Remove RAPIDS branding from docs by chyunsu3 · Pull Request #229 · rapidsai/nvforest

chyunsu3 · 2026-09-14T04:24:37Z

Closes #207

coderabbitai · 2026-09-14T04:29:37Z

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Documentation
- Updated installation guidance with Pip and Conda commands and links to the RAPIDS Installation Guide.
- Added CUDA-focused system requirements and supported architecture guidance.
- Clarified that nvForest supports CPU/GPU inference for decision-tree models and does not support training.
- Updated project branding, NVIDIA CUDA-X for Data Science information, and related links.
- Refined build instructions, including GPU-disabled builds and Conda environment setup.

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The changes update project and build documentation for NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology, revise installation and system requirements guidance, clarify inference scope, and update the link-check workflow’s pinned checkout commit.

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Documentation and branding updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Branding and project scope `README.md`, `cpp/include/nvforest/README.md`	Project descriptions and links use NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology. The C++ README describes CPU/GPU inference, supported model sources, and the absence of training support.
Installation guidance `README.md`, `docs/source/getting_started.rst`	Installation instructions use Pip and Conda commands and link to supported operating systems, drivers, and CUDA versions.
Build requirements and link validation `docs/source/build.rst`, `.github/workflows/link-checks.yaml`	Build documentation adds Conda setup guidance, retains GPU-disabled instructions, links to the RAPIDS Installation Guide, updates CUDA architecture wording, and changes the pinned checkout commit for link checks.

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Change: Other

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Readers may not reach the referenced system-requirements section, causing minor navigation friction.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue [`#207`] requires documentation, metadata, and branding assets to use NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology. The reviewed files still contain RAPIDS branding in the `rapidsai` Conda channel, `docs.rapids.ai` …	Replace the remaining RAPIDS references in the affected documentation with the required NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology and update the metadata and branding assets required by [`#207`]. Verify the final repository state against the retirement requi…
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR removes the README `Contributing` section without a demonstrated connection to the branding-retirement objective in [`#207`]. The workflow-only `actions/checkout` pin update also has no demonstra…	Restore the `Contributing` section and remove the unrelated workflow pin update, or provide a direct [`#207`] requirement that justifies each change.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main documentation change: removing RAPIDS branding.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description references issue `#207`, which matches the documented objective to remove RAPIDS branding from documentation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…

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Issue [#207] requires documentation, metadata, and branding assets to use NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology. The reviewed files still contain RAPIDS branding in the rapidsai Conda channel, docs.rapids.ai links, the github.com/rapidsai/nvforest.git clone URL, and rapidsai.disable-cuda. The repository still contains RAPIDS_BRANCH and docs/source/_static/RAPIDS-logo-purple.png. The change summary lists no metadata or branding-asset updates. These changes do not complete the issue requirements.

Resolution

Replace the remaining RAPIDS references in the affected documentation with the required NVIDIA CUDA-X terminology and update the metadata and branding assets required by [#207]. Verify the final repository state against the retirement requirements.

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The PR removes the README Contributing section without a demonstrated connection to the branding-retirement objective in [#207]. The workflow-only actions/checkout pin update also has no demonstrated connection to that objective. These changes are unrelated to the linked issue.

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ncclementi · 2026-09-14T14:46:00Z

-LightGBM, or even Scikit-Learn/cuML's random forest implementations, nvForest
-cannot be used to _train_ forest models. Instead, its goal is to speed up
-inference using forest models trained by all of those packages.
+nvForest is a highly-optimized and lightweight library that enables fast inference for decision tree models on NVIDIA GPUs and CPUs. It does not train models; it runs inference on models trained elsewhere (e.g., XGBoost, LightGBM, scikit-learn, or cuML).


I believe that all the libraries are now NVIDIA you should change reference to that at least on the title.

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T14:47:54Z

-   It is possible to build nvForest without GPU support; in this case, the CUDA toolkit is not required.
-   To build nvForest without GPU, set the CMake option ``NVFOREST_ENABLE_GPU=OFF``.
-
-**RAPIDS libraries.**


I beleieve this is still true for the libraries that nvForest is compatible with right?

Maybe use the same wording pointing to cuML or cuDF if those are the libraries that you'd use jointly with nvForest.

We are planning to remove the RAFT and RMM dependencies, so that nvForest can be used independently of other (formerly) RAPIDS libraries.

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T14:48:24Z

-should use the latest version of RAPIDS as well. (For example, nvForest 26.04 will require 26.04 version of
-all RAPIDS packages.)
-
-**Python dependencies.**


I believe this info is also still true, just need rewording.

Should we still use the https://docs.rapids.ai/install/ link?

We are close to migrating that page, see rapidsai/docs#827

If you want to wait for that PR to be in, I can point you in the right direction when it's done.

@chyunsu3 the page migration is live, it's in https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T14:50:14Z

+    To build nvForest without GPU, set the CMake option ``NVFOREST_ENABLE_GPU=OFF``.

-.. note:: Use Conda to install all software dependencies
+Using Conda to install all software dependencies


In your readme you have pip and conda installs, maybe mention both in the docs too

This page is for building nvForest from the source, and for that scenario, we recommend Conda.

In the getting_started.rst, I show both Pip and Conda.

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T15:03:27Z

+$ conda install -c rapidsai -c conda-forge nvforest
+```

-## Contributing


Juts as an FYI you should have a Contributing.md in this repo as part of a requirement of OSRB if you don't have one, please create one accordingly and also make sure you include the DCO if applicable

What's the DCO?

See example in this section from rapidsmpf https://github.com/rapidsai/rapidsmpf/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#signing-your-work

Feel free to ignore this for now, there will be a future check that will enforce this, let's skip it for now

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README.md (1)
74-78: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The installation guidance links to https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements, but that fragment is no longer a valid anchor on the destination page, so readers are not taken to the referenced system-requirements section. Update the fragment (or remove it) in README.md, docs/source/getting_started.rst, and docs/source/build.rst.
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In `@README.md` around lines 74 - 78, Update the RAPIDS installation-guide links
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docs/source/getting_started.rst, and docs/source/build.rst to use the
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 74-78: Update the RAPIDS installation-guide links in the System
Requirements guidance across README.md, docs/source/getting_started.rst, and
docs/source/build.rst to use the destination page’s current valid
system-requirements anchor, or remove the fragment if no replacement is
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ncclementi · 2026-09-14T22:40:39Z

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # nvForest Inference Library


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# nvForest Inference Library

# NVIDIA nvForest Inference Library

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T22:41:23Z

-**Software dependencies.**
-See https://docs.rapids.ai/platform-support/ for the list of required C++ compilers and Python interpreters.
-In addition, nvForest requires Cython 3.0 or later.
+Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements>`_


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Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements>`_

Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/#system-requirements>`_

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T22:41:57Z


-You can also install nvForest as part of RAPIDS, a collection of libraries for GPU accelerated data science.
-Visit https://docs.rapids.ai/install/ for more information.
+Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements>`_


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Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements>`_

Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/#system-requirements>`_

ncclementi · 2026-09-14T22:42:40Z

+### System Requirements

-We welcome contributions. For guidelines and how to get started, see the [RAPIDS contributing guide](https://docs.rapids.ai/contributing).
+Please see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements)


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Please see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements)

Please see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/#system-requirements)

ncclementi

I left a few suggestion to update the corresponding links, with those changes this is good to go.

Remove RAPIDS branding from docs

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	# nvForest Inference Library
	# NVIDIA nvForest Inference Library

	Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements>`_
	Please see the `Installation Guide <https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/#system-requirements>`_

	Please see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.rapids.ai/install/#system-requirements)
	Please see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.nvidia.com/datascience/install/#system-requirements)

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