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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clojure-mode | extra font-locking for clojure-mode | 5.18.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 21+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xnvme | xNVMe Metapackage | 0.7.3-1 (UNRELEASED) | Simon A. F. Lund | Yes | No |
| runit | system-wide service supervision | 2.1.2-57 (experimental) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| freespeech | English pronunciation dictionary | 1.0m-21 (unstable) | Igor B. Poretsky | Yes | No |
| rulex | Russian pronunciation dictionary support binaries | 3.8.0-1 (unstable) | Igor B. Poretsky | Yes | No |
| ru-tts | Software Russian TTS engine | 6.2.0-1 (unstable) | Igor B. Poretsky | Yes | No |
| multispeech | Multilingual speech server for Emacspeak | 4.6.0-1 (unstable) | Igor B. Poretsky | Yes | No |
| hunspell-be | Belarusian dictionary for hunspell and academic orthography | 0.60-1 (unstable) 0.60-1 (UNRELEASED) |
Hleb Valoshka | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goauthing | CLI authentication utility for srun4000 systems | 2.2.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | Shengqi Chen | Yes | No |
| satdump | Generic satellite data processing software | 1.1.2-1 (unstable) | Apostolos Kefalas | Yes | No |
| p2pool-io | Decentralized pool for Monero mining | 3.9+ds-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |
| restic-rest-server | high performance HTTP server that implements restic's REST backend API | 0.12.1-1 (unstable) | Dale Richards | Yes | No |
| urlview | Extracts URLs from text | 1b-1 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
| imapsync | IMAP synchronization, copy and migration tool | 2.229+dfsg-3 (unstable) | J. Fernando Lagrange | Yes | Yes |
| allegro5 | documentation for the Allegro 5 library | 2:5.2.9.0+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Andreas Rönnquist | Yes | Yes |
| js2-mode | Emacs mode for editing Javascript programs (dummy package) | 0.0~git20230628.79bc78d-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| gtklock | GTK-based lockscreen for wayland | 2.1.0-1 (unstable) | Maytham Alsudany | Yes | No |
| opustags | view and edit Ogg Opus comments | 1.9.0-1 (unstable) | Dale Richards | Yes | No |
| libnginx-mod-vts | Virtual host traffic status (VTS) module for Nginx | 0.2.2-1 (unstable) | Gregor Jasny | Yes | No |
| backintime | simple backup/snapshot system (graphical interface) | 1.4.1-0.1 (unstable) | Fabio Fantoni | Yes | Yes |
| harmony | program and library for creating and managing Discord accounts | 0.7.2-1 (unstable) | Patrick Zajda | Yes | Yes |
| nihstro | 3DS shader tools - development headers | 0-20231121-1 (unstable) | David James | Yes | No |
| claws-mail | Fast, lightweight and user-friendly GTK based email client | 4.2.0-1~bpo11+1 (bullseye-backports-sloppy) 4.2.0-1~bpo12+1 (bookworm-backports) |
Andreas Rönnquist | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| golang-golang-x-oauth2 | Google APIs support for OAuth2 | 0.13.0-1 (unstable) | M Hickford | Yes | Yes |
| zope.event | Very basic event publishing system | 5.0-1 (unstable) | Daniel Lenharo de Souza | Yes | Yes |
| astro | Gemini web browser using shell script | 0.24.0-1 (unstable) | Akash Doppalapudi | Yes | No |
| persp-projectile | integrate perspective.el with projectile | 1:1.0.0+git20210618.4e374d7-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| prismlauncher | FOSS Minecraft launcher supporting multiple instances and accounts | 8.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |
| justbuild | Justbuild generic build system | 1.2.3-1 (unstable) | Oliver Reiche | Yes | No |
| debian-el | Transition package, debian-el to elpa-debian-el | 37.11 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| vgrep | User-friendly pager for grep | 2.7.0-1 (unstable) | Xi Lu | Yes | No |
| node-sass-loader | css loader module for webpack | 13.3.2-1 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | No |
| chipmunk-viewer | Fast Logfile Viewer for Analyzing Large Logfiles | 3.10.22-2 (unstable) | Alexandru Frincu | Yes | No |
| freespace2 | open implementation of the Freespace 2 game engine | 23.2.1+repack-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | Yes |
| libonig | regular expressions library — development files | 6.9.9-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| libheif | ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder - gdk-pixbuf loader | 1.17.4-1 (unstable) | Joachim Bauch | Yes | Yes |
| libhx | Documentation files for libhx | 4.17-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| rgbds | Game Boy ASM programming tools | 0.6.1-4 (unstable) | Julius Clasen | Yes | No |
| quadrilateralcowboy | first-person cyberpunk adventure game | 1~20230127-1 (unstable) | James Addison | Yes | No |
| libapache2-mod-authn-otp | Apache module for one-time password authentication | 1.1.10-1 (unstable) | Daniel Fancsali | Yes | No |
| srs-server | simple, high-efficiency, real-time video server | 5.0.6+ds-1 (unstable) | chenhaibo | Yes | No |
| bluraybackup | Backup BDMV from the command line | 1.0-1 (unstable) | Matteo Bini | Yes | No |
| muse-el | author and publish projects using Wiki-like markup | 3.20+git20201128.be347db+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |