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Cobalt Brings Installable Apps to Kobo E-Readers

BandarLabs released Cobalt, an open-source application platform for Kobo e-readers, built around a launcher, a catalog of signed apps, a Rust SDK, and a runtime that runs each app in an independent, unprivileged process. Apps are installed and removed individually over Wi-Fi. Seven Kobo models have been tested so far, including the Clara BW, Clara Colour, Elipsa 2E, and Libra Colour.