# NVIDIA/nvidia-docker

Build and run Docker containers leveraging NVIDIA GPUs

Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nvidia-docker
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: nvidia-docker, docker, cuda, gpu
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-12-06T09:16:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3955, "days_push": 1001, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 17591, forks 2052 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:20.022754+00:00)

## What it is
NVIDIA's original tooling for building and running Docker containers that leverage NVIDIA GPUs, providing CUDA support inside containers. The repository is archived and deprecated in favor of the NVIDIA Container Toolkit.

## Use cases
- run docker containers with nvidia gpu access
- use cuda inside docker containers
- gpu-accelerated machine learning in containers
- legacy nvidia-docker setup on older systems

## When to choose
- you must maintain a legacy setup that still uses the nvidia-docker1 wrapper
- you need historical reference for how GPU container integration evolved

## When to avoid
- setting up GPU containers on any modern system - use NVIDIA Container Toolkit instead
- new projects requiring supported GPU container tooling
- environments needing active maintenance or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-runtime, gpu-computing, developer-tools
- domain: gpu-computing, machine-learning
- platform: -
- tags: nvidia, cuda, docker, deprecated, superseded, containers, devops, linux, gpu

## Member repositories
- NVIDIA/nvidia-docker (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:20.022754+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 2026-08-29T17:02:52.872722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:20.022754+00:00, sha a4fdce61cfe9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.