Simple, lightweight and feature-rich hologram plugin for Paper (and Folia) servers using display entities and packets.

Features

With this plugin you can create holograms with customizable properties like:

Hologram Type (text, item or block)
Position, Rotation and Scale
Text Alignment, Background Color and Shadow.
Billboard (fixed, center, horizontal, vertical)
MiniMessage formatting.
Placeholders support through PlaceholderAPI and MiniPlaceholders integration.
FancyNpcs integration.
...and much more!

Check out images section down below.

Installation

Paper 1.21.4 or newer with Java 25 (or higher) is required. Plugin should also work on Paper forks.

Spigot is not supported.

Documentation

Official documentation is hosted here. Quick reference:

Have more questions? Feel free to ask them on our Discord server.

Developer API

More information can be found in Documentation and Javadocs.

Maven

<repository>
    <id>fancyinnovations-releases</id>
    <name>FancyInnovations Repository</name>
    <url>https://repo.fancyinnovations.com/releases</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>de.oliver</groupId>
    <artifactId>FancyHolograms</artifactId>
    <version>[VERSION]</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle

repositories {
    maven("https://repo.fancyinnovations.com/releases")
}

dependencies {
    compileOnly("de.oliver:FancyHolograms:[VERSION]")
}

Images

Images showcasing the plugin, sent to us by our community.

Screenshot 1
^{Provided by @OliverSchlueter}

Screenshot 2
^{Provided by @OliverSchlueter}

Screenshot 3
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Screenshot 4
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Screenshot 5
^{Provided by @OliverSchlueter}

Data collection

This plugin collects anonymous usage data to help us understand how the plugin is being used and to improve it. All collected data by all servers is aggregated, we don't store any IP addresses, server names, or any other information that could be used to identify a specific server or user. Read more about that topic (used platforms, how to opt-out, list of metrics ...) in the documentation.