--- title: You can now turn your Jellyfin library into a 1990s... description: Halcyon Video is an open-source 3D frontend for Jellyfin that transforms your media library into a walkable, first-person 1990s video rental store. Every movie... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-turn-your-jellyfin-library-into-a-1990s-video-rental-store-you-can-actually-walk-around-jgslke3id twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You can now turn your Jellyfin library into a 1990s video rental store you can actually walk around | daily.dev og:description: Halcyon Video is an open-source 3D frontend for Jellyfin that transforms your media library into a walkable, first-person 1990s video rental store. Every movie... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-turn-your-jellyfin-library-into-a-1990s-video-rental-store-you-can-actually-walk-around-jgslke3id og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jgSLke3iD.png og:image:alt: You can now turn your Jellyfin library into a 1990s video rental store you can actually walk around og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You can now turn your Jellyfin library into a 1990s video rental store you can actually walk around **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Halcyon Video is an open-source 3D frontend for Jellyfin that transforms your media library into a walkable, first-person 1990s video rental store. Every movie appears as a physical case on a shelf — you can browse aisles, flip cases to read the back, carry selections to a counter, and watch a clerk bag your pick. The experience is fully navigable in first-person (Doom-style, hold F), and supports customization of era, lighting, layout, and movie format. Available on GitHub, it's a nostalgic novelty rather than a practical daily driver. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is there a 3D or immersive frontend for Jellyfin that makes browsing feel like a video store? Halcyon Video is an open-source Jellyfin frontend that renders your entire media library as a walkable, first-person 3D video rental store set in the 1990s. Each movie appears as a physical case on a shelf. You can browse aisles, flip cases to read the back, carry a title to the counter, and watch a clerk bag it. Hold F to navigate freely in first-person. Available on GitHub at halcyon-video/halcyon-video. _Self-hosters building out their Jellyfin setup find projects like this on daily.dev before they hit the front page._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I turned my Jellyfin library into a virtual movie theater with one plugin](https://daily.dev/posts/i-turned-my-jellyfin-library-into-a-virtual-movie-theater-with-one-plugin-d3yzdbd4a) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [4 Jellyfin features that made me realize it's more than a movie streamer](https://daily.dev/posts/4-jellyfin-features-that-made-me-realize-it-s-more-than-a-movie-streamer-jk3eo07dc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I moved my retro game library to Jellyfin, and now I can play them from anywhere](https://daily.dev/posts/i-moved-my-retro-game-library-to-jellyfin-and-now-i-can-play-them-from-anywhere-a9f9dqoho) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub - fabienmillet/WiiFin: Jellyfin Client for Wii](https://daily.dev/posts/github---fabienmillet-wiifin-jellyfin-client-for-wii-6883awqqn) · Hacker News · 57 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting), [#jellyfin](https://daily.dev/tags/jellyfin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-turn-your-jellyfin-library-into-a-1990s-video-rental-store-you-can-actually-walk-around-jgslke3id) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"You can now turn your Jellyfin library into a 1990s video rental store you can actually walk around","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-turn-your-jellyfin-library-into-a-1990s-video-rental-store-you-can-actually-walk-around-jgslke3id","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-now-turn-your-jellyfin-library-into-a-1990s-video-rental-store-you-can-actually-walk-around-jgslke3id"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T19:47:53.237Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T17:00:01.387Z","description":"Halcyon Video is an open-source 3D frontend for Jellyfin that transforms your media library into a walkable, first-person 1990s video rental store. 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