Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software

A new study from a team of researchers in Europe finds that vibe coding is killing open-source software (OSS), and that this is happening faster than anyone predicted. Vibe coding, a term for quickly writing code with the help of an LLM, lets people with limited technical knowledge build and deploy software without fully reviewing or understanding the code. This carries a hidden cost, since vibe coding relies on vast amounts of open-source libraries, databases and user knowledge built up over decades. The rest is behind a paywall, so the study's specific findings are not included.