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  :description: Explore libhipcxx, the C++ Standard Library for HIP on AMD GPUs. Find installation guides, API reference, conceptual topics, and how-to guides.
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libhipcxx documentation
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libhipcxx is the C++ Standard Library for HIP. It provides an opt-in, incremental, heterogeneous
implementation of C++ Standard Library features that work in both host and device code, along with
extensions to those features and abstractions that are fundamental to the HIP C++ programming model.

libhipcxx is derived from `libcudacxx <https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/tree/main/libcudacxx>`_ and aims to support the same
APIs on AMD GPUs. It is a header-only library, so there is nothing to compile or link against: you
only need the headers on your include path. There is no CUDA backend for libhipcxx.

The libhipcxx public repository is located at `ROCm/libhipcxx <https://github.com/ROCm/libhipcxx>`_.

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  .. grid-item-card:: Install

    * :doc:`Install libhipcxx <install/install>`
    * :doc:`Build from source <install/source-build>`

  .. grid-item-card:: Conceptual

    * :doc:`C++ standard library features <conceptual/libhipcxx-standard-library-features>`
    * :doc:`C++ standard library extensions <conceptual/libhipcxx-extensions>`
    * :doc:`Namespace hierarchy in libhipcxx <conceptual/libhipcxx-hip-abstractions>`

  .. grid-item-card:: How to

    * :doc:`Run libhipcxx tests <how-to/run-libhipcxx-tests>`

  .. grid-item-card:: Examples

    * `libhipcxx examples <https://github.com/ROCm/rocm-examples/tree/amd-staging/Libraries/libhipcxx>`_

  .. grid-item-card:: API reference

    * :doc:`Standard API <libcudacxx/standard_api>`
    * :doc:`Extended API <libcudacxx/extended_api>`
    * :ref:`libhipcxx-limitations`
    * :ref:`libhipcxx-conformance`

To contribute to the documentation, refer to
`Contributing to ROCm <https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/latest/contribute/contributing.html>`_.

You can find licensing information on the
:doc:`Licensing <license>` page.