# Krita: Not AI-friendly

> Krita has a moratorium on AI tools in development because its community has not reached consensus; until a decision is made, using AI when working on Krita is not allowed. The moratorium was set to run until October 2026.

- What it is: A free and open source digital painting application. (Application)
- Homepage: https://krita.org/
- Repository: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita
- 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, medium confidence)
- Policy last changed: 2026-10-09
- Web page: https://areweaifriendly.com/projects/krita/

## Policy by area

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

## In their own words

- Code contributions: "Until we make a decision, the use of AI when working on Krita is not allowed." (https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/raw/master/README.md)
- Code contributions: "we have decided to put a moratorium on the use of these tools until October 2026." (https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/raw/master/README.md)

## Sources

- [Krita README: AI Moratorium](https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/raw/master/README.md), fetched 2026-10-09