r/opensource Bans AI Projects Under New October 24 Rules
Moderators of the Reddit community require projects to be at least a year old, involve multiple contributors and have no AI purpose.
The moderators of Reddit's r/opensource subreddit announced on October 24 that the community is banning AI-related projects, publishing the rules under the title "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI." According to Kotaku, the new policy sets four conditions for posts: a project must be at least one year old, must have multiple contributors, must be submitted by someone who speaks English, and must not be made by or intended for AI.
The moderators argued that AI as it exists today is incongruent with the open source community, according to the announcement.
The rules drew a sharp response. One moderator said the pushback came partly from an opinionated editorial on X that sent hundreds of people to the thread, and that most of the top comments came from users who had never posted in r/opensource before.
The Lunduke Journal was the outlet whose X post the moderator blamed for the influx. Tim Sweeney of Epic Games commented on that same X post.
In October 2025, according to The Verge, the subreddit published the same October 24 post under the title "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI."
Quick answers
What are the new r/opensource rules?
Projects must be at least one year old, have multiple contributors, be posted by someone who speaks English, and not be made by or intended for AI.
When were the rules announced?
The moderators posted them on October 24.