# physicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker

> UEFI pre-driver unlocker for NVIDIA GPUs (RTX 20/30/40) that runs a firmware transaction chain before the driver loads to activate hidden GPU performance. The unlock is volatile and must be replayed on every cold boot.

- Magnitude: 2.9 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 139 total · +4 stars measured 2026-10-30, 09:23–10:52 UTC, ≈ 16 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: Rust · License: GPL-2.0 · Created: 2026-10-26 · Last push: 2026-10-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/physicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/physicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker

## Useful for

- Unlock RTX 4060 Laptop performance by booting from a UEFI USB stick
- Run diagnostic mode without payload to verify the chain on a specific card
- Pin a specific GPU by BDF on a system with multiple supported cards

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-30 (UTC), 09:23–10:52: 135 → 139 stars (+4). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +16 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 4 days old and already has 139 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #156.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 14
- Issues and pull requests: 69
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 28 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 3
- Latest release: v2.1.6 (2026-10-30)

## Stars per day, last 5 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-26 … 2026-10-30: 7, 51, 32, 34, 4

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #156

## Similar by description

1. **Zagitta/gpu-unlock** — 5.3 · Peaking · Hardware, IoT & robotics · C · +217 stars measured 2026-10-30, 00:16–10:49 UTC, ≈ 523 by evening
   Linux kernel module that unlocks certain NVIDIA GA102/GA104 GPU features (e.g. RTX 3090) before the nvidia driver binds, using the CMP unlocker technique and UEFI timing. Requires a cold boot and opt-in via the gpu_unlock.targets kernel…
   Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/Zagitta/gpu-unlock.md

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Data as of 2026-10-30 11:02 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.