts, open files, and much more. Let me know what you think about it!
2024 · kando.menu · its alternatives →
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Free eBook on cross platform mobile app development
2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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SyncBob▲87Syncing products from a CMS to marketplaces such as Amazon
2024 · syncbob.com · its alternatives →
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