Start with Large v3 Turbo Q5
It is the recommended balance for most Apple Silicon Macs: multilingual, accurate, and much lighter than the full model.
From download to your first live transcript.
Choose Discord, browser meetings, or both. The desktop app repeats this guide and can save the configuration as you go.
Install Kuali on macOS
The current release supports macOS 11 or newer on Apple Silicon. Homebrew verifies the checksum pinned by Kuali’s tap before installing the application.
Terminal · macOS
$ brew install --cask igarrux/kuali/kuali $ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Kuali.app
Open Kuali from Applications. On first launch, the app opens its guided setup automatically. You can return to it later from the Guide button.
Download a Whisper model
Model weights are separate from the application. Open Settings → Transcription models and choose one. Kuali verifies the download before using it.
Use Large v3 Turbo for maximum quality
Choose the full model when your Mac has enough memory and accuracy matters more than download size.
Add product names to terminology
In Settings → Transcription → Special terminology, add names such as internal products, acronyms, or people that Whisper should preserve.
Connect Kuali to Discord
You will create a dedicated Discord bot. Kuali never automates your personal account, and the token should be treated like a password.
Open the Discord Developer Portal
Visit the Discord Developer Portal and sign in with your Discord account.
Select “New Application”
The button is in the upper-right corner. Name the application Kuali, accept Discord’s terms, and select Create.
Reset and copy the bot token
Open Bot in the left sidebar, select Reset Token, confirm, and copy the value Discord shows.
Never publish the token, commit it to Git, or send it to another person. Paste it only inside Kuali.
Enable Guild Install
Open Installation. Under Installation Contexts → Select Installation Methods, enable Guild Install.
Configure the install link and scopes
Choose Discord Provided Link. Under Default Install Settings → Guild Install → Scopes, add applications.commands and bot.
Select only the minimum permissions
Enable View Channels, Send Messages, Send Messages in Threads, Connect, Speak, and Use Voice Activity. Do not enable Administrator.
Invite the bot and connect your username
Copy the installation link, open it, and add Kuali to your server. Back in Kuali, paste the bot token and enter your exact Discord @username, not the display name.
Join a voice channel
With automatic Discord following enabled, Kuali joins after you. You can pause following from Home or invite it manually with /record or /grabar.
Load the bundled browser extension
The extension talks only to Kuali’s listener on your computer. Keep the desktop app open while recording a browser meeting.
Open your extensions manager
Use chrome://extensions in Chrome or Arc, edge://extensions in Edge, or brave://extensions in Brave.
Enable Developer mode
Turn on Developer mode. A Load unpacked button will appear.
Reveal Kuali’s extension folder
In the desktop app, open the guide and select Show folder in Finder. Kuali includes the exact extension version compatible with the app.
Load and pin the extension
Select Load unpacked and choose the folder Kuali revealed. Then pin the Kuali icon from your browser’s extensions menu.
Confirm the local connection
Join a meeting and open Kuali’s extension. It should report that the desktop app is available and let you start recording. The default local port is 9099.
Check your first call
Start with two participants if possible. Speak one at a time, then overlap briefly to confirm that activity and attribution react as expected.
- Kuali shows the meeting under Live meetings.
- The active participant lights up while speaking.
- Text appears during the call, not only after it ends.
- Muting a participant stops that participant’s activity.
- Leaving the meeting finalizes it and releases the Whisper model.
Discord commands
/record · /grabarInvite Kuali to your current voice channel.