Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by tretiy3 » Fri, May 29, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

Flathub prohibits AI-generated code
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Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by Arrowmaster » Fri, May 29, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

This has been their policy but now it's more explicitly defined. Go look through the submissions on https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr to understand how bad the problem they are dealing with is.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by weezing » Fri, May 29, 2026, 9:09 PM UTC

Any app store should

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by reverius42 » Sat, May 30, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC

weezing wrote: post #3

Any app store should

Disagree, why should an app that works (and has AI contributed code) be banned, but not necessarily a buggy app written by a human? It's worse than a double standard.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by no-name-here » Sat, May 30, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC

reverius42 wrote: post #4

weezing wrote: post #3

Any app store should

Disagree, why should an app that works (and has AI contributed code) be banned, but not necessarily a buggy app written by a human? It's worse than a double standard.

Are “buggy” apps written by humans allowed? I guess it depends how buggy you're referring to, as most software (AI or not) likely has bugs.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by weezing » Sat, May 30, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

reverius42 wrote: post #4

weezing wrote: post #3

Any app store should

Disagree, why should an app that works (and has AI contributed code) be banned, but not necessarily a buggy app written by a human? It's worse than a double standard.

What kind of whataboutism is this? Both should be. AI generated slop has no place in app stores same as "buggy" apps whatever it means.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by nextaccountic » Sat, May 30, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC

Arrowmaster wrote: post #2

This has been their policy but now it's more explicitly defined. Go look through the submissions on https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr to understand how bad the problem they are dealing with is.

It's weird because I am sure that a large number of established apps in flathub, such as.. Chromium https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.chromium.Chromium has AI-assisted code, and this bans all AI-assisted code

The policy as it stands is contradictory with flathub practice, unless it specifies that already accepted apps are grandfathered or something like that.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by gyger » Sun, May 31, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC

nextaccountic wrote: post #7

Arrowmaster wrote: post #2

This has been their policy but now it's more explicitly defined. Go look through the submissions on https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr to understand how bad the problem they are dealing with is.

It's weird because I am sure that a large number of established apps in flathub, such as.. Chromium https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.chromium.Chromium has AI-assisted code, and this bans all AI-assisted code The policy as it stands is contradictory with flathub practice, unless it specifies that already accepted apps are grandfathered or something like that.

It states: Exceptions may be granted for mature, well-maintained projects.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by nextaccountic » Sun, May 31, 2026, 4:27 AM UTC

gyger wrote: post #8

nextaccountic wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's weird because I am sure that a large number of established apps in flathub, such as.. Chromium https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.chromium.Chromium has AI-assisted code, and this bans all AI-assisted code The policy as it stands is contradictory with flathub practice, unless it specifies that already accepted apps are grandfathered or something like that.

It states: Exceptions may be granted for mature, well-maintained projects.

After some time it's looking like AI is becoming just another tool in the developer toolbox. So we can confidently say that, over time, only projects with specific anti-AI policies will be free of AI code (and actually, even such projects I'm not sure)

So it's basically a ban on most new projects, made by inexperienced developers. Which is okay I guess, if this means they can better review projects.

Re: Flathub prohibits AI-generated code

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Post by reverius42 » Sun, May 31, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC

no-name-here wrote: post #5

reverius42 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disagree, why should an app that works (and has AI contributed code) be banned, but not necessarily a buggy app written by a human? It's worse than a double standard.

Are “buggy” apps written by humans allowed? I guess it depends how buggy you're referring to, as most software (AI or not) likely has bugs.

As far as I can tell, buggy apps written by humans are allowed, as long as the other requirements are fulfilled: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/requirements#i...