anderskm/gputil

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

GPUtil is a Python module that queries NVIDIA GPU status (memory usage, load, availability) by wrapping the nvidia-smi command-line tool. It returns an ordered list of available GPUs, primarily intended for GPU selection in deep learning workflows.

Use cases

• find a free nvidia gpu before launching a training job
• monitor gpu memory and load from python
• select the least utilized gpu in tensorflow or pytorch
• check gpu utilization programmatically
• restrict a script to a single available gpu
• monitor gpu usage in a background thread

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, dependency-free way to query NVIDIA GPU status in Python
• you want to automatically pick an available GPU for deep learning workloads
• you need Python 2 and 3 compatibility for GPU discovery

When to avoid

• you need AMD, Intel, or Apple Silicon GPU monitoring
• you want fine-grained metrics or process-level GPU data beyond what nvidia-smi exposes
• you need an actively developed library with modern feature support

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

monitoring gpu-computing machine-learning gpu-computing machine-learning developer-tools python windows nvidia nvidia-smi gpu-status gpu-selection cuda system-monitoring linux macos

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