Open Slopware - a list of AI-tainted FOSS software, plus alternatives (codeberg.org)

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Currently in its very early stages, but it'll be a useful resource to identify slopified garbage and get it out of your life.

Credit to Kat Marchin for starting this.

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[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

The initiative is splendid and someone should "fork" it using the archived version

Especially for Rust having a curated list of slop-tainted libraries would be useful to have a cargo-deny-style check forbidding them from the dependency chain.

this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026

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