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
Today
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.1.5-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| rapidyaml | C++ library to parse and emit YAML (development files) | 0.10.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Gabriel Barrantes | Yes | Yes |
| alien | convert and install rpm and other packages | 8.95.9-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| qabc | minimal GUI for ABC music notation | 1.14-1 (unstable) | Benoît Rouits | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.5.5-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| zthreads | Object-oriented synchronization library for C++ (dev files) | 2.3.2-12 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-cond-let | Additional and improved binding conditionals | 0.1.1-2 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| rc | implementation of the AT&T Plan 9 shell | 1.7.4+97.gceb59bb-7 (unstable) | Jacob Mealey | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adminer | Web-based database administration tool | 5.4.1+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| gnome-pie | visual application launcher for GNOME | 0.7.3-3 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| ceccomp | help user to resolve seccomp filters easily | 3.2-1 (UNRELEASED) 3.2-1 (unstable) |
Rocket Ma | Yes | No |
| bazaar | New Flatpak App Store with Adwaita and GTK4 | 0.5.3-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | Yes |
| safeeyes | Prevent eye strain with Safe Eyes – an essential screen break reminder. | 3.2.0-4 (unstable) | Archisman Panigrahi | Yes | Yes |
| instant-remote-storage | Directory watcher uploading to remote storage via rclone | 4.2.0-6 (unstable) | Carlo Capobianchi | Yes | No |
| openbox | standards-compliant, fast, light-weight and extensible window manager | 3.7~rc2-1 (experimental) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| html2text | HTML to text rendering aimed for E-mail | 2.4.0-1 (unstable) | Bruno Naibert de Campos | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recastnavigation | Software implementation of Recast Navigation (shared library) | 1.6.0+dfsg-2 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | Yes |
| gcc-15-doc | documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++) | 15.2.0-1 (unstable) | Dmitry Baryshkov | Yes | No |
| gcc-doc-defaults | several GNU manual pages | 5:29 (unstable) | Dmitry Baryshkov | Yes | Yes |
| clifm | Fast and lightweight command-line file manager | 1.26.3-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.1.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| python-wn | Modern, interlingual wordnet interface (Python 3) | 0.13.0-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | No |
| posixsignalmanager | posix signal handling for Qt6 - headers | 0.3.1-1 (unstable) | Christoph Hueffelmann | Yes | Yes |
| kddockwidgets | Dock Widget Framework for Qt | 2.3.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| emacs-wfnames | Edit filenames in Emacs | 1.2-1~exp1 (experimental) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| vulkancapsviewer | Client application to display | 4.02-2 (UNRELEASED) 4.02-1 (unstable) |
Antoine Lassagne | Yes | No |
| sqlcipher | Command line interface for SQLCipher | 4.10.0-1 (experimental) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| svx-dashboard | SvxLink dashboard with SSE streamer | 1.0.0.1-8 (unstable) | Karel Kadlec | Yes | No |
| golang-github-txthinking-runnergroup | Manage and run a group of processes with ease | 0.0~git20250224.5864ffe-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| dynmhs | Dynamic Multi-Homing Setup (DynMHS) | 0.2.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| open-vmdk | Assistant tool for creating Open Virtual Appliances (OVA) | 0.3.12-1 (unstable) | Mégane Vilain | Yes | No |
| bibtexconv | BibTeX Converter | 2.0.4-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| inspector | GTK4 programme that gives information about your system | 0.2.0-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| ascii-draw | Create beautiful diagrams and artwork using only ASCII characters | 1.1.0-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| python-sudoku | Python package that generates and solves m x n Sudoku puzzles | 2.0.0-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| i2cexplorer | i2c GUI utility | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | AlexFomin | Yes | No |
| xsane | featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) | 0.999-13 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| mousam | GUI application for the Weather | 1.4.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| w-scan-cpp | DVB channel scanner (successor of w_scan) | 20250615+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Apostolos Kefalas | Yes | Yes |
| libextractor | extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (library) | 1:1.13-9 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |