# Reddit tightens open-source promotion rules

> Reddit's r/opensource subreddit now bars AI projects from promotion and demands one year of maintenance.
- Title: Reddit tightens open-source promotion rules · RuntimeWire
- Summary: Reddit's r/opensource subreddit now bars AI projects from promotion and demands one year of maintenance. Reddit's r/opensource requires projects to be…
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- Source: RuntimeWire — https://runtimewire.com/article/r-opensource-bars-ai-projects-and-requires-a-year-of-maintenance-for-promotion
- Author: RuntimeWire
- Published: 2026-10-25T07:28:52.283+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: reddit, r/opensource, ai projects, open-source, maintenance, promotion rules, technology, ai
## New promotion rules
Reddit's r/opensource subreddit now bars AI projects from promotion and demands one year of maintenance.
## Project requirements
Promoted projects must have multiple contributors, an existing community, and an OSI license.
## Excluded projects
Common school projects and requests for maintainers or contributors are also out.
## Key takeaway

Reddit's r/opensource requires projects to be manually maintained for a year before promotion to exclude AI-generated content.