Ona is launching its Open Source program to help maintainers fight AI slop
sidk24 Wednesday, February 04, 2026Gitpod started as an open-source project, and over time we learned a lot from maintainers who used our Open Source plan.
We’ve since evolved into Ona, and have seen first-hand how AI is putting a burden on open-source projects.
Maintainers have to spend too much time fighting an increasing volume of AI-generated PRs. That overhead often takes more time than writing code itself.
That’s why we are reintroducing Ona for Open Source to help:
- Automatically manage AI-generated PRs
- Enforce quality standards for PRs
- Clear your backlog of issues
- Onboard contributors faster and spend less time unblocking setup issues
You can get up to *$200/month* in free AI credits. Apply here: https://ona.com/open-source
We’re genuinely interested in feedback from maintainers and contributors. What are your biggest pain points and how can we help?