# Forgejo: Not AI-friendly

> Code, documentation and other works partly or fully generated by AI are not accepted, and any AI help must be disclosed. Commit messages, PR text, comments and issues must not be AI-generated apart from translation and spell-checking, and AI review, vibe coding and agent mode are not allowed.

- What it is: A self-hosted lightweight software forge. (Application)
- Homepage: https://forgejo.org/
- Repository: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
- Overall stance: Not AI-friendly (Unfriendly). AI-generated contributions are not accepted; at most minor help such as autocomplete or grammar fixes.
- Last classified: 2026-10-09 (manual review, high confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/forgejo/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: Not AI-friendly
- **Issues & bug reports**: Not AI-friendly (AI use must be disclosed; Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly (AI use must be disclosed; Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "Forgejo does not accept works of authorship (code, documentation, etc.) either partially or completely generated by AI due to legal uncertainties." (https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md)
- Code contributions: "It is not allowed to use AI in an autonomous-looking way to contribute in Forgejo." (https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "If content was made with the help of AI, you must convey that this is the case." (https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "All communication, that includes: commit messages, pull request messages, documentation, code comments and issues (and comments on issues/pull requests), that is intended to be read by people to understand your thoughts and work must not have been generated with AI." (https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md)
- AI-written text: "We exclude machine translation and tooling that helps with grammar and spelling check." (https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md)

## Sources

- [Forgejo AI Agreement](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/governance/src/branch/main/AIAgreement.md), fetched 2026-10-09