---
title: "NumKong"
type: "tool"
slug: "ashvardanian-numkong"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/ashvardanian-numkong"
github_url: "https://github.com/ashvardanian/NumKong"
homepage_url: "https://ashvardanian.com/posts/numkong"
stars: 1845
forks: 124
primary_language: "C"
license: "Apache-2.0"
archived: false
categories: ["vector-databases", "data-retrieval", "evaluation-observability"]
tags: ["matrix-multiplication", "assembly", "blas", "cpp", "arm-neon", "javascript", "information-retrieval", "golang"]
updated_at: "2026-07-11T11:33:56.00806+00:00"
---

# NumKong

> SIMD-accelerated distances, dot products, matrix ops, geospatial & geometric kernels for 16 numeric types — from 6-bit floats to 64-bit complex — across x86, Arm, RISC-V, and WASM, with bindings for P

SIMD-accelerated distances, dot products, matrix ops, geospatial & geometric kernels for 16 numeric types — from 6-bit floats to 64-bit complex — across x86, Arm, RISC-V, and WASM, with bindings for Python, Rust, C, C++, Swift, JS, and Go 📐

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/ashvardanian/NumKong
- Homepage: https://ashvardanian.com/posts/numkong
- Stars: 1,845 · Forks: 124 · Open issues: 30 · Watchers: 24
- Primary language: C
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2026-07-09T22:09:26+00:00

## Trust & health

_Signals computed from public GitHub metadata. Not a security guarantee._

- Maintenance: Very active (computed 2026-07-11T11:33:54.313Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:33:54.986Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/ashvardanian-numkong/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/ashvardanian-numkong/trust)

## Categories

- [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md)
- [Data & Retrieval](/categories/data-retrieval.md)
- [Evaluation & Observability](/categories/evaluation-observability.md)

## Tags

matrix-multiplication, assembly, blas, cpp, arm-neon, javascript, information-retrieval, golang

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- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/ashvardanian-numkong`](/api/graphcanon/tools/ashvardanian-numkong)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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