Open Source at NVIDIA

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Overview
Projects
Ecosystem
Spotlights
Developer Resources
Resources
Next Steps

Overview

Empowering Innovation

Open source is fundamental to making accelerated computing broadly accessible and usable across industries. NVIDIA champions and invests in open platforms to spark innovation, grow ecosystems, and empower enterprises to integrate and deploy AI with control and scale.

Projects

NVIDIA Open Source Contributions

NVIDIA has released over a thousand open source projects on Hugging Face and GitHub, continuously adding new projects that empower developers to build on the innovations of its engineering teams. Explore some of the many open source projects NVIDIA contributes to.

Docker

A platform that enables developers to build, package, and run applications in isolated containers.

Docker on GitHub

Kubernetes

An open source system for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Kubernetes on GitHub

Linux Kernel

The foundational layer of the Linux operating system that manages hardware, memory, and process control.

Linux Kernel on GitHub

Numpy

A Python library providing efficient numerical operations and support for large, multidimensional arrays.

Numpy on GitHub

OpenUSD

An open source framework for describing, composing, and collaborating on 3D scenes.

OpenUSD on GitHub

pandas

A Python library for data manipulation and analysis, offering powerful data structures like DataFrames.

pandas on GitHub

Python

A versatile, high-level programming language known for its readability and extensive library ecosystem.

Python on GitHub

PyTorch

An open source deep learning framework widely used for research and production in AI and machine learning.

PyTorch on GitHub

scikit-learn

A Python library offering simple and efficient tools for data mining, machine learning, and statistical modeling.

scikit-learn on GitHub

SGLang

A high-performance serving framework for large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models.

SGLang on GitHub

vLLM

A fast and easy-to-use library for LLM inference and serving.

vLLM on GitHub

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Ecosystem

Open Source Organizations NVIDIA Supports

Open source foundations are critical to ensuring the long-term sustainability, security, and governance of open source projects. NVIDIA supports many of these foundations and consortiums, both financially and through participation in governing boards and technical advisory boards or committees.

NVIDIA Expands the Open Model Universe to Power AI

New open model families are now available for agents, robotics, healthcare, and autonomous vehicle development.

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FOSS Fund

NVIDIA established the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Fund as an additional way to support open source projects and promote their long-term sustainability. This fund empowers NVIDIA employees to participate directly in the nomination process, enabling them to advocate for the communities and projects they’re most passionate about. Funding is distributed quarterly. Here are some projects NVIDIA has supported recently: Compiler Explorer, HDF5, Scientific Python, and Breathe.

Spotlights

Community-Driven Innovation

The People Behind Open Source at NVIDIA

As active members of the ecosystem, NVIDIA is focused on two goals: giving back to the communities that support it and strengthening the open source movement. Tune in to a curated, on-demand lineup of NVIDIANs sharing how they’re driving impact through open source.

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Dive Into Open Source Trends From GitHub

Check out GitHub’s Octoverse to learn how AI took Python to the top language spot among developers.

Read the GitHub Blog

Run Autonomous Agents More Safely

NVIDIA NemoClaw™ is an open source stack that adds privacy and security controls to OpenClaw. With one command, anyone can run always-on, self-evolving agents anywhere. Access NemoClaw on GitHub to explore the source code, view documentation, and join the community.

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