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 | 2.0.4-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| libkryo-java | object graph serialization framework for Java | 5.6.2-3 (experimental) | Julien Plissonneau Duquène | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| descent3 | port of the 1999 classic game Descent 3 | 1.5.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| fountain-mode | Emacs major mode for screenwriting in Fountain markup | 3.7.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| nginx-mode | major mode for editing nginx config files | 1.1.10-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| ol-notmuch | Links to notmuch messages | 2.0.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| fvwm3 | F(?) Virtual Window Manager | 1.1.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Jaimos Skriletz | Yes | Yes |
| plattenalbum | Client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) | 2.2.1-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | No |
| openmohaa | game engine for "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" | 0.80.0+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| paperutil | Advanced Minecraft paper utils | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | Euiseo Cha | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-mode | major emacs mode for editing web templates | 17.3.13-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| js2-mode | Emacs mode for editing Javascript programs (dummy package) | 0.0~git20240908.62d6cb1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 21+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| wifi-qr | WiFi password share via QR codes | 0.3-2 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| golang-go.gearno-encoding-base58 | base58 golang library | 0.1.0-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| privatebin-cli | Powerful CLI for creating and managing PrivateBin pastes with ease | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| real-time-translator | Real-time speech translation app | 1.0-2 (unstable) | Wayne Nguyen | Yes | No |
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 10-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| digital-forestry-toolbox | tools and tutorials to process and analyze forestry data | 0.0.0 (unstable) | Quincy Sasson | Yes | No |
| holehe | OSINT tool to check the availability of emails across various platforms | 1.61-1 (unstable) | Risha Nayaz | Yes | No |
| movielst | A simple Python tool to manage movie lists | 2.5.0-1 (unstable) | SAI PHANETKAR | Yes | No |
| dash-el | modern list manipulation library for Emacs | 2.19.1+git20240510.1de9dcb+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| sane-backends | API development library for scanners [development files] | 1.3.0-2 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| coreboot | Coreboot firmware utilities - documentation | 24.08+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Ahmad Khalifa | Yes | Yes |
| go-mode.el | Emacs mode for editing Go code | 3:1.6.0+git20240630.602d73e-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| runit-services | UNIX init scheme with service supervision (services) | 0.8.0 (unstable) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| python-google-api-python-client | Google API Client Library for Python - Python 3.x | 2.154.0-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | Yes |
| ldc | LLVM D Compiler | 1:1.39.0-1 (unstable) | Zixing Liu | Yes | Yes |
| libhx | Documentation files for libhx | 4.24-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| elpa-ligature | display typographical ligatures in major modes | 1.0~git20231203.6ac1634-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-posframe | Emacs library to Pop a frame at point | 1.4.4-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| s390-tools | Set of fundamental utilities for Linux on S/390 | 2.35.0-1.1 (unstable) | Gayathri.Berli | Yes | Yes |
| libfastdoubleparser-java | parsers for double, float, BigDecimal and BigInteger values | 2.0.1-2 (unstable) | Julien Plissonneau Duquène | Yes | No |
| jackson-core | fast and powerful JSON library for Java -- core library documentation | 2.18.1-2 (unstable) | Julien Plissonneau Duquène | Yes | Yes |
| jackson-annotations | Documentation for Jackson-annotations | 2.18.1-2 (unstable) | Julien Plissonneau Duquène | Yes | Yes |
| jackson-databind | fast and powerful JSON library for Java -- data binding (documentation) | 2.18.1-3 (unstable) | Julien Plissonneau Duquène | Yes | Yes |
| find-file-in-project | quick access to project files in Emacs | 6.2.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| lua-nginx-websocket | Lua websocket client driver for the nginx embedded Lua language | 0.12-1 (unstable) | Laurent Arnoud | Yes | Yes |
| wolfssl | Development files for the wolfSSL encryption library | 5.7.4-1 (unstable) | Jacob Barthelmeh | Yes | Yes |
| c-ares | transitional package | 1.34.2-2 (unstable) | Gregor Jasny | Yes | Yes |
| wildmidi | software MIDI player | 0.4.6-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | Yes |
| vulkanscenegraph | 3D vulkan scene graph, shared libs | 1.1.7-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | No |
| libunistring | Unicode string library for C | 1.3-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| gambc | Gambit Scheme interpreter and compiler | 4.9.5-1 (UNRELEASED) | Abdelhakim Qbaich | Yes | Yes |