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boxshelf-source

Boxshelf source code (GPL-3.0): a TV-style 3D box-art shelf for emulators, Steam, Epic and PC ports, on Windows, Android and Linux. Downloads are on boxshelf-beta.

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GITHUB · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 37 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views

Niche: 3d modeling and rendering software · 145 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -13% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Media & entertainment
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a cross-platform launcher UI that shows box art on a shelf and launches games, which is mainly front-end work plus existing metadata sources and launch commands.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 242 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #183 of 243 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 344 days after the earliest competitor.

  • boxshelf-beta · github · 2026-11-05 · 690 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • kiln · github · 2026-10-21 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • VFD-GLB-Importer · github · 2026-09-16 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Picxel · hn · 2026-09-16 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • GSS - GPU Style Sheets · ph · 2026-10-07 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • FTL3DS · github · 2026-10-10 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.41
  • boxadb · github · 2026-11-12 · 103 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • mdk-sdl · github · 2026-10-05 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.40

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