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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xmrig | High performance, open source CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark | 6.19.2-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |
| git-credential-oauth | Git credential helper for GitHub and other forges using OAuth | 0.5.2-1 (unstable) 0.5.2-1~bpo11+1 (bullseye-backports) |
M Hickford | Yes | Yes |
| trurl | command line tool for URL parsing and manipulation | 0.4-1 (unstable) | Michael Ablassmeier | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zh-autoconvert | Chinese HZ/GB/BIG5/UTF-16/UTF-7/UTF-8 encodings auto-converter | 0.3.16-8 (unstable) | xiao sheng wen（肖盛文） | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dh-runit | debhelper add-on to handle runit runscripts | 2.16.0 (experimental) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| unl0kr | Lightweight framebuffer On-Screen-Keyboard based on LVGL | 1.0.0+dfsg-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.0.0+dfsg-1 (unstable) |
Undef | Yes | No |
| urlwatch | monitors webpages for you | 2.26-1 (unstable) | Maxime Werlen | Yes | Yes |
| ukui-app-widget | ukui app widget test | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | xibowen | Yes | No |
| golang-github-mazznoer-colorgrad | Go (Golang) color scales library for maps, charts, data-visualization & creative coding. | 0.9.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | Yinuo Deng | Yes | No |
| serious-engine | Serious Sam - The Second Encounter | 0.git20230405+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86box | classic IBM PC emulator | 3.11-1 (UNRELEASED) | sun min | Yes | No |
| celluloid | simple GTK+ frontend for mpv | 0.25-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| carburetor | GTK frontend for Tractor | 4.0.3-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| profile-cleaner | Reduces browser profile size by cleaning their sqlite databases | 2.44-1 (unstable) | Peter Blackman | Yes | No |
| tagainijisho | Japanese dictionary and learning assistant | 1.2.2-1 (unstable) | Bryan Gardiner | Yes | Yes |
| importlab | Library to calculate Python dependency graphs | 0.8-1 (UNRELEASED) | Lev Borodin | Yes | Yes |
| backintime | simple backup/snapshot system (graphical interface) | 1.3.3-4.1 (unstable) | Fabio Fantoni | Yes | Yes |
| ms-sys | Program used to write Microsoft-compatible boot records | 2.8.0-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | Yes |
| wxmaxima | GUI for the computer algebra system Maxima | 23.04.0-1 (unstable) | Gunter Königsmann | Yes | Yes |