Develop Without AI

Procreate is a drawing app for the iPad that does not include any generative AI features and is not developed using generative AI. procreate.com/ai

jqwik is an open-source test engine for the JUnit 5 platform, which is used for testing Java applications. jqwik.net

Principles of Cognitively Engaged Computing 1) Tools should not diminish human cognitive capacity through their use. 2) Tools should engage their users in such a way that avoids cognitive surrender. 3) Tools should be explainable. 4) Tools should be honest. devwithoutai.com/cognitively-...

Arcalibre is an e-book manager based on Calibre. It was created with the specific intent of providing an AI-free option for e-book reading. codeberg.org/rereading/ar...

HaikuOS is an open-source operating system designed for personal computing. It originated as a reimplementation of BeOS and does not allow any AI-generated contributions. www.haiku-os.org

Zig is a simple, low-level programming language designed to improve on, but be interoperable with, C. It does not allow any contributions generated using LLMs. ziglang.org

LÖVE is a framework for making games 2D with Lua. It is open-source and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. It does not accept contributions made with generative AI. love2d.org

Forgejo is software for running a self-hosted Git forge. It is a free and open-source hard fork of Gitea. It does not allow any AI-generated contributions. forgejo.org/2026-03-mont...

Codeberg's membership voted to prohibit the use of user data for training LLMs and to prohibit projects that consist primarily of code generated using generative AI tools. Codeberg's statement includes both the reasoning behind the decisions and initial guidelines. blog.codeberg.org/protecting-o...

libxml2 is an XML toolkit originally developed as part of the GNOME project. It is highly portable and works with a variety of operating systems including Linux, macOS, and Windows. It does not permit the use of LLMs for issues, patches, pull requests or comments. gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2

FNA is a reimplementation of Microsoft XNA 4.0 that does not permit AI-generated code. While primarily focused on Windows and Linux, FNA also has support for macOS, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. fna-xna.github.io

Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be highly customizable. It does not permit any contributions created with the assistance of Natural Language Processing artificial intelligence tools. wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project...

Teamtype is an open source protocol for peer-to-peer collaborative editing of local text files. It works on Linux and macOS and currently has plugins for Neovim and VS Code/Codium. It does not accept any contributions containing LLM-generated content. github.com/teamtype/tea...

gedit is a text editor originally started as part of the GNOME project. It is available for Linux, MacOS and Windows and does not permit any contributions generated by large language models. gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/...

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, does not permit artificial intelligence generated contributions. GIMP is a cross-platform image editor which is free and open-source. gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-...

Tenacity, which is a cross-platform audio editor, does not permit any contributions generated with artificial intelligence. codeberg.org/tenacityteam...

The Clojure programming language does not permit any contributions generated by a large language model. clojure.org/dev/contribu...

Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇 www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone is opposed to using AI in his creative endeavors. www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/05...