# NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules

NVIDIA Linux open GPU kernel module source

Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/open-gpu-kernel-modules
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-07T07:14:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1584, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": 30, "gap_med": 6.5, "n_releases_24m": 77}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 17320, forks 1816 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:17.942407+00:00)

## What it is
The source release of NVIDIA's open Linux GPU kernel modules, released per driver version and built with make. It must be paired with matching GSP firmware and NVIDIA user-space driver components.

## Use cases
- build NVIDIA GPU kernel modules from source for Linux
- cross-compile NVIDIA kernel modules for aarch64
- install open kernel modules alongside the NVIDIA .run driver with --no-kernel-modules
- debug NVIDIA kernel module issues with DEBUG builds
- contribute fixes to NVIDIA's open GPU driver

## When to choose
- you need NVIDIA GPU drivers on Linux kernels 4.15+ and want the open-source kernel module variant
- you're packaging NVIDIA drivers for a distro or building for non-standard kernels
- you need to patch or debug the kernel module source

## When to avoid
- you want a fully community-driven driver with independent development history - releases are snapshots of NVIDIA's shared codebase
- you need Turing or older GPUs, which are better served by the proprietary modules
- you want a simple driver install without building from source

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, hardware, gpu-computing
- platform: c
- tags: gpu-driver, kernel-modules, nvidia, gsp-firmware, open-source-driver, linux

## Member repositories
- NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.942407+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 2026-08-29T17:03:11.658125+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:17.942407+00:00, sha 2822d1e11a47)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.