Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects
This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects. The community vote was on two issues, the first being the notion that scraping of project code for the use in LLMs should be forbidden, which was a motion that easily passed. The second motion was on disallowing projects whose code was substantially generated by LLMs like Claude, OpenAI Codex, and similar.
- ▪This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects.
- ▪The community vote was on two issues, the first being the notion that scraping of project code for the use in LLMs should be forbidden, which was a motion that easily passed.
- ▪The second motion was on disallowing projects whose code was substantially generated by LLMs like Claude, OpenAI Codex, and similar.
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Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency And LLM-Generated Code Projects No comments by: Maya Posch July 24, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other ‘AI’ tools will no longer be welcome. This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects. The community vote was on two issues, the first being the notion that scraping of project code for the use in LLMs should be forbidden, which was a motion that easily passed. The second motion was on disallowing projects whose code was substantially generated by LLMs like Claude, OpenAI Codex, and similar. This motion passed with 358 in favor versus 144 against.
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