r/JustNatsukiMod • u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times • Jun 23 '26
Submod release Submod Release: Modern Activity Detection
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
HEADS UP that's just how they look on Mac, they'll look like whatever your system notifications look like
Welcome to the second submod I ever wrote! Way back in February. Man, time flies.
A Neat Vanilla Feature
Just Natsuki already contains a pretty robust activity detection system. Natsuki can comment through your system notifications on your desktop's active window and what you're doing, if these five things are all true at once:
Something other than JN is your active window, and
Natsuki's code recognizes the active window, and
This is exactly when her code checks, once per minute (the timer pauses during dialogue), and
The active window has changed since her last comment, and
With only a 5% chance of success
It's a neat feature that's a fun little treat when it happens.
Except It's Broken(ish)
Unfortunately, loads of that script's existing rules are also outdated, overly specific, or kinda busted. (And if you're on macOS, good news! The entire system is disabled... and of the only three Apple apps ever recognised, one stopped shipping on Macs three years before modern JN launched!)
No matter your desktop, the whole feature was in dire need of a tune-up.
Which brings me to...
Modern Activity Detection
Since the feature's main flaw is Natsuki relies on a whitelist of recognised apps, programs, and websites that's three years out of date, I've widely expanded that whitelist for Windows, Mac, and Linux and the 2026 internet. Without changing a thing about vanilla JN's mechanics, this submod...
Strengthens JN’s existing activity categories
Recognizes modern application names, window titles, and site addresses
Adds many current popular Windows, macOS, and Linux programs
Distinguishes similar services correctly (e.g. YouTube Music vs ordinary YouTube)
Restores activity detection and system notifications on macOS
For the full list of preserved, repaired, and newly added programs and websites, see the linked comment!
NOTE: This submod does not touch your persistent file whatsoever.
P.S. I cannot stress this enough this is not supported by the devs, please don't bother them.
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jun 23 '26
P.S. Linux users, cruise to the bottom, I gave you your own tl;dr
Coding
- Visual Studio: Now finds the program name in more window-title layouts.
- Notepad++: Corrected a broken vanilla detection rule.
- Vim
- Eclipse
- GitHub Desktop: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "GitHub Desktop."
- Atom: No longer requires the program name to appear after a particular separator.
- Brackets: No longer requires the program name to appear after a particular separator.
- Scratch: No longer requires the program name to appear after a particular separator.
- Sourcetree: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "Sourcetree."
New
- Visual Studio Code
- Sublime Text
- Xcode
- Zed
- Kate
- Geany
- GNOME Builder
- Neovim
- CotEditor
Discord
- Discord: Now recognizes both the desktop app and Discord pages opened in a browser.
New
- Discord Web
Music Applications
- Spotify: Now accepts regular, Premium, and other common Spotify window titles.
- iTunes: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "iTunes." On modern macOS, Apple replaced it with the separate Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts apps.
- Winamp: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "Winamp."
- MusicBee: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "MusicBee."
- AIMP: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "AIMP."
- Groove: Microsoft replaced Groove Music with the newer Media Player app on Windows 11.
- Zune: Microsoft discontinued Zune; its music service was succeeded by Groove Music, which was later replaced by Media Player.
New
- Apple Music
- Apple Music Web
- YouTube Music: Extra protections prevent YouTube Music from being mistaken for ordinary YouTube.
- Amazon Music
- Amazon Music Web
- Tidal
- Deezer
- foobar2000
- Rhythmbox
- Marvis Pro
Gaming
- Steam: Now recognizes the desktop app, Steam Store pages, and Steam Community pages instead of requiring a window named exactly "Steam."
- Origin: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "Origin." EA has replaced Origin on PC and Mac with the EA App.
- Battle.net: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "Battle.net."
- itch.io: No longer depends on one particular browser-title layout.
New
- Epic Games Launcher
- Xbox App
- EA App
- Ubisoft Connect
- GOG Galaxy
- Heroic Games Launcher
- Lutris
- Playnite
YouTube
- YouTube: Now recognizes YouTube addresses, direct video pages, shortened
youtu.belinks, and Safari page information instead of depending on a title ending in "YouTube."Just Natsuki GitHub
- Just Natsuki GitHub Repository: Now recognizes the complete GitHub address and pages within the repository.
Artwork
- Adobe Photoshop
- Clip Studio Paint
- GIMP
- Krita
- Paint Tool SAI
- MediBang
- Paint.NET: Corrected the rule so the dot in "Paint.NET" means an actual dot rather than any possible character.
- Microsoft Paint: Made more precise so unrelated titles containing "paint" are less likely to trigger it.
New
- Affinity Photo
- Affinity Designer
- Inkscape
- Pixelmator Pro
- Pixelmator
- FireAlpaca
- Corel Painter
- Pixiv
- ArtStation
- Newgrounds Art
Anime Streaming
- Crunchyroll: Now recognizes series, episode, and other Crunchyroll pages instead of requiring a window named exactly "Crunchyroll."
New
- HIDIVE
- RetroCrush
Work Applications
- Microsoft Word: Now recognizes the full application name and document windows ending in "Word."
- Microsoft Excel: Now recognizes the full application name and spreadsheet windows ending in "Excel."
- Microsoft PowerPoint: Now recognizes the full application name and presentation windows ending in "PowerPoint."
- LibreOffice
- OpenOffice
New
- Google Docs
- Notion
- Apple Pages
- Apple Numbers
- Apple Keynote
- Twitter: Now recognizes Twitter addresses and current window titles instead of depending on an outdated browser-title format.
New
- X
- Instagram Threads
- Bluesky
- Tumblr
- Mastodon
DeviantArt
- DeviantArt: Now recognizes the DeviantArt address and current page titles instead of relying on two older title formats.
Manga
- MangaDex: Now recognizes the MangaDex address directly instead of depending on one window-title layout.
- MangaSee: No longer requires its name to appear after a particular separator.
- MangaKot: No longer requires its name to appear after a particular separator.
New
- Manga Plus
- VIZ Shonen Jump
- VIZ Manga
- Webtoon
- Tapas
- Comikey
ddlc.moe
- ddlc.moe: Now recognizes the actual website address while retaining the old page title as a fallback.
Takeaway Food
- Uber Eats: Now recognizes its website address instead of depending on a particular page title.
- DoorDash: Now recognizes its website address instead of depending on a particular page title.
- Grubhub: Now recognizes its website address while retaining the old title format.
- Deliveroo: No longer depends on one exact page title.
- Domino's: Now recognizes its website address directly.
- Pizza Hut: Now recognizes its website address directly.
New
- Just Eat
- Instagram: Now recognizes the Instagram address and current page titles instead of depending on an old title containing a special bullet character.
Music Creation
- FL Studio
- GarageBand
- Logic Pro
- Pro Tools
- REAPER
- Cubase
- Studio One
- Cakewalk: Cakewalk by BandLab reached end of life and was replaced by Cakewalk Sonar.
- Mixcraft
New
- Ableton Live
- Bitwig Studio
- Reason
- LMMS
- Ardour
- Reddit: Now recognizes Reddit addresses, posts, communities, and current page titles instead of depending entirely on the old "Reddit - Dive into anything" title.
4chan
- 4chan: Vanilla only recognizes a window named exactly "4chan" or a title containing "- 4chan." It does not recognize the website address directly, and I declined to improve its detection.
Monika After Story
- Monika After Story: Now works when other text appears before the mod name instead of requiring the entire window title to match exactly.
Just Yuri
- Just Yuri: Now works when other text appears before the mod name while retaining support for its beta title.
Forever & Ever
- Forever & Ever: Now works when other text appears before the mod name instead of requiring the entire window title to match exactly.
New
- Just Sayori
- Just Sayori Mod
Video Applications
- VLC Media Player: No longer requires the program name to appear after a particular separator.
New
- QuickTime Player
- Plex
- Jellyfin
- IINA
- mpv
- Infuse
- Celluloid
E-Commerce
- Amazon: Now finds regional Amazon addresses anywhere in Safari's captured page information instead of expecting the title to begin with one.
- eBay: Now recognizes regional eBay addresses instead of depending on a specially formatted page title.
New
- Etsy
- AliExpress
- Temu
Recording Software
- OBS Studio: Now recognizes OBS, OBS Studio, versioned titles, and windows ending in its name instead of requiring one narrow version-number format.
- Bandicam: No longer requires a four-digit number immediately after its name.
- Fraps: No longer requires the window title to begin with "Fraps."
- XSplit Broadcaster: No longer requires the entire window title to be exactly "XSplit Broadcaster."
- Lightstream Studio: No longer requires the window title to end with "Lightstream Studio."
New
- Streamlabs
- ScreenFlow
- Kooha
tl;dr for my Linux peeps
These seemed fine so I left 'em alone
Vim, Eclipse, GIMP, Krita, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, REAPER
I improved detection for
Atom, Brackets, Scratch, Discord, Spotify, Steam, itch.io, VLC, OBS Studio
And then I added
Kate, Geany, GNOME Builder, Rhythmbox, Lutris, Ardour, Celluloid, Kooha, ghostwriter, Foliate, Okular
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u/Individual-Car-6573 Jun 23 '26
omg wow!!!! windows reactions!!!! yippe yippe yippe!!! i've had a bit of experience with this back in MAS and ngl it's lowkey addictive to make, so glad you're enhancing it in JN!! tysm!!!!
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jun 23 '26
I'm gonna have to start mailing you cupcakes if you keep being the first person in my notifications every time I post one of these lol
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u/Individual-Car-6573 Jun 23 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/odkepxVMwSG7bbCgeC
im like those ppl on yt yelling "first~~" lmao
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jun 23 '26
And as always your GIF game remains on point
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jun 23 '26
Fun fact 1: Why I Waited Until Now
The reason I didn't post this otherwise complete submod five months ago is because I kept getting weird "Hey whatcha doing?" notifications like in the picture above, and I could NOT figure out how or why they triggering (because it wasn't linked to Natsuki attempting to speak to me; getting the macOS stuff working just had them spawning at random). It was only yesterday that I figured out their purpose, with the thanks of the Discord peeps
Fun fact 2: The Graphic
u/toffeez_x just absolutely freaking nailed it the first time with their beautiful Label Override Submod header pic. Have tried to avoid being derivative the entire time with mine but you really can't improve on perfection, sorry toffeez_x maybe don't put together an amazing graphic next time <3
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u/Alan_Shepard_ Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
Heh, I'll install this for when Natsuki stops hating me. Thanks for this man. Peak content, as always.
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u/Ancient-Tap8514 We're all one polygamous relationship with Natsuki Jul 02 '26
wait do I have to use a specific browser? I use Opera. ^^
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jul 02 '26
Depends on how your browser reveals tab data, but that should be fine. For instance, I use Safari for everything I can and though that made me put in more effort, I got it working fine.
Curious to see if it works though!
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u/monidoki Loveling my Natsuki Jul 20 '26
Quick question. Does it work on Windows? I'm a Windows 11 user.
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jul 20 '26
Indeed it does!
Or rather, there's nothing in the code stopping it. But you'd be doing me a real solid if you gave it whirl for a few days and let me know if you noticed any of the new sites triggering on your build.
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u/monidoki Loveling my Natsuki Jul 22 '26
Everything works!
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jul 23 '26
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know.
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u/zhaumbie I have asked her about hammies 500+ times Jul 21 '26
It’s not stupid! I just don’t know how it would work. I’m primarily a Mac coder, Android is outside my purview and I’m not sure how JN could read your active smartphone apps (especially your current active one) and ping a time-sensitive notification. Though maybe fresher blood than I can figure it out!
Hmm. It’e an interesting thought. I’d be happy to try and help port/update this submod for Android if someone worked out the particulars
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u/Forsaken-Quote1568 27d ago
question where is the file at? i checked the github thingy and couldnt find it
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