# cudarc

5 Hacker News commenters recommended cudarc and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A simple, easy-to-use and mature Rust library for calling CUDA from Rust, backed by a responsive maintainer.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple, easy-to-use, mature library (3 comments): "Cudarc is a simple, "just-works" library with a responsive maintainer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146487)) "Cudarc is a simple, "just-works" library with a responsive maintainer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145351)) "I bring these up as they're easy-to-use and mature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645808))
- Good fit for existing CUDA kernels (2 comments): "If your workflow is "I already have CUDA C++/PTX/CUBIN kernels and want to call them from Rust", cudarc is a very natural fit." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48103275)) "then cudarc is probably the better option" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098393))
- Responsive maintainer (2 comments): "Cudarc is a simple, "just-works" library with a responsive maintainer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146487)) "Cudarc is a simple, "just-works" library with a responsive maintainer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145351))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NVIDIA CUDA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuda.md): 91 recommend
- [AMD ROCm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rocm.md): 47 recommend
- [BarraCUDA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/barracuda.md): 21 recommend
- [Triton](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triton.md): 18 recommend
- [ZLUDA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zluda.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "cudarc", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cudarc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).