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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libversion | advanced version string comparison library - binary tools | 3.0.4-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| pipe-viewer | lightweight YouTube client | 0.5.7-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| openmoneybox | Budget management application | 3.5.1-9 (unstable) | Igor Calì | Yes | No |
| notepadx | Fast native text editor with GPU rendering | 1.3.2-1 (unstable) | Levente Szabadkai | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| python-mimesis | Python 3 library for generating fake data | 19.1.0-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| ipscan | Angry IP Scanner | 3.9.3+ds-1 (unstable) | Jonathan Bergh | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clipboard | Smart Clipboard Manager | 0.10.0-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| wkgtk-html2pdf | Professional headless HTML-to-PDF engine (CLI tool) | 1.0.13-1 (unstable) | James Hothersall | Yes | No |
| zip-drain | High-performance archive extraction and draining utility | 1.0.3-1 (unstable) 1.0.2-1 (sid) |
Armin Jay L. Caldito | Yes | No |
| flatsweep | Flatpak leftover cleaner, written in Python | 2025.6.20-1 (unstable) | Aryan Karamtoth | Yes | No |
| doctest | Light and feature-rich C++ testing framework | 2.5.0-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| plptools | Access EPOC device (Psion PDA) over a serial link | 1.0.26-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| python-annotated-doc | Utilities for inline documentation with typing.Annotated | 0.0.4-1 (unstable) | Matheus Polkorny | Yes | No |
| bglibs | This package contains a collection of libraries (documentation) | 2.04+dfsg-10zainium4 (unstable) | Ali Zain | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| libhx | Documentation files for libhx | 5.3-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | 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 |
| 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 |
| xfce4-terminal-theme-selector | Simple curses-based theme selector for xfce4-terminal | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| 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 |
| avocado | Set of tools and libraries to help with automated testing | 113.0-1 (unstable) | Arif Ali | Yes | No |
| 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 |
| mdk-doc | Documentation for the MIX Development Kit | 1.3.1-1 (unstable) | 何庆 Ching He | Yes | Yes |
| uwsgi-plugin-pypy | pypy3 plugin for uWSGI | 0.0.6 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| smooth | Smooth Class Library (binary files) | 0.9.10-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| lamco-rdp-server | Native Wayland RDP server for Linux desktop sharing | 1.4.2-1 (unstable) | Greg Lamberson | Yes | No |