# Overv/vramfs

VRAM based file system for Linux

Repository: https://github.com/Overv/vramfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vramfs
Language: C++
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-11-02T13:21:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 50, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4322, "days_push": 304, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1547, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.709767+00:00)

## What it is
vramfs is a Linux utility that creates a file system in a GPU's video RAM using FUSE and OpenCL, functioning like a ramdisk backed by VRAM. It is a novelty/experimental tool not intended for serious production use, achieving roughly 2 GB/s read and write performance.

## Use cases
- mount a filesystem in my GPU's VRAM on Linux
- use spare video memory as a fast temporary disk
- create a ramdisk-like scratch space on my graphics card
- benchmark file I/O performance against VRAM
- experiment with FUSE filesystems using OpenCL memory

## When to choose
- you have a discrete GPU with large VRAM and want to experiment with using it as storage
- you need a fast scratch disk for temporary files and want to try VRAM
- you want to learn how FUSE user-space filesystems work

## When to avoid
- you need reliable, production-grade storage
- you rely on your GPU for graphics workloads that need its VRAM
- you need maximum throughput, since a ramdisk is significantly faster

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, cli
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, hardware
- platform: cli
- tags: fuse, vram, ramdisk, opencl, gpu-memory, filesystem, linux

## Member repositories
- Overv/vramfs (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.709767+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 2026-08-30T04:30:27.816813+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Overv/vramfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.709767+00:00, sha 482344b015a2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.