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<img src="assets/SubMiner.png" width="160" alt="SubMiner logo">
# SubMiner
Integrates Yomitan and mpv - on-screen lookups, mine to Anki, and track immersion without leaving the player
[Installation](#quick-start) · [Requirements](#requirements) · [Usage](https://docs.subminer.moe/usage) · [Documentation](https://docs.subminer.moe)
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## Features
### Dictionary Lookups
Hover over any word and trigger a lookup to get the full Yomitan popup - definitions, pitch accent, and frequency data - without ever leaving mpv.
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/yomitan-lookup.png" width="800" alt="Yomitan dictionary popup over annotated subtitles in mpv">
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<br>
### Instant Anki Mining
Create an Anki card with the sentence, audio clip, screenshot, and machine translation from the exact playback moment with one key press, click, or controller input.
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/one-key-mining.png" width="800" alt="Anki card created from SubMiner with sentence, audio, and screenshot">
</div>
<br>
### Reading Annotations
Real-time subtitle annotations with frequency highlighting, JLPT tags, N+1 targeting, and a character name dictionary. Grammar-only tokens and particles render as plain text so you focus on what matters.
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/annotations.png" width="800" alt="Annotated subtitles with frequency coloring, JLPT underlines, and N+1 targets">
</div>
<br>
### Immersion Dashboard
Local stats dashboard tracking watch time, vocabulary growth, mining throughput, session history, and trends. All stored locally, no third-party tracking.
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/stats-overview.png" width="800" alt="Stats dashboard showing watch time, cards mined, streaks, and tracking data">
</div>
<br>
### Playlist Browser
Browse sibling episode files and the active mpv queue in one overlay modal. Open it with `Ctrl+Alt+P` to append episodes from the current directory, jump to queued items, remove entries, or reorder the playlist without leaving playback.
<div align="center">
<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/playlist-browser.png" width="800" alt="Playlist browser modal showing sibling episode files beside the active mpv queue">
</div>
<br>
### Integrations
<table>
<tr>
<td><b>YouTube</b></td>
<td>Auto-loaded yt-dlp subtitle tracks at startup with config-driven primary/secondary language priorities and a manual overlay picker on demand (<code>Ctrl+Alt+C</code>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>AniList</b></td>
<td>Automatic episode tracking and progress sync</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Jellyfin</b></td>
<td>Browse, launch, and cast media from your Jellyfin server with setup and discovery controls in the app tray</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Anime Browser</b></td>
<td>Search anime sources you supply as <a href="https://github.com/aniyomiorg/aniyomi">Aniyomi</a> extension APKs and play an episode in mpv with the overlay attached (<code>subminer anime</code>); SubMiner ships no repositories and bundles no sources</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Jimaku</b></td>
<td>Search and download Japanese subtitles</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Local Subtitle Generation</b></td>
<td>Generate Japanese subtitles from local audio in a standalone modal (<code>Ctrl+Shift+G</code>), the sidebar button, or launcher, with progress and optional managed model downloads. Requires whisper.cpp and FFmpeg. Optional Silero speech detection prioritizes dialogue in separately timed passages. <a href="https://docs.subminer.moe/main/subtitle-generation">Setup guide</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>TsukiHime</b></td>
<td>Search and download subtitles extracted from anime releases, with Japanese and secondary-language tabs (<code>Ctrl+Shift+T</code>) — no API key, requires <code>xz</code> on your <code>PATH</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>AniSkip</b></td>
<td>Automatic intro detection with chapter markers and a one-key skip (<code>TAB</code> by default)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>alass / ffsubsync</b></td>
<td>Manual subtitle retiming — requires <code>alass</code> or <code>ffsubsync</code> on your <code>PATH</code> (optional; subtitle syncing is disabled without them)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>WebSocket</b></td>
<td>Plain subtitle feed plus a dedicated annotated feed for texthooker pages and custom tools</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<img src="docs-site/public/screenshots/texthooker.png" width="800" alt="Texthooker page receiving annotated subtitle lines via WebSocket">
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<br>
---
## Requirements
Only **mpv** is required to run SubMiner. Anki + AnkiConnect are required to mine cards, which is the point of the app, but everything else is optional.
| Dependency | Status | What it does |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| mpv | Required | The video player SubMiner overlays on |
| Anki + AnkiConnect | Required to mine | Card creation from the Yomitan popup |
| ffmpeg | Recommended | Audio clips & screenshots for Anki cards |
| MeCab + mecab-ipadic | Recommended | More precise annotations and filtering |
| yt-dlp | Optional | YouTube playback |
| xz | Optional | TsukiHime subtitle downloads (not on Windows by default) |
| alass / ffsubsync | Optional | Subtitle sync |
| guessit | Optional | Better anime title and episode detection |
| fzf / rofi | Optional | Video picker in the `subminer` launcher (Linux/macOS) |
<details>
<summary><b>Platform-specific install commands</b></summary>
**Arch Linux:**
```bash
sudo pacman -S --needed mpv ffmpeg mecab mecab-ipadic
```
**macOS:**
```bash
brew install mpv ffmpeg mecab mecab-ipadic
```
**Windows:**
```powershell
winget install shinchiro.mpv
winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
```
Then reopen your terminal and check `mpv --version` and `ffmpeg -version`. winget puts `ffmpeg` on `PATH` automatically; mpv uses a regular installer that may not, so if `mpv` is not found, either add its folder (usually `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\mpv`) to `PATH` or set `mpv.executablePath` during first-run setup.
[Scoop](https://scoop.sh) is the alternative if you want one package manager for everything, since it is the only one that also carries `xz`:
```powershell
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/mpv main/ffmpeg main/yt-dlp main/xz
```
See the [full requirements list](https://docs.subminer.moe/installation#_1-install-requirements) for optional dependencies.
</details>
---
## Quick Start
### 1. Install SubMiner
<details>
<summary><b>Arch Linux (AUR)</b></summary>
```bash
paru -S subminer-bin
# optional: the anime browser bridge, shared with Mangatan and updated by pacman
paru -S mangatan-extension-server
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Linux (AppImage)</b></summary>
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/SubMiner.AppImage -O ~/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage \
&& chmod +x ~/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage
```
The AppImage is all you need. First-run setup can install the optional `subminer` command-line launcher. Every current launcher uses Bun included with the app, so you do not need Bun installed or on `PATH`.
You can also download the launcher wrapper directly:
```bash
wget https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/subminer -O ~/.local/bin/subminer \
&& chmod +x ~/.local/bin/subminer
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>macOS (DMG)</b></summary>
Download the latest DMG from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest) and drag `SubMiner.app` into `/Applications`.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Windows</b></summary>
Download and run the latest installer (`.exe`) from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest).
For terminal use, download `subminer.cmd`. It locates the installed app and uses its private Bun runtime.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>From source</b></summary>
See the [build-from-source guide](https://docs.subminer.moe/installation#from-source).
</details>
### 2. Launch & Set Up
Run the installed app and the first-run setup wizard will guide you through importing Yomitan dictionaries and optionally installing the `subminer` command-line launcher. Setup records a custom app location when needed, and the wrapper runs with the app's private Bun runtime.
```bash
# Linux
~/.local/bin/SubMiner.AppImage --setup
# macOS
open -a SubMiner --args --setup
```
On **Windows**, just run `SubMiner.exe` and the setup will open automatically on first launch.
### 3. Mine
```bash
subminer video.mkv # launch mpv with SubMiner
subminer /path/to/dir # pick a file with fzf
subminer -R /path/to/dir # pick a file with rofi (Linux only)
subminer -H # browse history, then previous / replay / next / select / quit
```
On **Windows**, use the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut created during setup. Double-click it or drag a video file onto it.
## Documentation
Full guides on configuration, Anki setup, Jellyfin, immersion tracking, and more: **[docs.subminer.moe](https://docs.subminer.moe)**
---
## Acknowledgments
SubMiner builds on the work of these open-source projects:
| Project | Role |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [ani-skip](https://github.com/synacktraa/ani-skip) | AniSkip API client for anime intro/outro skip timestamps |
| [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script) | Inspiration for the mining workflow |
| [Aniyomi](https://github.com/aniyomiorg/aniyomi) | Anime extension API and data model the anime browser targets |
| [asbplayer](https://github.com/killergerbah/asbplayer) | Inspiration for subtitle sidebar and logic for YouTube subtitle parsing |
| [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary) | Character name recognition in subtitles |
| [Bun](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun) | Bundled runtime for the `subminer` command-line launcher |
| [GameSentenceMiner](https://github.com/bpwhelan/GameSentenceMiner) | Inspiration for Electron overlay with Yomitan integration |
| [jellyfin-mpv-shim](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim) | Jellyfin integration |
| [Jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc) | Japanese subtitle search and downloads |
| [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server) | Runs Aniyomi extension APKs off Android; the bridge the anime browser drives |
| [Mangatan](https://github.com/1Selxo/Mangatan) | Reference client for the bridge protocol the anime browser speaks |
| [Renji's Texthooker Page](https://github.com/Renji-XD/texthooker-ui) | Base for the WebSocket texthooker integration |
| [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan) | Dictionary engine powering all lookups and the morphological parser |
| [yomitan-jlpt-vocab](https://github.com/stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab) | JLPT level tags for vocabulary |
## License
[GNU General Public License v3.0](LICENSE)
The anime browser drives [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server),
downloaded from its upstream releases at runtime rather than
bundled or redistributed here; its bundles carry their own dependencies, including a JRE and
GPL-3.0 NewPipe Extractor. SubMiner includes none of them and talks to the bridge
over its own HTTP protocol. It ships no extensions or repositories by default.
Release packages also bundle an unmodified copy of [Bun](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun), which is MIT licensed and statically links JavaScriptCore (LGPL 2.0) and TinyCC (LGPL 2.1). Its license texts and third-party notices ship inside the app under `resources/bun/licenses`, and each release publishes `bun-v1.3.5-source.tar.gz` with the corresponding source. See [Bundled Bun runtime](https://docs.subminer.moe/installation#bundled-bun-runtime).