nvlabs/cuda-oxide
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97

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Exemplary work. Strong across project hygiene, engineering, and documentation.

Top 4% of 5,156 graded repos

cuda-oxide is a Rust-to-CUDA compiler that lets you write (SIMT) GPU kernels in safe(ish), idiomatic Rust. It compiles standard Rust code directly to PTX — no DSLs, no foreign language bindings, just Rust.

Documentation95
Engineering98
Health100
Rust3,624Apache-2.09d ago

Outstanding. A score of 97/100 puts this repo in a very small tier of truly well-engineered projects.

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

4 to address
  1. 1
    Install and run instructions9pt

    Add a .env.example listing all required environment variables so contributors know what to set up.

  2. 2
    Reproducibility6pt

    Add .github/dependabot.yml with at least one package-ecosystem entry, or a renovate.json, so dependencies are updated automatically.

  3. 3
    Contributing guide5pt

    Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.

  4. 4
    Contributing guide5pt

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Every check, grouped by category and sorted worst-first

Documentation

95

Contributing guide5pt88

Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

README12pt100

README is present.

License6pt100

Licensed under Apache-2.0.

Engineering

98

Reproducibility6pt80

Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.

Tests18pt100

Test files detected (crates/cuda-device/tests).

CI/CD14pt100

CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).

Linting and formatting5pt100

Rust linting configured (cargo clippy in CI).

Issue and PR templates6pt100

Issue or PR templates present.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • -
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 285
    Forks
  • 3
    Releaseslatest 4mo ago

Community

  • 75% - Good
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 3,624
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 13h
    Median issue response
  • 2d 14h
    Median PR merge time
  • 79
    Open issues
Repository files27 root entries
  • .cargo
  • .devcontainer
    Good: Environment pinned via .devcontainer/Dockerfile.
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/ci.yml).
    Good: Issue or PR templates present.
  • .vscode
  • assets
  • crates
    Good: Test files detected (crates/cuda-device/tests).
  • cuda-oxide-book
  • intrinsics
  • scripts
  • .dockerignore
  • .gitattributes
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • .markdownlint.json
  • Cargo.lock
    Good: Lockfile present (Cargo.lock). Installs are reproducible.
  • Cargo.toml
    Good: Dependency manifest found (Cargo.toml).
  • clippy.toml
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
    Good: Contributing guide is detailed and thorough.
    Issue: Contributing guide lacks a setup section (−12 pts).Fix: Show new contributors how to get a local dev environment running.
    Good: Contributing guide describes code style expectations.
    Good: Contributing guide explains how to run tests.
    Good: Contributing guide describes the PR/review workflow.
    Good: Contributing guide includes code examples.
  • deny.toml
  • dependency-licenses.csv
  • flake.lock
  • flake.nix
  • Justfile
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under Apache-2.0.
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Good: README includes status badges.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • rust-toolchain.toml
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
  • THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES
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