Open Source Says No

Open Source Says No

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immich

Banned

immich-app/immich

High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

We ask you not to open PRs generated with an LLM.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 118,789 Verified

Policy

meilisearch

Banned

meilisearch/meilisearch

A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications.

We will not consider any content generated by generative AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) in external contributions, including: code, tests, documentation, PR descriptions, PR comments, issue descriptions, and issue comments.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 59,840 Verified

Policy

okhttp

Banned

lysine-dev/okhttp

A meticulous HTTP client for the JVM, Android, and GraalVM.

We don't use LLMs or generative tools in our source code or documentation.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 47,110 Verified

Policy

Servo

Banned

servo/servo

Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

Contributions must not include content generated by large language models or other probabilistic tools, including but not limited to Copilot or ChatGPT.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Tooling

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 38,132 Verified

Policy

stb

Banned

nothings/stb

stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

This project doesn't accept code or documentation generated by LLMs or any other forms of generative AI. We don't accept code or bug reports which has been reviewed or analyzed by AI. Do not use AI in any way, shape, or form when submitting to this repository.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 34,900 Verified

Policy

Redox OS

Banned

redox-os/redox

Mirror of https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox

Redox OS does not accept contributions generated by LLMs

Platform
GitHub

Category
Operating system

Scope
code, docs, issues

Stars 16,616 Verified

Policy

Modern-CPP-Programming

Banned

federico-busato/Modern-CPP-Programming

Modern C++ Programming Course (C++03/11/14/17/20/23/26)

**AI-generated content is not allowed.** All contributed text, code examples, explanations, and images must be authored by the contributor.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, art

Stars 16,260 Verified

Policy

awesome-claude-skills

Banned

travisvn/awesome-claude-skills

A curated list of awesome Claude Skills, resources, and tools for customizing Claude AI workflows — particularly Claude Code

Due to the influx of PRs, there is a requirement now that the PR not be explicitly generated / submitted with AI-assistance.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code

Stars 15,774 Verified

Policy

MonoGame

Banned

MonoGame/MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

We prohibit all content created with generative AI and/or LLMs from being contributed to MonoGame. It CANNOT be used for any reason for new code features, documentation, bug fixes, or art content.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, art

Stars 14,576 Verified

Policy

QEMU

Banned

qemu/qemu

Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are disabled. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

Current QEMU project policy is to DECLINE any contributions which are believed to include or derive from AI generated content. This includes ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Llama and similar tools.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Tooling

Scope
code

Stars 13,843 Verified

Policy

gh-dash

Banned

dlvhdr/gh-dash

A rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn't break your flow.

No LLM-generated content, whether it be code or prose.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues, translations

Stars 12,704 Verified

Policy

libvips

Banned

libvips/libvips

A fast image processing library with low memory needs.

We do not accept contributions containing code or other content made, in whole or in part, using generative AI tools.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code

Stars 11,768 Verified

Policy

Fyrox

Banned

FyroxEngine/Fyrox

3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

- **No AI-generated slop** - Fyrox is a handcrafted game engine, there's no place for AI-generated code. All pull requests suspected in AI generation won't be accepted.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code

Stars 9,633 Verified

Policy

pdfcpu

Banned

pdfcpu/pdfcpu

PDF tooling for Go and the command line.

Pull requests, patches, tests and documentation created substantially by AI tools are not accepted.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs

Stars 8,889 Verified

Policy

ArchiveTune

Banned

rukamori/ArchiveTune

🌸 The Cutest Music Player With Support Local File and Youtube Music for Android!

This project strictly forbids the usage of LLMs, agents, or any other AI tools for any kind of contribution.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues, art, translations

Stars 7,777 Verified

Policy

endless-sky

Banned

endless-sky/endless-sky

Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

AI-generated/assisted content is forbidden in Endless Sky development.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, art, translations

Stars 7,728 Verified

Policy

veloren

Banned

veloren/veloren

[mirror of https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren] An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page.

Content generated by large language models or similar technology, such as Copilot, ChatGPT, or Llama, is presumed to be tainted content, and must not be committed.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, art, docs, translations

Stars 7,656 Verified

Policy

Zig

Banned
No LLMs for patches / pull requests.

Platform
Codeberg

Category
Language

Scope
code, issues

Stars 6,836 Verified

Policy

recursion-context

Banned

sebastianbergmann/recursion-context

Provides functionality to recursively process PHP variables

Submitting a (largely) AI-generated pull request will lead to you being banned from this project and repository.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code

Stars 6,559 Verified

Policy

Flask-SocketIO

Banned

miguelgrinberg/Flask-SocketIO

Socket.IO integration for Flask applications.

Use of LLMs and other generative AI tools is not allowed.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code

Stars 5,505 Verified

Policy

fast-check

Banned

dubzzz/fast-check

Property based testing framework for JavaScript (like QuickCheck) written in TypeScript

contributions from automated accounts, bots, or agents are not accepted.

Platform
GitHub

Category
Other

Scope
code, docs, issues, art, translations

Stars 5,219 Verified

Policy

Gentoo Linux

Banned
It is expressly forbidden to contribute to Gentoo any content that has been created with the assistance of Natural Language Processing artificial intelligence tools.

Platform
self-hosted

Category
Operating system

Scope
code, docs, issues

Verified

Policy