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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs-gptel | Interact with ChatGPT or other LLMs in Emacs | 0.9.9.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| visp | visual servoing library - documentation | 3.7.0-4 (unstable) | Fabien Spindler | Yes | Yes |
| vinetto | forensics tool to examine Thumbs.db files | 1:0.9.14+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Matheus Polkorny | Yes | Yes |
| uhubctl | USB hub per-port power control | 2.6.0-3 (unstable) | Michael Lloyd | Yes | Yes |
| trufflehog | Find, verify, and analyze leaked credentials (program) | 3.60.4-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| eventsource | Server Side Events client and server for Go (program) | 1.10.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| archiver | Cross-platform library to create & extract archives, compress & decompress files, and walk virtual file systems across various formats (program) | 4.0.0~alpha8-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-bradleyfalzon-ghinstallation | HTTP Round Tripper for GitHub Apps - Authenticate as an Installation Workflow (library) | 2.10.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| bitfinex-api-go | BITFINEX Go trading API - Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ether exchange (program) | 2.2.9-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| bubblezone | helper utility for BubbleTea, allowing easy mouse event tracking (program) | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-bobusumisu-aho-corasick | Aho-Corasick string-searching algorithm in Go (library) | 1.0.3-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-couchbase-gocb | Couchbase Go SDK (library) | 2.6.3-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| depaware | makes you aware of your Go dependencies (program) | 0.0~git20251001.9c2ad25-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-couchbase-gocbcore | IO component of gocb (library) | 10.2.3-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-ccache | golang LRU Cache for high concurrency. (library) | 1.1.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-gsterjov-go-libsecret | native go library that manages secrets (library) | 0.0~git20161001.a6f4afe-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-jsonstream | Streaming JSON encoding for Golang (library) | 3.0.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-jpillora-s3 | Wrapped subset of AWS SDK S3 behavior (library) | 1.1.4-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| rfc5424 | Go library that can read and write RFC-5424 syslog messages (program) | 0.1.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-server-sdk-evaluation | Feature flag evaluation engine used in go-server-sdk (library) | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| protoc-gen-validate | Protocol Buffer Validation - replaced by https://github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate (program) | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| overseer | Monitorable, gracefully restarting, self-upgrading binaries in Go (golang) (program) | 1.1.6-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-sdk-events | Go SDK analytics events support code (library) | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| gosnowflake | Go Snowflake Driver (program) | 1.17.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-thezeroslave-zapsentry | zap logger sentry core (library) | 1.17.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-semver | semantic version parsing and comparison package (library) | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-gopkg-mcuadros-go-syslog.v2 | Syslog server library for go. (program) | 2.3.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-redis-go-redis | Type safe Redis client for Go (library) | 6.15.9-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-sdk-common | Basic types for LaunchDarkly Go SDK components (library) | 3.0.1-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-ntlm-proxy-auth | Authorize to an NTLM Proxy for a HTTP(S) connection in Golang (LaunchDarkly fork) (library) | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-ntlmssp | NTLM/Negotiate authentication over HTTP - fork for use with ld-relay (library) | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| protoc-gen-star | protoc plugin library for efficient proto-based code generation (program) | 2.0.4-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-therootcompany-xz | Native Go XZ decompression package (library) | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-mtibben-percent | Package percent escapes strings using percent-encoding (library) | 0.2.1-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| go-server-sdk | LaunchDarkly Server-side SDK for Go (program) | 6.1.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-marusama-semaphore | Fast resizable golang semaphore primitive (library) | 2.5.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-gopkg-ghodss-yaml.v1 | Better way to marshal and unmarshal YAML in Golang (library) | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-launchdarkly-go-test-helpers | Test convenience functions used by LaunchDarkly's Go-based open-source tools. (library) | 3.0.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| golang-github-trufflesecurity-disk-buffer-reader | Re-readable reader (library) | 0.1.7-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
| keyring | Go library providing a uniform interface across a range of secure credential stores (program) | 1.2.2-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Potemkin | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341a devices | 1.7.3-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| rdate | sets the system's date from a remote host with Network Time Protocol | 1:1.11-3.1 (unstable) | Martin-Éric Racine | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| horizonshell | modern interactive shell for Linux | 0.1.3-7 (UNRELEASED) | Austin Haas | Yes | No |
| libglibutil | Library of glib utilities | 1.0.80+ds-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| python-ionoscloud | Python SDK for the Ionos Cloud API | 6.1.13-3 (unstable) | Arian Ott | Yes | Yes |
| tack | terminfo action checker | 1.11+20251210-1 (unstable) | Sven Joachim | Yes | Yes |
| iotop-c | simple top-like I/O monitor (implemented in C) | 1.31-1~bpo13+1 (trixie-backports) | Boian Bonev | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnu-c-intro-and-ref | GNU C Language Introduction and Reference Manual | 0.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| stremio-server | Proprietary streaming server component for Stremio | 4.20.16-1 (unstable) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| swift-mode | Major-mode for Apple's Swift programming language | 9.4.0-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| libversion | advanced version string comparison library - binary tools | 3.0.4-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| pipe-viewer | lightweight YouTube client | 0.5.6-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| phoronix-test-suite | Comprehensive automated testing and benchmarking platform | 10.8.4-1 (unstable) | Rinat Gumirov | Yes | Yes |
| libwsc | Development files for the libwsc WebSocket client library | 1.1.0-4 (unstable) | Milan Milosavljevic | Yes | No |
| gallia | Extendable Pentesting Framework | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Stefan Tatschner | Yes | No |
| stremio-gtk | Modern media center (GTK4 client) | 1.0.0~beta.13+ds-1 (experimental) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| kylin-wayland-compositor | Kylin wayland compositor based on wlroots | 1.3.1-1 (unstable) | handsome_feng | Yes | No |
| syft | CLI tool for generating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) | 1.40.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Juan Manuel Méndez Rey | Yes | No |
| parlatype | Minimal audio player for manual speech transcription | 4.3-1 (unstable) | Gabor Karsay | Yes | Yes |
| parlatype-libreoffice-extension | LibreOffice Extension for Parlatype | 4.3-1 (unstable) | Gabor Karsay | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-toitware-ubjson | Go library for the Universal Binary JSON (UBJSON) format | 0.0~git20260115.354787f-1 (unstable) | Frederic Brüning | Yes | No |
| afnix | Compiler and run-time for the AFNIX programming language | 3.8.0-1.2 (unstable) | zhangdandan | Yes | Yes |
| wasix-libc | wasix libc implementation for WebAssembly | 2025.12.24.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | Yes |
| crash | kernel debugging utility, allowing gdb like syntax | 9.0.1+~16.3-1 (unstable) | Juerg Haefliger | Yes | Yes |
| joystickwake | joystick-aware screen waker | 0.5.1 (unstable) | Forest | Yes | No |
| uwsgi-plugin-pypy | pypy3 plugin for uWSGI | 0.0.4 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| link-query | Symbolic link query tool | 0.0.6-7 (unstable) | Kim Saunders | Yes | No |
| miniz | Miniz development files | 3.1.0-1 (unstable) | Andreas Glinserer | Yes | No |
| unordered-dense | fast, dense hashmap and hashet header-only library | 4.8.1-1 (unstable) | Andreas Glinserer | Yes | No |
| display-dhammapada | fortune-like displayer of Buddhist sayings | 2.0-1 (unstable) | Haolin Xue | Yes | Yes |
| lsport | TUI and CLI tool for managing local and remote ports via SSH | 0.3.10-1 (unstable) | Parash Subedi | Yes | No |
| debsbom | SBOM generator for Debian-based distributions (tool) | 0.6.1-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.6.1-1 (unstable) |
Felix Moessbauer | Yes | No |
| sqlcipher | Command line interface for SQLCipher | 4.13.0-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| tenshi | log monitoring and reporting tool | 0.18-1 (unstable) | Michael Bunk | Yes | Yes |
| pymatting | Python library for alpha matting | 1.1.15-1 (unstable) | Arian Ott | Yes | No |
| cairocffi | cffi-based cairo bindings for Python - Documentation | 1.7.1-5 (unstable) | Arian Ott | Yes | Yes |
| python-timecode | Python module for manipulating SMPTE timecode | 1.5.1-1 (unstable) | Arian Ott | Yes | No |