OpenStreetMap website
The Ruby on Rails application that powers openstreetmap.org.
Friendly. Welcomes AI-assisted work.
AI tools may be used to help create pull requests if a human has reviewed, tested and fully understands all the changes. Issues tagged for new contributors should not be solved with AI.
Policy by area
- Code contributionsPatches, pull requests and other changes written with AI tools.
- Friendly
- A human must review the output
- Issues & bug reportsBug reports, security reports and issues found or written with AI tools.
- No policy
- AI-written textPull request descriptions, issue comments and summaries written by AI.
- No policy
In their own words
Code contributions
If you choose to use AI tools to help create pull requests, you should follow these additional guidelines:
Make sure that a human has reviewed, tested, and fully understands all the code changes being submitted.
Sources
- Contributing to openstreetmap-websitegithub.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.mdSnapshot 9 Oct 2026