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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dpp | C++ Discord API Bot Library - documentation | 10.1.3+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |
| pykdumpfile | Python bindings for libkdumpfile | 0.5.5.1-1 (experimental) | Michel Lind | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| python-hepunits | Units and constants in the HEP system of units | 2.3.6-1 (unstable) | Aryan Karamtoth | Yes | No |
| xfce4 | Meta-package for the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment | 4.20+nmu1 (unstable) | Peter Blackman | Yes | Yes |
| lunatik | User-space tools for the Lunatik kernel module | 3.6.2-1 (unstable) | Shivam Vashisth | Yes | No |
| pay-respects | Press F to correct your command, pay-respects | 0.7.8-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-vaapi-driver | VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend | 0.0.14-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | Yes |
| sctplib | Documentation of the user-space SCTP implementation SCTPLIB | 1:1.0.32-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| socketapi | Development package for Socket-API | 2:2.2.25-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| tsctp | SCTP Test Tool | 0.8.2-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.5.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| fractgen | fractal images calculation application (Qt version) | 3.0.5-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.1.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| recastnavigation | Software implementation of Recast Navigation (shared library) | 1.6.0+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | Yes |
| kernel-hardening-checker | Tool for checking Linux kernel security hardening options | 0.6.10.2-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| python-atom | Memory efficient Python objects (documentation) | 0.11.0-1 (unstable) | Alexander Sulfrian | Yes | No |
| python-cvss | CVSS2/3/4 library with interactive calculator for Python | 3.4-1 (unstable) | Nishit Majithia | Yes | No |
| python-pegen | CPython's PEG parser generator (documentation) | 0.3.0-1 (unstable) | Alexander Sulfrian | Yes | No |
| justbuild | Generic build system | 1.6.0-1 (unstable) | Oliver Reiche | Yes | Yes |
| mygui | API documentations for MyGUI library | 3.4.3+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | Yes |
| python-googlesearch | Python library for scraping the Google search engine | 1.3.0-1 (unstable) | Aryan Karamtoth | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| devilutionx | diablo build for modern operating systems | 1.5.4+ds2-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| getdns | modern asynchronous DNS API (stub resolver) | 1.7.3-1 (experimental) | Andrew Bower | Yes | Yes |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.1.0-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341a devices | 1.6.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-gptel | Interact with ChatGPT or other LLMs in Emacs | 0.9.8.5-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| hipblas-common | Header-only common library for hipBLAS and hipBLASLt | 6.4.0-1 (unstable) | Spaarsh Thakkar | Yes | Yes |
| uwsm | Wayland session manager for standalone compositors | 0.22.0+ds-1 (experimental) | Carl Keinath | Yes | No |
| tmatrix | program that simulates the digital rain from The Matrix | 1.4-1 (experimental) | Ravi Kant Sharma | Yes | No |
| bibtexconv | BibTeX Converter | 2.0.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-geiser-guile | Guile and Geiser talk to each other | 0.28.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| emacs-geiser-racket | Support for Racket in Geiser | 0.16-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| sff | Simple, fast, friendly terminal file manager | 1.1-1 (unstable) | Shi Yanling | Yes | No |
| sfp-master | Free software programmer of optical SFP modules for CH341a devices | 1.0.6-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | No |
| python-junit-xml | creates JUnit XML test result docs readable by tools such as Jenkins (py3k) | 1.9-6 (unstable) | Gabriel Barrantes | Yes | Yes |
| atari-rpi | USB to Atari mouse adapter for Raspberry Pi | 1.0-1 (unstable) | Jérôme SONRIER | Yes | No |
| golang-github-offchainlabs-go-bitfield | bytes abstractions to represent list of bits (library) | 0.0~git20250408.ad7364d-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.0~git20250408.ad7364d-2 (unstable) |
Leonardo Arias Fonseca | Yes | No |
| foomuuri | multizone bidirectional nftables firewall | 0.28-1 (unstable) | Kim B. Heino | Yes | Yes |
| html2text | advanced HTML to text converter | 2.2.3-4 (unstable) | Bruno Naibert de Campos | Yes | Yes |
| duckdb | in-process SQL OLAP database management system | 1.3.1-1 (unstable) | Mocus Zhang | Yes | No |
| blueman | Graphical bluetooth manager | 2.4.6-1 (unstable) | Christopher Schramm | Yes | Yes |