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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-vaapi-driver | VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend | 0.0.16-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xfce4-terminal-theme-selector | Simple curses-based theme selector for xfce4-terminal | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| c4core | low-latency, low-level C++ library (development files) | 0.2.8-1 (unstable) | Gabriel Barrantes | Yes | Yes |
| avocado | Set of tools and libraries to help with automated testing | 113.0-1 (unstable) | Arif Ali | Yes | No |
| gnome-shell-extension-paperwm | Tiled scrollable window management for GNOME Shell | 49.0.2-1 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| python-hupper | Integrated process monitor for developing servers. (Python 3) | 1.12.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | diwa tomy | Yes | Yes |
| simplefilehost | Lightweight file sharing server with TLS and QR support | 2.0-1 (unstable) | Nikolay Kravtsov | Yes | No |
| python-mimesis | Python 3 library for generating fake data | 19.1.0-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| saunafs | Raft-like algorithm tool for SaunaFS | 5.8.0-1 (unstable) | Urmas Rist | Yes | Yes |
| mdk-doc | Documentation for the MIX Development Kit | 1.3.1-1 (unstable) | 何庆 Ching He | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sff | Simple and fast terminal file manager | 1.3-1 (unstable) | Shi Yanling | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-alert | Growl-style notification system for Emacs | 1.3+git20250823.79f6936-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| budgie-extras | Raven Widget providing per workspace wallpaper | 2.2.1-1 (experimental) | David Mohammed | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-therootcompany-xz | Native Go XZ decompression package (library) | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| eos-breathing-room | Guided breathing and mindfulness web app | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | istax | Yes | No |
| photoprint | PhotoPrint patched for modern Linux | 0.4.2~pre2-2 (unstable) | Deiby Herrera | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-jpillora-s3 | Wrapped subset of AWS SDK S3 behavior (library) | 1.1.4-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| libhx | Documentation files for libhx | 5.3-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.5.7-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| ruby-chef-utils | Basic utility functions for Core Chef Infra development | 19.1.164-1.1 (unstable) | Norwid Behrnd | Yes | Yes |
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341A/CH347T devices | 1.8.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.1.12-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| turntable | Scrobble your music | 0.5.1-2 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-snowflakedb-gosnowflake | Go Snowflake Driver (library) | 1.17.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| katifetch | System information fetcher similar to Neofetch | 13.1-6 (unstable) | katidevv | Yes | No |
| freac | fre:ac - free audio converter | 1.1.7-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| boca | BoCA - fre:ac Component Architecture (runtime libraries) | 1.0.7+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| libkysdk-system | Kylin System Layer Developer Kit | 3.0.1.1-1 (unstable) | handsome_feng | Yes | No |
| ladybug | Embedded graph database command-line client | 0.15.1-1 (unstable) | ally heev | Yes | No |
| ssh-tools | collection of various tools using ssh | 1.9-2 (unstable) | Sven Wick | Yes | Yes |
| scanssh | get SSH server versions for an entire network | 2.1.4-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | Yes |
| libjs-clusterize | Tiny vanilla JS plugin to display large data sets easily | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | No |
| vim-subtitles | Syntax highlighting for subtitle files | 1.0-3 (unstable) | Sven Wick | Yes | Yes |
| kwstyle | Style checker for source code | 1.1.0~git20250114.eb1e46d+ds-1 (unstable) | 何庆 Ching He | Yes | Yes |
| input-leap | Share mouse, keyboard and clipboard over the network | 3.0.3+ds-1 (forky) 3.0.3+ds-1 (unstable) |
Fioddor Superconcentrado | Yes | No |
| smooth | Smooth Class Library (binary files) | 0.9.10-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| orderoftwilight | Puzzle platformer with muscle memory | 1.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Alexander Ermakov | Yes | No |
| lamco-rdp-server | Native Wayland RDP server for Linux desktop sharing | 1.4.2-1 (unstable) | Greg Lamberson | Yes | No |
| awf-qt | theme preview application for Qt 6 | 4.0.0-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| qt-style-globalqss | GlobalQSS style engine for Qt 6 | 1.0.0-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| siconos | modeling and simulation of nonsmooth dynamical systems (simulation runner tool) | 4.4.0+dfsg-6 (unstable) | Stephen Sinclair | Yes | Yes |
| sc-controller | User-mode driver, mapper and GTK3 GUI for game controllers | 0.5.5-1 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | No |