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<div align="center">
<img src="assets/SubMiner.png" width="169" alt="SubMiner logo">
<h1>SubMiner</h1>
<strong>Look up words, mine to Anki, and enrich cards with context — without leaving mpv.</strong>
<br /><br />
<img src="assets/SubMiner.png" width="140" alt="SubMiner logo">
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# SubMiner
**Sentence-mine from mpv — look up words, one-key Anki export, immersion tracking.**
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</div>
<br />
---
SubMiner is an Electron overlay for [mpv](https://mpv.io) that turns video into a sentence-mining workstation. Look up any word with [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan), mine it to Anki with one key, and track your immersion over time.
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## What it does
SubMiner is an Electron overlay that sits on top of mpv. It turns your video player into a full sentence-mining workstation — look up any word with Yomitan, mine it to Anki with one key, and track your immersion progress over time.
## Features
### Dictionary Lookups While You Watch
**Dictionary lookups** — Yomitan runs inside the overlay. Hover or navigate to any word for full dictionary popups without leaving mpv.
Yomitan runs directly inside the overlay. Hover over any word in the subtitles or navigate with keyboard/controller to get full dictionary popups without pausing or switching windows.
### One-Key Anki Mining
Press a single key to send a word to Anki. SubMiner auto-fills the card with the sentence, audio clip, screenshot, and machine translation — all captured from the exact moment you looked it up.
**One-key Anki mining** — Press one key to create a card with the sentence, audio clip, screenshot, and machine translation from the exact playback moment.
<div align="center">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/yomitan-lookup.png" width="800" alt="One-key Anki card creation — Yomitan popup with dictionary entry and mine button over annotated subtitles">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/yomitan-lookup.png" width="800" alt="Yomitan popup with dictionary entry and mine button over annotated subtitles in mpv">
</div>
### Reading Annotations
Subtitles are annotated in real time with N+1 targeting, frequency-dictionary highlighting, JLPT level tags, and a character name dictionary for anime and manga proper nouns.
**Reading annotations** — Real-time subtitle annotations with N+1 targeting, frequency highlighting, JLPT tags, and a character name dictionary. Grammar-only tokens render as plain text.
<div align="center">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/annotations.png" width="800" alt="Subtitle annotations with frequency highlighting, JLPT underlines, known words, N+1 targets, and character names">
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/annotations-key.png" width="800" alt="Subtitle annotations with frequency highlighting, JLPT underlines, known words, N+1 targets, and character names">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/annotations.png" width="800" alt="Annotated subtitles with frequency highlighting, JLPT underlines, known words, and N+1 targets">
</div>
### Immersion Dashboard
A local stats dashboard tracks your watch time, anime progress, vocabulary growth, mining throughput, and session history. Drill down into individual sessions or browse your full library.
**Immersion dashboard** — Local stats dashboard with watch time, anime progress, vocabulary growth, mining throughput, and session history.
<div align="center">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/stats-overview.png" width="800" alt="Stats dashboard — overview with watch time, cards mined, streaks, and tracking snapshot">
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/stats-vocabulary.png" width="800" alt="Vocabulary tab — unique words, known words, top repeated words, and unmined word list">
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<!-- <img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/stats-library.png" width="800" alt="Library tab — anime grid with episode counts and watch time"> -->
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/stats-overview.png" width="800" alt="Stats dashboard with watch time, cards mined, streaks, and tracking snapshot">
</div>
### External Integrations
- **AniList** — Automatic episode progress tracking
- **Jellyfin** — Remote playback, cast device mode
- **Subtitle tools** — Download from Jimaku, sync with alass/ffsubsync
- **Texthooker & API** — Custom texthooker page and annotated websocket feed for external clients
**Integrations** — AniList episode tracking, Jellyfin remote playback, Jimaku subtitle downloads, alass/ffsubsync, and an annotated websocket feed for external clients.
<div align="center">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/texthooker.png" width="800" alt="Texthooker page with annotated subtitle lines — known words, N+1 targets, character names, and frequency highlighting">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/texthooker.png" width="800" alt="Texthooker page with annotated subtitle lines and frequency highlighting">
</div>
## Quick start
---
### 1. Install
## Quick Start
**Arch Linux (AUR):**
### Install
Install [`subminer-bin`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/subminer-bin) from the AUR. It installs the packaged AppImage plus the `subminer` wrapper:
<details>
<summary><b>Arch Linux (AUR)</b></summary>
```bash
paru -S subminer-bin
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Or manually:
```bash
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/subminer-bin.git
cd subminer-bin
makepkg -si
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/subminer-bin.git && cd subminer-bin && makepkg -si
```
**Linux (AppImage):**
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Linux (AppImage)</b></summary>
```bash
wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/SubMiner.AppImage -O ~/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage \
&& chmod +x ~/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage
wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/subminer -O ~/.local/bin/subminer \
&& chmod +x ~/.local/bin/subminer
```
> [!NOTE]
> The `subminer` wrapper uses a [Bun](https://bun.sh) shebang. Make sure `bun` is on your `PATH`.
**macOS (DMG/ZIP):** download the latest packaged build from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest) and drag `SubMiner.app` into `/Applications`.
</details>
**Windows (Installer/ZIP):** download the latest `SubMiner-<version>.exe` installer or portable `.zip` from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest). Keep `mpv` installed and available on `PATH`.
<details>
<summary><b>macOS / Windows / From source</b></summary>
**From source** — see [docs.subminer.moe/installation#from-source](https://docs.subminer.moe/installation#from-source).
**macOS** — Download the latest DMG/ZIP from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest) and drag `SubMiner.app` into `/Applications`.
### 2. Launch the app once
**Windows** — Download the latest installer or portable `.zip` from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest). Keep `mpv` on `PATH`.
**From source** — See [docs.subminer.moe/installation#from-source](https://docs.subminer.moe/installation#from-source).
</details>
### First Launch
Run `SubMiner.AppImage` (Linux), `SubMiner.app` (macOS), or `SubMiner.exe` (Windows). On first launch, SubMiner starts in the tray, creates a default config, and opens a setup popup where you can install the mpv plugin and configure Yomitan dictionaries.
### Mine
```bash
# Linux
SubMiner.AppImage
subminer video.mkv # auto-starts overlay + resumes playback
subminer --start video.mkv # explicit overlay start (if plugin auto_start=no)
subminer stats # open the immersion dashboard
```
On macOS, launch `SubMiner.app`. On Windows, launch `SubMiner.exe` from the Start menu or install directory.
On first launch, SubMiner:
- starts in the tray/background
- creates the default config directory and `config.jsonc`
- opens a compact setup popup
- can install the mpv plugin to the default mpv scripts location for you
- links directly to Yomitan settings so you can install dictionaries before finishing setup
### 3. Finish setup
- click `Install mpv plugin` if you want the default plugin auto-start flow
- click `Open Yomitan Settings` and install at least one dictionary
- click `Refresh status`
- click `Finish setup`
The mpv plugin step is optional. Yomitan must report at least one installed dictionary before setup can be completed.
### 4. Mine
```bash
subminer video.mkv # default plugin config auto-starts visible overlay + resumes playback when ready
subminer --start video.mkv # optional explicit overlay start when plugin auto_start=no
subminer stats # open the local stats dashboard in your browser
```
---
## Requirements
| Required | Optional |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `bun` (source builds, Linux `subminer`) | |
| `mpv` with IPC socket | `yt-dlp` |
| `ffmpeg` | `guessit` (better AniSkip title/episode detection) |
|---|---|
| [`mpv`](https://mpv.io) with IPC socket | `yt-dlp` |
| `ffmpeg` | `guessit` (AniSkip detection) |
| `mecab` + `mecab-ipadic` | `fzf` / `rofi` |
| Linux: `hyprctl` or `xdotool` + `xwininfo` | `chafa`, `ffmpegthumbnailer` |
| [`bun`](https://bun.sh) (source builds, Linux wrapper) | `chafa`, `ffmpegthumbnailer` |
| Linux: `hyprctl` or `xdotool` + `xwininfo` | |
| macOS: Accessibility permission | |
Windows builds use native window tracking and do not require the Linux compositor helper tools.
Windows uses native window tracking and does not need the Linux compositor tools.
## Documentation
For full guides on configuration, Anki, Jellyfin, immersion tracking/stats, and more, see [docs.subminer.moe](https://docs.subminer.moe). The VitePress source for that site lives in [`docs-site/`](./docs-site/).
Full guides on configuration, Anki, Jellyfin, immersion tracking, and more at **[docs.subminer.moe](https://docs.subminer.moe)**.
## Acknowledgments
Built on the shoulders of [GameSentenceMiner](https://github.com/bpwhelan/GameSentenceMiner), [Renji's Texthooker Page](https://github.com/Renji-XD/texthooker-ui), [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script), and [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary). Subtitles powered by [Jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc). Dictionary lookups via [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan), and JLPT tags from [yomitan-jlpt-vocab](https://github.com/stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab).
Built on [GameSentenceMiner](https://github.com/bpwhelan/GameSentenceMiner), [Renji's Texthooker Page](https://github.com/Renji-XD/texthooker-ui), [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script), and [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary). Subtitles from [Jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc). Lookups via [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan). JLPT tags from [yomitan-jlpt-vocab](https://github.com/stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab).
## License