Plymouth (software)

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Plymouth

Original author(s)	Ray Strode
Initial release	May 30, 2008 (2008-05-30)
Stable release	24.004.60 / January 4, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-01-04)[1]
Repository	gitlab.freedesktop.org/plymouth/plymouth
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Type	Bootsplash
License	GNU General Public License 2
Website	Plymouth at freedesktop.org

Plymouth is an application which provides a graphical boot experience for Linux. Plymouth supports animations using Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) and the KMS driver. Plymouth is bundled with an initial ramdisk which allows it to run before the file system is mounted. Some sources claim that Plymouth is named after Plymouth Rock, symbolizing the program's role as the first thing a user sees, but this has not been confirmed in any official capacity.^[2]