# QEMU: Not AI-friendly

> Contributions that include or derive from AI-generated content are declined over licensing concerns. Using AI for research, static analysis or debugging is fine if its output stays out of the patch.

- What it is: Generic machine emulator and virtualizer. (Developer tool)
- Homepage: https://www.qemu.org/
- Repository: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
- 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/qemu/

## 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: "Current QEMU project policy is to DECLINE any contributions which are believed to include or derive from AI generated content." (https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/devel/code-provenance.html)

## Sources

- [Code provenance — QEMU documentation](https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/devel/code-provenance.html), fetched 2026-10-09