# NVIDIA/gpu-operator

NVIDIA GPU Operator creates, configures, and manages GPUs in Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gpu-operator
Homepage: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/index.html
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: gpu, kubernetes, cuda, nvidia
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:23:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2745, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 41, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2851, forks 534 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.603052+00:00)

## What it is
NVIDIA GPU Operator is a Kubernetes operator that automates the provisioning and lifecycle management of all NVIDIA software components needed to run GPUs in a cluster, including drivers, the device plugin, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, node labeling, and DCGM monitoring. It is deployed via Helm and lets administrators treat GPU nodes like standard CPU nodes using a common OS image.

## Use cases
- automatically install nvidia gpu drivers on kubernetes nodes
- provision gpu worker nodes in a kubernetes cluster
- manage cuda drivers and container runtime in kubernetes
- monitor gpu usage in kubernetes with dcgm
- scale gpu nodes on cloud or on-prem kubernetes
- run nvidia vgpu in kubernetes
- allocate gpus to pods with device plugin or dra

## When to choose
- you run Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA GPUs and want automated driver and component lifecycle management
- you need to elastically scale GPU nodes without custom OS images
- you want DCGM-based GPU monitoring and node labeling out of the box
- you use OpenShift or NVIDIA AI Enterprise and need certified GPU provisioning

## When to avoid
- you run GPUs outside Kubernetes or on single machines
- you have a tightly controlled environment where driver containers are not permitted
- you need non-NVIDIA GPU vendors
- your cluster nodes run unsupported OS versions or outdated kernels you cannot patch

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, monitoring, gpu-computing, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing, gpu-computing, machine-learning
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes-operator, nvidia, cuda, helm-chart, device-plugin, dcgm, gpu-driver, openshift, vgpu, dra, containers, devops, kubernetes, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- NVIDIA/gpu-operator (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.603052+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 2026-08-30T07:36:53.543703+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/overview.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.734942+00:00, sha da306d64a36e)
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  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/install-gpu-operator-vgpu.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.741238+00:00, sha fedb6805dc5f)
  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/install-gpu-operator-nvaie.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.743087+00:00, sha dd38312cdc9f)
  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/install-gpu-operator-gov-ready.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.745245+00:00, sha b90f2965911a)
  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/dra-intro-install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.747129+00:00, sha 0db8be32aeb5)
  - site_page: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/gpu-operator/latest/install-gpu-operator-outdated-kernels.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:35.749322+00:00, sha 3bb23e3af259)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.