# Gitea: AI-friendly with conditions

> AI-assisted contributions are welcome if AI use is clearly disclosed and contributors review and test the code and can explain and defend it themselves. AI may help draft issues and PRs, but questions from maintainers must be answered without AI.

- What it is: A painless self-hosted Git service. (Application)
- Homepage: https://about.gitea.com/
- Repository: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
- Overall stance: AI-friendly with conditions (Mostly friendly). AI-assisted contributions are accepted with extra rules, such as disclosing AI use, or AI is banned for issues or written text.
- Last classified: 2026-10-09 (manual review, medium confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/gitea/

## Policy by area

- **Code contributions**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; Contributor takes full responsibility; A human must review the output)
- **Issues & bug reports**: AI-friendly with conditions (AI use must be disclosed; Contributor takes full responsibility)
- **AI-written text**: Not AI-friendly (AI use must be disclosed; Only minor help (autocomplete, grammar))

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "Contributions made with the assistance of AI tools are welcome, but contributors must use them responsibly and disclose that use clearly." (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Code contributions: "Review AI-generated code closely before marking a pull request ready for review." (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Code contributions: "Only use AI to assist in contributions that you understand well enough to explain, defend, and revise yourself during review." (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Issues & bug reports: "AI may be used to help draft issues and pull requests, but contributors remain responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and intent of what they submit." (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- AI-written text: "Do not use AI to reply to questions about your issue or pull request. The questions are for you, not an AI model." (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Sources

- [Gitea Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md), fetched 2026-10-09