fbsplash (formerly gensplash) is a userspace implementation of a splash screen for Linux systems. It provides a graphical environment during system boot using the Linux framebuffer layer.

fbsplash follows a design policy of being simple, lightweight and fast. To reduce bloat, it uses only a few most important libraries and does not require X11. The code is optimized to have minimal impact on boot-up time.

fbsplash is distro-neutral and can in principle be used on any Linux system which supports the framebuffer, but integration of fbsplash with the initscript system requires writing customized code for different Linux distributions.