# GIMP: Not AI-friendly

> Contributors without a developer role must declare in every merge request that it contains no AI-generated content: no code, text or images, only human-created work.

- What it is: The GNU Image Manipulation Program. (Application)
- Homepage: https://www.gimp.org/
- Repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
- 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/gimp/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: Not AI-friendly
- **Issues & bug reports**: No AI policy
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "I declare this MR have no AI-generated content (neither code nor text, images…), only human created works" (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md)
- AI-written text: "I declare this MR have no AI-generated content (neither code nor text, images…), only human created works" (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md)

## Sources

- [GIMP merge request template](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/default.md), fetched 2026-10-09