From e505528840aae5a9f73fba2de238da2009e77127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julia Evans Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:36:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add new guidelines for GUI client submissions A lot of the proposed new GUIs seem to be LLM generated and seem to be very recently launched projects. This changes the guidelines to only allow projects that have been around (somewhat arbitrarily) 3 years or more and ask for some evidence that the project already has users. --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5dc1c82b60..a75f913603 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ After making the changes, commit and push to a named branch in your fork, then o ## Adding a new GUI +Due to a huge number of new GUI submissions, we're only accepting established +GUI clients. Please include a link to your project's release history that +shows that the project has been active for 3 years or more, as well as some +evidence that your project already has a significant userbase. + The [list of GUI clients](https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis) has been constructed by the community for a long time. If you want to add another tool you'll need to follow a few steps: 1. Add a new `.md` file with the GUI client details: data/guis