Topic Downloaders
Proxies for cobalt: three settings, and what they cost you
A self-hosted cobalt instance takes HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY. What the proxy then carries, what it costs in traffic, and what it rules out.
Proxies for gallery-dl: route the metadata, skip the files
gallery-dl can give its metadata requests and its file downloads different proxies, or none at all. On a per gigabyte line that is the whole bill.
Proxies for Instaloader: no option, and why a new address rarely helps
Instaloader has no proxy setting. The environment variables work anyway, and its own rate limiter is the reason a fresh address so often changes nothing.
Proxies for yt-dlp: --proxy, SOCKS5, ffmpeg and geo checks
yt-dlp takes one proxy option, but ffmpeg, websockets and the geo check each treat it differently. Every setting at release 2026.08.19, with a server test.
Proxies that don't die mid-job
Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile, verified by the same engine that runs tens of millions of checks. They read as a real device and hold up under load. Pay as you go, and your balance never expires. $0.44/GB is the 2,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.
129M+ proxy checks run · 100+ countries · HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS · re-checked every few minutes · no signup