Bring your own AI

Taalcut runs on the AI you already have: your ChatGPT plan, your own API keys, or models on your computer.

Continue with ChatGPT

Settings

AccountsSign in to the AI you use, or add a key.

Settings › Accounts

ChatGPTUsing ChatGPT plan

Manage usage

Step 3 of 3. Back in Taalcut, the row says Using ChatGPT plan, with Manage usage and Sign out.

Where you sign in: On OpenAI’s own page, in your browser. Taalcut never sees your password.
What it uses: Your ChatGPT plan and its limits. Manage usage opens OpenAI’s page for them.
Where the sign-in lives: Kept encrypted with a key in your computer’s keychain. It never reaches Taalcut’s windows, its library or its logs.
Signing out: One button in Settings › Accounts.

Bring a key, point it at your own server, or use the models Taalcut runs on your computer.

Taalcut’s own modelsSearch, text in video and music beats always run here; speech and the agent can too

Your keys: Paste a key in Settings › Accounts and Taalcut calls that provider for you. Taalcut keeps it encrypted with a key in your computer’s keychain, and never shows it back.
A budget per project: When you pay per use with a key, each new project starts with a budget of US$2. Taalcut checks it before paid work, and you can change it or turn it off.
Your own server: If you already run Ollama or LM Studio, add it in Settings › Accounts › Servers. You never need one: Taalcut already runs models on your computer.

Taalcut downloads and runs its own models. There is nothing to install, and no server to set up.

Always here: Search, text in video and music beats. Your footage is indexed on your computer.
Speech: Written down on your computer. It goes to ElevenLabs only if you add that key and allow it.
The agent: Can run here: Qwen3.5 4B through llama.cpp on computers with 16 GB of memory or more.
On Ubuntu: The agent on your computer needs a graphics card with 8 GB of video memory.
High-end Macs: Qwen3.5 9B on MLX, on Apple silicon Macs with 32 GB of memory and a GPU with 16 or more cores.
8 GB Macs: The agent runs a small text model. Understanding images needs a cloud model.

A profile sets the model for every job at once. Local only keeps everything of yours on your computer, whichever profile you picked.

Settings

ProfileSettings › Models

Good results at a fair price. Right for most videos.

Settings › Privacy

What leaves your computer

Cloud models you chose: The agent’s messages and tool results, and video frames when a cloud model looks at a shot. Taalcut asks before it first sends your files to a cloud model.
Reference links: Taalcut downloads a reel you paste, to read how it’s cut.
Speech: Audio, only if you add an ElevenLabs key and allow it.
Crash reports and usage counts: Only when you turn them on. Both start off.

Update checks still send the app’s version and a random ID. Model downloads send nothing of yours.

Fast and cheap: Quick, low-cost models. Good for first passes and simple edits.
Everyday: Good results at a fair price. Right for most videos.
Best quality: The strongest models. Slower, and each video costs more.
On this Mac: Every job uses the models on this Mac. Lower quality, and no AI voice or images.
Local only: Turn on Local only in Settings › Privacy and nothing of yours leaves your computer, whichever profile you picked.
Update checks: Update checks still send the app’s version and a random ID. Model downloads send nothing of yours.

Taalcut is free. One email when it’s ready for your computer, and nothing else.