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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rimstone | Feature-rich, simple, fast, safe programming language | 6.0.27-1 (unstable) | RimStone | Yes | No |
| qt-style-globalqss | GlobalQSS style engine for Qt 6 | 1.1.0-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| pay-respects | Press F to correct your command, pay-respects | 0.8.8-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | Yes |
| awf-gtk | theme preview application for GTK 4 | 4.1.0-1 (unstable) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | Yes |
| cpptrace | simple, portable, and self-contained C++ stacktrace library | 1.0.4-2 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | Yes |
| xpadneo-dkms | Advanced Linux driver for Xbox wireless controllers | 0.10.2-1 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | Yes |
| netperfmeter | Network Performance Meter (measurement program) | 2.0.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| libfilezilla | build high-performing platform-independent programs (runtime lib) | 0.55.5-1 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | Yes |
| fzssh | SSH/SFTP library based on libfilezilla (development files) | 1.2.1-1 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | No |
| simplesamlphp | Authentication and federation application supporting several protocols | 2.1.8-1 (unstable) | Nikolas Nyby | Yes | Yes |
| awf-qt | theme preview application for Qt 6 | 4.1.0-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tart | versatile and feature-rich email signature generator | 3.10-5 (unstable) | Hikmah Gumelar | Yes | Yes |
| libhtmlunit-csp-java | Library for working with Content Security Policy policies | 4.22.0-1 (unstable) | Fab Stz | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Transitional package td-system-tools -> td-system-tools-basic | 2.5.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lmdbxx | C++17 header-only wrapper for LMDB | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | Timur Dautov | Yes | Yes |
| suika3 | Portable 2D game scripting runtime (meta package) | 26.05.6+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Awe Morris | Yes | No |
| s3fs-fuse | FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3 | 1.97-1 (unstable) | Hikmah Gumelar | Yes | Yes |
| my-tabata | Minimalist Tabata timer for high-intensity training | 0.1.6-5 (unstable) | Marco Baturan García | Yes | No |
| rcs-blame | display the last modification for each line in an RCS file | 1.4+20260222-0.1 (unstable) | Thomas Dickey | Yes | Yes |
| pioneer | game of lonely space adventure | 0.0~20260203+ds-1 (unstable) | Nikolas Nyby | Yes | No |
| hwatch | modern alternative to the watch command with history and diff views | 0.4.2-1 (unstable) | Naofumi Uesugi | Yes | No |
| socketapi | Development package for Socket-API | 2:2.2.27-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| sctplib | Documentation of the user-space SCTP implementation SCTPLIB | 1:1.0.34-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| dynmhs | Dynamic Multi-Homing Setup (DynMHS) | 0.3.2-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| asl-assembler | ASL multi-target assembler | 1.42.304-1 (unstable) | Moshe Piekarski | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enca | Extremely Naive Charset Analyser - binaries | 1.22-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| binaryen | compiler and toolchain infrastructure library for WebAssembly | 129-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | Yes |
| pigment | Get color palettes from images | 0.5.6-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| celluloid | simple GTK+ frontend for mpv | 0.30-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| rust-bcrypt | Easily hash and verify passwords using bcrypt - feature "zeroize" | 0.19.0-1 (unstable) | Alessandro Zanni | Yes | Yes |
| ruby-chef-utils | Basic utility functions for Core Chef Infra development | 19.2.12-0.1 (unstable) | Norwid Behrnd | Yes | Yes |
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341A/CH347T devices | 1.8.3-1 (unstable) 1.8.3+ds-1 (UNRELEASED) |
Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| runit-services | UNIX init scheme with service supervision (services) | 0.13.0 (experimental) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| pixie | Minimal static HTTP server written in Rust | 1.1.0-6 (unstable) | Léo Torres | Yes | Yes |
| gambc | Gambit Scheme interpreter and compiler | 4.9.7+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Abdelhakim Qbaich | Yes | Yes |
| cve-bin-tool | CVE Binary Tool - scan binaries for known vulnerabilities | 3.4+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Eugene Kaddo | Yes | No |
| libcxx-serial | Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime) | 1.2.1-9 (unstable) | Alec Leamas | Yes | Yes |
| libkysdk-desktop | kylin SDK based on desktop level | 3.0.1.0-2 (unstable) | handsome_feng | Yes | Yes |
| palabos | CFD solver based on the lattice Boltzmann method. Shared library | 2.3.0+repack1-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| ksmtuned | enables and tunes Kernel Samepage Merging | 4.20180327+nn-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | Yes |
| avocado | Set of tools and libraries to help with automated testing | 113.0-1 (unstable) | Arif Ali | Yes | No |
| vlc-discordrpc-plugin | Discord Rich Presence plugin for VLC | 1.2.1-1 (unstable) | Zukaritasu | Yes | No |
| filezilla | Full-featured graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client | 3.70.4-1 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | Yes |
| sigscheme | Scheme Interpreter to be embedded | 0.9.5-1 (unstable) | Shriram Ravindranathan | Yes | Yes |
| cephtrace | radostrace and osdtrace tools can provide a great insight on the | 1.5-1 (unstable) | Alan Baghumian | Yes | No |
| kuiper-ranger | Space-based vector arcade game - shoot rocks and flying saucers | 2.6.15-1 (UNRELEASED) | Cuirt McDowell | Yes | No |
| wattsi | Preprocessor for the HTML Standard | 0.0~git20251112.d8caa36+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Fab Stz | Yes | No |
| conducteo | 2D thermal bridge simulation software | 5.0.1-1 (unstable) | Clément MARCEL | Yes | No |
| joystickwake | joystick-aware screen waker | 0.5.2 (unstable) | Forest | Yes | No |
| crash | kernel debugging utility, allowing gdb like syntax | 9.0.2+~16.3-1 (unstable) | Juerg Haefliger | Yes | Yes |
| orderoftwilight | Puzzle platformer with muscle memory | 1.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Alexander Ermakov | Yes | No |
| crossguid | C++ UUID library | 0.2.2-1 (unstable) | topshihun | Yes | Yes |
| notepadx | Fast native text editor with GPU rendering | 1.3.2-1 (unstable) | Levente Szabadkai | Yes | No |