v5.01

tinyhumansai/openhumanv5.01Jul 14, 2026by Zaneham

AI Summary

A major compiler rebrand from 'BarraCUDA' to 'Booth' (binary `kath`), accompanied by significant improvements including CPU-side execution support and native RISC-V code generation.

Key Highlights

  • Renamed from BarraCUDA to Booth, binary renamed to `kath`.
  • Added scalar arithmetic support for x86-64 and RV64 on the CPU side.
  • Native machine code emission for RISC-V cores (Tensix) instead of C++ handoff.
  • Diagnostics rebuilt to match Clang's style.

Breaking Changes

  • Compiler name changed from BarraCUDA to Booth.
  • Binary name changed to `kath`.

New Features

  • CPU-side compilation support for CUDA/HIP/Triton kernels.
  • Native RISC-V code generation.
  • Clang-style diagnostics.

Full Release Notes

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

BarraCUDA was a good pun and a bad description, so it swam off: the compiler is Booth now, the binary is `kath`, and the version jumps to mark the line. This is the first release under the new name.

Since 0.5 the compiler grew a spine on the CPU side. x86-64 and RV64 both gained most of their scalar arithmetic, so a CUDA, HIP or Triton kernel now compiles and runs on a machine with no GPU in it at all. Tensix learned to emit native machine code for the baby RISC-V cores instead of leaning on a C++ handoff. `__device__` calls are inlined away before isel, so device helpers with control flow finally work on the GPU and vector backends. Diagnostics were rebuilt to read like Clang's, carets and colour and all, and the frontend picked up a pile of coverage.

Thanks to the people who sent patches this cycle: @GauthamMK-0 for `__hip_bfloat16` and the `warpSize` builtin, @nataliakokoromyti for lowering `tl.where` to select and keeping the PTX header ASCII, and @kstppd for fixing the Makefile on non-x86 machines. Much appreciated.