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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive | FreeBSD implementations of 'tar' and 'cpio' and other archive tools | 3.8.4-1 (unstable) | Gabriel Barrantes | Yes | Yes |
| gpu-screen-recorder | Shadowplay-like screen recorder (cli) | 5.10.2-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| libversion | advanced version string comparison library - binary tools | 3.0.4-1 (unstable) | Samuel Young | Yes | No |
| python-blake256 | Python module supporting blake256 hashing | 0.1.1-1 (unstable) | Manuel Guerra | Yes | No |
| python-bitcointx | Library for handling Bitcoin transactions and associated data | 1.1.5-1 (unstable) | Manuel Guerra | Yes | No |
| electrum-personal-server | Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user | 0.2.4+ds-1 (unstable) | Manuel Guerra | Yes | No |
| plptools | Access EPOC device (Psion PDA) over a serial link | 1.0.13-5 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| intel-lpmd | Intel Low Power Model Daemon | 0.1.0-1 (unstable) | Bin Li | Yes | Yes |
| snmptrapfmt | configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd | 1.20 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| swift-mode | Major-mode for Apple's Swift programming language | 9.4.0-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| gpu-viewer | GUI front-end to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info | 3.23+ds-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libwebcam | Command line tool to control v4l2 devices - data files | 0.2.5-8 (unstable) | Konstantin Tyurin | Yes | Yes |
| rdiff-backup-fs | Fuse filesystem for accessing rdiff-backup archives | 1.0.0-10 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | Yes |
| fspy | filesystem activity monitoring tool | 0.1.1-6 (unstable) | beanhuo | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tslib | touch screen library utilities | 1.24-1 (unstable) | Martin Kepplinger-Novakovic | Yes | Yes |
| o3diag | Professional OBD-II diagnostic tool | 3.2.1-1 (unstable) | openw3rk INVENT | Yes | No |
| quadrilateralcowboy | first-person cyberpunk adventure game | 0~20251124.gitcc4b1cd45+dfsg-1 (unstable) | James Addison | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.2.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| sphinx-lint | Check .rst and .py files of a Sphinx generated documentation | 1.0.2-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.0.2-1 (unstable) |
Julien Palard | Yes | No |
| orderoftwilight | Puzzle platformer with muscle memory | 1.1-1 (unstable) | Ermakov Alexander | Yes | No |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.1.8-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| budgie-desktop-services | Core package for all Budgie Desktop related services | 0.0.1-1 (experimental) | David Mohammed | Yes | No |
| openmoneybox | Budget management application | 3.5.1-7 (unstable) | Igor Calì | Yes | No |
| robotraconteur-companion | Companion C++ library for Robot Raconteur development files | 0.4.2-1 (unstable) | John Wason | Yes | No |
| quickbib | Quickly get BibTeX from a DOI | 0.4.1-7 (unstable) | Archisman Panigrahi | Yes | No |
| python-doi2bib3 | Fetch BibTeX from DOI, arXiv ID, journal URL or article title | 0.4.0-4 (unstable) | Archisman Panigrahi | Yes | No |
| quill | Asynchronous Low Latency C++ Logging Library | 11.0.1-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | No |
| kafel | development files for the kafel seccomp-BPF policy library | 0~20231004-1 (unstable) | Stephen Crosby | Yes | No |
| phoronix-test-suite | Comprehensive automated testing and benchmarking platform | 10.8.4-1 (unstable) | Rinat Gumirov | Yes | Yes |
| fonts-xolonium | futuristic typeface, with focus on legibility | 4.2-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| gallia | Extendable Pentesting Framework | 2.0.0b3-1 (unstable) | Stefan Tatschner | Yes | No |
| nodepass | NodePass Classic (program) | 1.10.3-5 (unstable) 1.10.3-6 (stable) |
Leslie Alexander | Yes | No |
| dynmhs | Dynamic Multi-Homing Setup (DynMHS) | 0.3.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| duckdb | in-process SQL OLAP database management system | 1.4.3-1 (unstable) | Mocus Zhang | Yes | No |
| bibtexconv | BibTeX Converter | 2.1.0-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| sctplib | Documentation of the user-space SCTP implementation SCTPLIB | 1:1.0.33-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| kcptun | A Secure, Fast and Reliable KCP based Tunnel | 20251206-1 (UNRELEASED) | FULI | Yes | Yes |
| libgxml-0.20 | Documentation for GXml | 0.20.4-1 (unstable) | Seyed Mohamad Amin Modaresi | Yes | No |
| fonts-stix | Scientific and Technical Information eXchange fonts | 2.13b171-1 (unstable) | Junyong Liang | Yes | Yes |
| ossp-uuid | perl OSSP::UUID - OSSP uuid Perl Binding | 1.6.6-1 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
| socketapi | Development package for Socket-API | 2:2.2.26-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| dualword-index | cross-platform Xapian index viewer | 0.5.1-1 (unstable) | AlexanderBusorgin | Yes | No |