elementary OS

Linux distribution with its own desktop and apps.

Unfriendly. Doesn’t accept AI-generated work.

Contributions generated by LLMs and chatbots are banned everywhere, including code, docs, issues and artwork. Machine translation of issue text into English is the only exception.

Policy by area

Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.: Unfriendly
Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.: Unfriendly
AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.: Unfriendly

In their own words

Code contributions

This project does not allow contributions generated by large languages models (LLMs) and chatbots.

Generative AI Policy

Issues & bug reports

it applies to all parts of the project, including, but not limited to, code, documentation, issues, and artworks.

Generative AI Policy

AI-written text

nor is it okay to use AI to write pull request descriptions.

Generative AI Policy

Sources

Generative AI Policydocs.elementary.io/contributor-guide/development/generative-ai-policy.mdSnapshot 9 Oct 2026