diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a44f5641..986cdb3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - Minor: Added Linux support for Live Notifications toasts. (#5881, #5971, #5976)
 - Minor: Messages can now be deleted from the context menu in a channel. (#5956)
 - Minor: Overlay windows now inherit the global zoom level and can be zoomed independently. (#6016)
+- Minor: The `/watching` channel is now supported on all platforms. (#6031)
 - Minor: The font weight of chat messages can now be changed. (#6037)
 - Bugfix: Fixed a potential way to escape the Lua Plugin sandbox. (#5846)
 - Bugfix: Fixed a crash relating to Lua HTTP. (#5800)
diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index 8b545b1a..1809ee8f 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -607,11 +607,9 @@ void Application::initNm(const Paths &paths)
 {
     (void)paths;
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-#    if defined QT_NO_DEBUG || defined CHATTERINO_DEBUG_NM
+#if defined QT_NO_DEBUG || defined CHATTERINO_DEBUG_NM
     registerNmHost(paths);
     this->nmServer.start();
-#    endif
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.cpp b/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.cpp
index ec4421ca..d491db87 100644
--- a/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 #include "util/PostToThread.hpp"
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 #include <QJsonValue>
 #include <QSettings>
+#include <QStringBuilder>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #    include "widgets/AttachedWindow.hpp"
@@ -25,21 +27,92 @@
 
 namespace {
 
+using namespace chatterino;
 using namespace chatterino::literals;
 
 const QString EXTENSION_ID = u"glknmaideaikkmemifbfkhnomoknepka"_s;
 constexpr const size_t MESSAGE_SIZE = 1024;
 
+struct Config {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    QString fileName;
+    QString registryKey;
+#else
+    QString directory;
+#endif
+};
+
+const Config FIREFOX{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    .fileName = u"native-messaging-manifest-firefox.json"_s,
+    .registryKey =
+        u"HKCU\\Software\\Mozilla\\NativeMessagingHosts\\com.chatterino.chatterino"_s,
+#elif defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    .directory =
+        u"~/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts"_s,
+#else
+    .directory = u"~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts"_s,
+#endif
+};
+
+const Config CHROME{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    .fileName = u"native-messaging-manifest-chrome.json"_s,
+    .registryKey =
+        u"HKCU\\Software\\Google\\Chrome\\NativeMessagingHosts\\com.chatterino.chatterino"_s,
+#elif defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
+    .directory =
+        u"~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/NativeMessagingHosts"_s,
+#else
+    .directory = u"~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts"_s,
+#endif
+};
+
+void writeManifestTo(QString directory, const QString &filename,
+                     const QJsonDocument &json)
+{
+    if (directory.startsWith('~'))
+    {
+        directory = QDir::homePath() % QStringView{directory}.sliced(1);
+    }
+
+    QDir dir(directory);
+    if (!dir.mkpath(u"."_s))
+    {
+        qCWarning(chatterinoNativeMessage) << "Failed to create" << directory;
+        return;
+    }
+    QFile file(dir.filePath(filename));
+    if (!file.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate))
+    {
+        qCWarning(chatterinoNativeMessage)
+            << "Failed to open" << filename << "in" << directory;
+        return;
+    }
+    file.write(json.toJson());
+}
+
+void registerNmManifest([[maybe_unused]] const Paths &paths,
+                        const Config &config, const QJsonDocument &document)
+{
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    writeManifestTo(paths.miscDirectory, config.fileName, document);
+
+    QSettings registry(config.registryKey, QSettings::NativeFormat);
+    registry.setValue("Default",
+                      QString(paths.miscDirectory % u'/' % config.fileName));
+#else
+    writeManifestTo(config.directory, u"com.chatterino.chatterino.json"_s,
+                    document);
+#endif
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
 using namespace literals;
 
-void registerNmManifest(const Paths &paths, const QString &manifestFilename,
-                        const QString &registryKeyName,
-                        const QJsonDocument &document);
-
 void registerNmHost(const Paths &paths)
 {
     if (Modes::instance().isPortable)
@@ -78,10 +151,7 @@ void registerNmHost(const Paths &paths)
 
         obj.insert("allowed_origins", allowedOriginsArr);
 
-        registerNmManifest(paths, "/native-messaging-manifest-chrome.json",
-                           "HKCU\\Software\\Google\\Chrome\\NativeMessagingHost"
-                           "s\\com.chatterino.chatterino",
-                           QJsonDocument(obj));
+        registerNmManifest(paths, CHROME, QJsonDocument{obj});
     }
 
     // firefox
@@ -100,32 +170,10 @@ void registerNmHost(const Paths &paths)
 
         obj.insert("allowed_extensions", allowedExtensions);
 
-        registerNmManifest(paths, "/native-messaging-manifest-firefox.json",
-                           "HKCU\\Software\\Mozilla\\NativeMessagingHosts\\com."
-                           "chatterino.chatterino",
-                           QJsonDocument(obj));
+        registerNmManifest(paths, FIREFOX, QJsonDocument{obj});
     }
 }
 
-void registerNmManifest(const Paths &paths, const QString &manifestFilename,
-                        const QString &registryKeyName,
-                        const QJsonDocument &document)
-{
-    (void)registryKeyName;
-
-    // save the manifest
-    QString manifestPath = paths.miscDirectory + manifestFilename;
-    QFile file(manifestPath);
-    file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate);
-    file.write(document.toJson());
-    file.flush();
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    QSettings registry(registryKeyName, QSettings::NativeFormat);
-    registry.setValue("Default", manifestPath);
-#endif
-}
-
 std::string &getNmQueueName(const Paths &paths)
 {
     static std::string name =
@@ -158,9 +206,9 @@ namespace nm::client {
 
 // SERVER
 NativeMessagingServer::NativeMessagingServer()
-    : thread(*this)
+    : thread(new ReceiverThread(*this))
 {
-    this->thread.setObjectName("NativeMessagingReceiver");
+    this->thread->setObjectName("C2NMReceiver");
 }
 
 NativeMessagingServer::~NativeMessagingServer()
@@ -169,18 +217,24 @@ NativeMessagingServer::~NativeMessagingServer()
     {
         qCWarning(chatterinoNativeMessage) << "Failed to remove message queue";
     }
-    this->thread.requestInterruption();
-    this->thread.quit();
+    this->thread->requestInterruption();
+    this->thread->quit();
     // Most likely, the receiver thread will still wait for a message
-    if (!this->thread.wait(250))
+    if (!this->thread->wait(100))
     {
-        this->thread.terminate();
+        this->thread->terminate();
+
+        if (!this->thread->wait(100))
+        {
+            qCWarning(chatterinoNativeMessage)
+                << "Failed to terminate thread cleanly";
+        }
     }
 }
 
 void NativeMessagingServer::start()
 {
-    this->thread.start();
+    this->thread->start();
 }
 
 NativeMessagingServer::ReceiverThread::ReceiverThread(
diff --git a/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.hpp b/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.hpp
index 0d3ba454..bfe7de3d 100644
--- a/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.hpp
+++ b/src/singletons/NativeMessaging.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ private:
 
     void syncChannels(const QJsonArray &twitchChannels);
 
-    ReceiverThread thread;
+    ReceiverThread *thread;
 
     /// This vector contains all channels that are open the user's browser.
     /// These channels are joined to be able to switch channels more quickly.