# gedit: Not AI-friendly

> Contributions generated by LLM tools and chatbots are not allowed anywhere in the project. The only exception is translating issue and comment text into English.

- What it is: A general-purpose text editor for GNOME. (Application)
- Homepage: https://gedit-text-editor.org/
- Repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit
- 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/gedit/

## Policy by area

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

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "This project does not allow contributions generated by large languages models (LLMs) tools and chatbots. This ban applies to all parts of the project." (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit/-/blob/main/docs/guidelines/no-llm-tools.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "An exception applies for purely translating texts for issues and comments to English." (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit/-/blob/main/docs/guidelines/no-llm-tools.md)
- AI-written text: "An exception applies for purely translating texts for issues and comments to English." (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit/-/blob/main/docs/guidelines/no-llm-tools.md)

## Sources

- [Gedit Development Guidelines: No Large Language Models AI tools](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/gedit/-/blob/main/docs/guidelines/no-llm-tools.md), fetched 2026-10-09