---
title: "cuvs"
type: "tool"
slug: "nvidia-cuvs"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/nvidia-cuvs"
github_url: "https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuvs"
homepage_url: "https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cuvs/stable/"
stars: 810
forks: 210
primary_language: "Cuda"
license: "Apache-2.0"
archived: false
categories: ["vector-databases"]
tags: ["clustering", "anns", "sparse", "gpu", "cuda", "information-retrieval", "vector-search", "nearest-neighbors"]
updated_at: "2026-07-12T03:57:49.746156+00:00"
---

# cuvs

> A library for vector search and clustering on the GPU

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

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuvs
- Homepage: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cuvs/stable/
- Stars: 810 · Forks: 210 · Open issues: 645 · Watchers: 20
- Primary language: Cuda
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2026-07-11T08:04:46+00:00

## Trust & health

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

- Maintenance: Very active (computed 2026-07-11T11:34:50.336Z)
- Security scan: No lockfile (0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 0 low) · last scan 2026-07-11T11:34:51.002Z
- Full report: [trust report](/tools/nvidia-cuvs/trust.md) · [JSON](https://www.graphcanon.com/api/graphcanon/tools/nvidia-cuvs/trust)

## Categories

- [Vector Databases](/categories/vector-databases.md)

## Tags

clustering, anns, sparse, gpu, cuda, information-retrieval, vector-search, nearest-neighbors

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_+ 2 more not listed._

## Adoption goal

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

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**Machine-readable endpoints**

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

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