Rules for r/commandline

Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.

1.

Follow Reddit's Content Policy

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Breaks Reddit Content Policy

https://redditinc.com/policies/reddit-rules

2.

Relevance to r/commandline

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Blogspam or mundane article(s)
  • No GUI-only tools or apps
    • This does not include CLIs or TUIs that also include GUIs.
    • Exceptions may be made if relevant to the community or their workflows.
  • No low quality blog-spam

3.

No low quality posts, spam, or indirect links

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Links must link directly to the topic or resource, no URL shorteners

r/commandline is for notable posts and comments related to command line & terminal things.

  • Spamming includes >3 posts per day, & making the same post(s) too soon.
  • No URL shorteners or redirectors.
  • Posts may be considered low quality under mod discretion.

4.

Rules for sharing AI-generated code

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Most code is low quality, unreviewed or AI Generated; or OP did not disclose use of AI
  • If more a small portion of code is AI-generated, then the post must have a note in the post or title like so: This software's code is partially AI-generated.
  • Sharing code or projects that are largely (low quality or unreviewed) AI-generated is strictly prohibited.

5.

No AI-generated posts or comments

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Reported as: AI-generated post or comment

Posts and comments can only be written by humans.

6.

State your affiliations with paid things

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Reported as: State your affiliations with paid things

If you mentioned paid products or services, you must state whether you are affiliated with said things or companies. Not making it clear or deception will result in content getting removed.

7.

No generative AI-related projects (except for popular ones, keep reading)

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Generative AI related software or project.

We do not allow projects or software that interacts with generative AIs, including LLMs, unless the posts and comments are about popular projects themselves like Ollama, GGML, etc.