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 < [email protected]> 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) > > -- > > GIS Engineer > > Location: Geolocate me here <https://w3w.co/amused.thunder.wins> > > Phone: +27639664031 > > Email: [email protected] > > Social Media: > > - LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mazano-gis-geek> > - GitHub <https://github.com/NyakudyaA> > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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