# GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK

AMD Open Source Driver For Vulkan

Repository: https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amdvlk
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-15T04:09:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3187, "days_push": 352, "days_rel": 490, "gap_med": 31, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1974, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.194620+00:00)

## What it is
AMD's open-source Vulkan driver for Radeon graphics adapters on Linux, built on the Platform Abstraction Library (PAL) and the LLVM-based LLPC pipeline compiler. It supports Vulkan 1.4 with 180+ extensions across recent Radeon GPU generations.

## Use cases
- run Vulkan applications on Radeon GPUs on Linux
- use an open-source alternative to AMD's closed-source Vulkan driver
- profile and debug Vulkan workloads with Radeon GPUProfiler
- run Vulkan in SR-IOV virtualized environments
- test Vulkan 1.4 features on AMD hardware

## When to choose
- you need an open-source Vulkan driver for supported Radeon RX 5000-9000 series GPUs on Ubuntu or Red Hat
- you want compatibility with AMD developer tools and PAL-based profiling
- you need mid-command buffer preemption or SR-IOV virtualization support

## When to avoid
- the project is officially discontinued and will receive no further releases
- you use pre-GFX10 GPUs (only v-2023.Q3.3 or older supports them)
- you want the latest performance and Vulkan API support - RADV (Mesa) is the actively maintained open-source alternative
- you need a driver for distros other than Ubuntu or Red Hat, where testing is limited

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, compiler, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: vulkan-driver, amd-gpu, radeon, pal, llpc, discontinued, open-source-driver, linux, gpu

## Member repositories
- GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.194620+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:04:54.955791+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.194620+00:00, sha 10fec20b827a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.