[QGIS-Developer] QGIS Plugins and AI Generation

[DelazJ]

Hi Admire,
Thanks for raising this issue. On a wider perspective, in order to better
categorize available plugins, Even Rouault raised this discussion end 2024
[0]. He then opened pull requests at [1] and [2] but these finally led
nowhere... Something to revive?

[0]
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2024-November/067141.html
[1] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/9374
[2] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Django/pull/484

Regards,
Harrissou

Le lun. 9 févr. 2026 à 14:37, Admire Nyakudya via QGIS-Developer <
qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :

> Dear All
>
> The rapid proliferation of AI tools has led to a noticeable increase in
> QGIS plugins being created and uploaded to the registry.
>
> The bonus points for these new plugin are:
>
>    - functionality gaps are being filled faster
>    - workflows are consolidated
>    - innovation is happening at pace.
>
>
> However, it also introduces new challenges for the QGIS plugin ecosystem,
> particularly around trust, review, and governance.
>
> While responsibility ultimately lies with end users to decide which
> plugins they trust, the growing use of AI-assisted or AI-generated code
> raises additional concerns beyond those already discussed in recent QGIS
> pull requests/code base related to AI usage.
>
> The plugin approval process relies heavily on volunteer effort and with
> the many plugins being uploaded we have to rely heavily on authors to
> submit high-quality, secure, and maintainable code.
>
> The plugin review process is not focused on code review but does so in
> limited circumstances. End users rely on author reputation, plugin ratings—
> as indicators to trust the plugin quality and usefulness.
>
> To improve transparency and support informed decision-making, it may be
> worth introducing an optional metadata flag in *metadata.txt*, for
> example:
>
> *ai_derivative = yes*
>
> All existing plugins could default to no, with the flag applied to new or
> updated plugins going forward. This would not act as a quality judgement,
> but rather as a disclosure mechanism, allowing users to filter plugins and
> assess trust based on their own criteria, alongside authorship and plugin
> rating.
>
> Regards
>
> Admire (Active plugin reviewer)
>
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