gpustat
An utility to monitor NVIDIA GPU status and usage
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you have NVIDIA GPUs and need quick, readable GPU status monitoring. The high install friction (external driver dependency) and NVIDIA-only support are real constraints, but the tool is actively maintained, permissively licensed, and widely used (top 5000 PyPI packages). Install it only if you already have NVIDIA drivers R450.00+ installed.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires NVIDIA driver version R450.00 or higher and NVIDIA GPU hardware; will not work with AMD GPUs.
- High install friction: requires NVIDIA driver R450.00 or higher and the nvidia-ml-py library.
- The package itself has no runtime dependencies listed, but depends on external NVIDIA driver infrastructure.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive and places no restrictions on use, modification, or redistribution in commercial or private projects.
last release 2023-08-22 (1088 days) · last repo commit 2026-05-30 · 4,392 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,088,070 downloads/mo, #4,382 on PyPI
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pip install gpustat
gpustat
# With options:
gpustat --watch --show-cmd --show-user- Whether the package works correctly with the latest NVIDIA driver versions beyond R450.00.
- Performance overhead when running with watch mode on systems with many GPUs or processes.
What it is and what it does
gpustat is a command-line utility that queries NVIDIA GPU status and displays it in a human-readable format. It shows GPU temperature, utilization percentage, memory usage (used/total), and a list of processes currently running on each GPU with their memory footprint. The tool is designed as a simpler, more readable alternative to nvidia-smi for quick GPU monitoring.
The package requires NVIDIA driver R450.00 or higher and uses NVIDIA's official python bindings (pynvml) to access GPU information. It supports Python 3.6 and later, offers watch mode for continuous monitoring, and can output results in JSON format. Options allow filtering by GPU index, displaying full command lines, fan speeds, power usage, and codec utilization. It is NVIDIA-only; AMD GPUs are not supported.
Use it for
- Monitor GPU utilization and memory usage in real-time while running deep learning training jobs.
- Identify which processes are consuming GPU memory and by how much on a shared GPU cluster.
- Watch GPU temperature and thermal throttling during intensive compute workloads.
- Quickly check GPU availability and status before launching CUDA applications.
- Integrate GPU monitoring into shell scripts or monitoring dashboards via JSON output.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you have NVIDIA GPUs and need quick, readable GPU status monitoring.
The high install friction (external driver dependency) and NVIDIA-only support are real constraints, but the tool is actively maintained, permissively licensed, and widely used (top 5000 PyPI packages). Install it only if you already have NVIDIA drivers R450.00+ installed.
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gpustat on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction: requires NVIDIA driver R450.00 or higher and the nvidia-ml-py library. The package itself has no runtime dependencies listed, but depends on external NVIDIA driver infrastructure. Maintenance is active with recent commits and a large community (4392 stars).
Requires NVIDIA driver version R450.00 or higher and NVIDIA GPU hardware; will not work with AMD GPUs.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive and places no restrictions on use, modification, or redistribution in commercial or private projects.
Quickstart
pip install gpustat
gpustat
# With options:
gpustat --watch --show-cmd --show-userVerify before relying
- Whether the package works correctly with the latest NVIDIA driver versions beyond R450.00.
- Performance overhead when running with watch mode on systems with many GPUs or processes.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 1,088 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,088,070 / month, #4,382 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: POSIX :: LinuxProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: System :: Monitoring |
Evidence: gpustat-1.1.1.tar.gz
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