Below is a list of software that was developed and continues to be developed without the use of generative artificial intelligence. For each item on the list, the developers have explicitly excluded any contributions made with generative artificial intelligence or large language models in a public statement or policy document.
Browsers
Waterfox
Waterfox is a fork of Firefox focused on privacy.
Languages
Zig
Zig is a programming language designed to be interoperable with C while introducing improvements.
Audio Listening/Editing
Tenacity
Tenacity is a cross-platform audio editor.
Operating Systems
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be highly customizable.
HaikuOS
HaikuOS is an open-source operating system which originated as a reimplementation of BeOS.
Image Viewing/Editing
GIMP
GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program is a cross-platform image editor which is free and open-source.
Text Editing
Teamtype
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.
Software Development
FNA
FNA is a reimplementation of Microsoft XNA 4.0. While primarily focused on Windows and Linux, FNA also has support for macOS, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5.
libxml2
libxml2 is an XML parser and 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.
Forgejo
Forgejo is software for running a self-hosted Git forge. It is a free and open-source hard fork of Gitea.
LÖVE
LÖVE is a framework for making games 2D with Lua. It is open-source and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
Other
Arcalibre
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.