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OpenVINO

Project record

Maintained by Intel4 3

OpenVINO is Intel's open-source toolkit for converting, optimizing, and running deep learning models, including language and generative models. It converts models from PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, PaddlePaddle, JAX, and other frameworks and runs inference on CPUs (x86 and ARM), Intel GPUs, and Intel NPUs, with APIs in C++, Python, C, and Node.js.1 4Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Website: Website (external site: intel.com)
Repository: Repository (external site: github.com)
Documentation: Documentation (external site: docs.openvino.ai)
License: LICENSE (external site: github.com)
Release notes: Reviewed release (external site: github.com)

Last reviewedOct 1, 2026Entry updated Oct 1, 2026Documented release Unknown

Availability and license

Overall availability

Public

Documented as available to the general public. Access conditions and license terms may still apply.1 2

Availability fact review: Oct 1, 2026

Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.

Apache License 2.0 (external site: github.com)2 1
Applies to: Code · SPDX Apache-2.0 · on the rubric’s OSI-approved software-license list · fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Component reuse rights

A readable or downloadable component is not automatically reusable. These indicators concern recorded license evidence, not system certification.

weights: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
code: Reviewed qualifying license recorded — check scope and conditions
data: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
documentation: Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review

No complete system-rights review is recorded for this release.

Public materials checklist

Items for a runtime under USASI rubric v0.2. Unknown means unassessed or insufficient evidence.

Public materials checklist for OpenVINO
Item	Status	Notes and evidence
Source codeIs the source code publicly readable?	Public	Public repository in the openvinotoolkit GitHub organization.1
DocumentationIs user documentation published?	Public	Official documentation covers installation, model preparation, inference devices, GenAI, and system requirements.1 5
InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available?	Public	The README gives `pip install -U openvino` and links to installation guides for other distributions.1
Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented?	Public	The system requirements list Windows 10 and 11, Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 26.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9, openSUSE Tumbleweed, and macOS 12.6 or later on ARM64 for CPU inference, including Intel, ARM, and Apple silicon CPUs; Intel Arc, Iris Xe, and data center GPUs; and Intel NPUs on Windows 11 and Ubuntu. Python 3.10 to 3.14 is listed.5
Release statusAre versioned releases published?	Public	Reviewed release 2026.4.1, published October 1, 2026. This entry describes the project rather than one release.6

What it is useful for

Running models on local Intel hardware (CPU, integrated or discrete GPU, or NPU), including LLM and other generative AI pipelines through the companion OpenVINO GenAI library.1 5Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Run and use notes

Documented facts only. No hardware or performance claims are made without a cited source and stated assumptions.

The system requirements say GPU and NPU use requires drivers that are not included in the OpenVINO package.5
OpenVINO collects performance and usage data, including through Google Analytics 4; the README documents opting out with `opt_in_out --opt_out`.1

Organization context

Intel

U.S. eligibility

Project eligibility rests on documented governing or maintaining entities, not on contributors.

Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project

Intel describes OpenVINO as an open-source toolkit on its developer site, and source files in the repository carry Intel Corporation copyright notices. Intel Corporation's principal executive offices are in Santa Clara, California (see the Intel record).4 3 1

Assessed Oct 1, 2026

Sources

1.
openvinotoolkit/openvino README (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Intel · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
2.
openvinotoolkit/openvino LICENSE (Apache 2.0) (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Intel · License · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
3.
OpenVINO source file header (src/core/include/openvino/core/core.hpp) (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Intel · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
4.
OpenVINO Toolkit Overview (external site: intel.com)
Intel · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
5.
OpenVINO 2026 system requirements (external site: docs.openvino.ai)
Intel · Documentation · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
6.
Release 2026.4.1 (external site: github.com)
Intel · Release notes · published Oct 1, 2026 · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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