Gitea
A painless self-hosted Git service.
Mostly friendly. Welcome, with extra rules.
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.
Policy by area
- Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- Contributor takes full responsibility
- A human must review the output
- Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.
- Mostly friendly
- AI use must be disclosed
- Contributor takes full responsibility
- AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.
- Unfriendly
- 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.
Review AI-generated code closely before marking a pull request ready for review.
Only use AI to assist in contributions that you understand well enough to explain, defend, and revise yourself during review.
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.
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.
Sources
- Gitea Contribution Guidelinesgithub.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.mdSnapshot 9 Oct 2026