QGIS bans AI assisted contributions

QGIS has merged a policy change prohibiting AI-assisted code contributions to its main software repository. The pull request was merged on October 7, 2026. The resulting policy says discovered violations can lead to code being reverted and contributor rights being sanctioned.

In the pull-request discussion, a maintainer argued that AI contributions from external contributors add heavy review pressure and risk poorly reviewed code. Other reviewers questioned the wording, including whether it could reach AI use in review, and a maintainer described the policy as a restrictive starting point that could be relaxed case by case. The stated restriction concerns code contributed to the named repository. It does not establish a prohibition on every use of AI by people who use QGIS.