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Plymouth

bootsplash for Linux
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Summary

Plymouth is a free software[1]. Plymouth ranks in the top 8% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (521 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: bootsplash[3]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0[4]
  • Programmed in: C[5]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[6]
  • Software version identifier: 0.9.2[7], 0.9.3[8], 0.9.4[9], 22.02.122[10], 24.004.60[11], 26.134.222[12]
  • Has use: bootsplash[13]
  • Commons category: Plymouth (software)[14]
  • Official website: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth[15]
  • Source code repository URL: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/plymouth/plymouth[16]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[17]

Why It Matters

Plymouth has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Plymouth is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . freedesktop.org. freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . cgit.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . cgit.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . cgit.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . cgit.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . gitweb.gentoo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Plymouth. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/plymouth-q2099879
MLA “Plymouth.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 22 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/plymouth-q2099879.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_plymouth-q2099879_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Plymouth}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/plymouth-q2099879}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-22}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Slackbuilds package → system/plymouth
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'no', 'p
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Slackbuilds package: system/plymouth, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/325227332|plymouth (#325227332)]] for {{P|12077}}"
  2. 26d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alpine linux package → plymouth
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: plymouth, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324955349|plymouth (#324955349)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package"
  3. 28d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arch linux package → plymouth
    Software version identifier → 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.9.4 +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Arch linux package: plymouth, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/325110319|plymouth (#325110319)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8509|Arch Linux package]] #"
  4. 14w ago · MichielN · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Programming language → —
    Instance of → free software, bootsplash
    Website → —
    Copyright license → GNU General Public License, version 2.0
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Official website: https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth"
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