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NVIDIA/cuvs

A library for vector search and clustering on the GPU

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838 stars223 forksLast push 1d Cuda Apache-2.0

Decision brief

cuVS is a CUDA-based library for efficient GPU-accelerated vector search and clustering.

Good fit when

  • - When you need high-performance vector operations leveraging the parallel processing power of GPUs, specifically with CUDA.
  • - If your application requires heavy lifting in similarity searches or neighborhood methods using dense vectors where GPU acceleration is beneficial.

Avoid when

  • - For environments where GPU resources are limited or unavailable because cuVS heavily relies on CUDA's capabilities for performance gains.
  • - When you prioritize portability across different hardware, as cuVS being tied to CUDA means it may not be optimal on non-NVIDIA GPUs or CPU-only systems.

Observed Jul 12, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Maintenance
Very active (1d since push)
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Provenance
Not a fork · Organization account
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Security (OSV)
No lockfile
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Company
NVIDIA Corporation·GitHub org profile·1mo
Employees
11,528·Wikidata (P1128 employees)·1mo
Commercial model
Pure OSS·GitHub org profile (public repos)·1mo

Install

git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuvs

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Overview

cuVS is a CUDA-based library designed to perform vector search and clustering operations efficiently on GPUs.

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Deploy
Self-host

Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 23, 2026

Docker
Dockerfile present

Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 23, 2026

Languages
cuda, python

Source: github.language+pyproject.toml · Aug 23, 2026

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README

Getting Started

The following code snippets train an approximate nearest neighbors index for the CAGRA algorithm in the various different languages supported by cuVS.

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