User and reference documentation for Vernacula. Start with Installation if you're setting up for the first time, or jump straight to the Desktop app or CLI reference if you already have it built.
- Installation — .NET 10, FFmpeg, GPU prerequisites, Linux installer
- Desktop app — features, screenshots, walkthrough
- CLI reference — invocation, arguments, examples
- Models — required and optional model downloads
- Building from source — execution providers and publish guidance
- Pipeline backends and language support — ASR backends, 52-language matrix, diarization, execution providers, DiariZen tuning
- Language model fusion (KenLM) — shallow fusion with Parakeet
- Benchmarks — throughput and DER numbers
- Licensing — per-component license attribution
- Developer notes — internal investigations and design notes