Welcome to mentors.debian.net
Only approved members of the Debian project (Debian Developers) are granted the permission to upload software packages into the Debian distribution. Still a large number of packages is maintained by non-official developers. How do they get their work into Debian when they are not allowed to upload their own packages directly? By means of a process called sponsorship. Sponsorship means that a Debian Developer uploads the package on behalf of the actual maintainer. The Debian Developer will also check the package for technical correctness and help the maintainer to improve the package if necessary. Therefore the sponsor is sometimes also called a mentor.
Note, not only Debian Developer are allowed to review packages. Everyone is encouraged to review packages! We appreciate your efforts as well.
Getting your package into Debian
See our introductory page for maintainers and learn how to use mentors.debian.net and get your packages into Debian. Furthermore see our introductory page on sponsorship to learn how to get in touch with a sponsor.
If you are curious about Debexpo, the software which is running this site, you can read more about Debexpo on the Debian Wiki.
Recently uploaded packages
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| starfetch | command line tool written in C++ that displays constellations | 0.0.4+ds-1 (sid) | Jacob Mealey | Yes | No |
| golang-github-toitware-ubjson | Go library for the Universal Binary JSON (UBJSON) format | 0.0~git20260115.354787f-1 (unstable) | Frederic Brüning | Yes | No |
| crash | kernel debugging utility, allowing gdb like syntax | 9.0.1+~16.3-1 (unstable) | Juerg Haefliger | Yes | Yes |
| uwsgi-plugin-pypy | pypy3 plugin for uWSGI | 0.0.4 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| link-query | Symbolic link query tool. | 0.0.4-5 (unstable) | Kim Saunders | Yes | No |
| miniz | Miniz development files | 3.1.0-1 (unstable) | Andreas Glinserer | Yes | No |
| unordered-dense | fast, dense hashmap and hashet header-only library | 4.8.1-1 (unstable) | Andreas Glinserer | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| swift-mode | Major-mode for Apple's Swift programming language | 9.4.0-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| gpu-screen-recorder | Shadowplay-like screen recorder (modprobe conf) | 5.11.3-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| emacs-gptel | Interact with ChatGPT or other LLMs in Emacs | 0.9.9.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| libversion | advanced version string comparison library - binary tools | 3.0.4-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| pipe-viewer | lightweight YouTube client | 0.5.6-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| phoronix-test-suite | Comprehensive automated testing and benchmarking platform | 10.8.4-1 (unstable) | Rinat Gumirov | Yes | Yes |
| budgie-desktop-services | Core package for all Budgie Desktop related services | 1.0.2-1 (experimental) | David Mohammed | Yes | No |
| wayparam | Wayback CDX URL discovery and parameter normalization tool | 0.3.0-1 (unstable) | Alessandro Greco | Yes | No |
| libwsc | Development files for the libwsc WebSocket client library | 1.1.0-4 (unstable) | Milan Milosavljevic | Yes | No |
| gallia | Extendable Pentesting Framework | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Stefan Tatschner | Yes | No |
| stremio-gtk | Modern media center (GTK4 client) | 1.0.0~beta.13+ds-1 (experimental) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| kylin-wayland-compositor | Kylin wayland compositor based on wlroots | 1.3.1-1 (unstable) | handsome_feng | Yes | No |
| gnu-c-intro-and-ref | GNU C Language Introduction and Reference Manual | 0.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| openmoneybox | Budget management application | 3.5.1-7 (unstable) | Igor Calì | Yes | No |
| python-generic | Generic is a library for Multiple dispatch programming | 1.1.6-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| python-better-exceptions | Pretty and useful exceptions in Python, automatically | 0.4.0-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| python-gaphas | Gaphas is the diagramming widget library for Python | 5.1.2-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| visp | visual servoing library - documentation | 3.7.0-1 (unstable) | Fabien Spindler | Yes | Yes |
| stremio-server | Proprietary streaming server component for Stremio | 4.20.16-1 (unstable) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| syft | CLI tool for generating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) | 1.40.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| parlatype | Minimal audio player for manual speech transcription | 4.3-1 (unstable) | Gabor Karsay | Yes | Yes |
| parlatype-libreoffice-extension | LibreOffice Extension for Parlatype | 4.3-1 (unstable) | Gabor Karsay | Yes | Yes |
| w-scan-cpp | DVB channel scanner (successor of w_scan) | 20250615+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Apostolos Kefalas | Yes | Yes |
| afnix | Compiler and run-time for the AFNIX programming language | 3.8.0-1.2 (unstable) | zhangdandan | Yes | Yes |
| wasix-libc | wasix libc implementation for WebAssembly | 2025.12.24.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | Yes |
| joystickwake | joystick-aware screen waker | 0.5.1 (unstable) | Forest | Yes | No |