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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dtach | emulates the detach/attach feature of screen | 0.9-8 (unstable) | Stefan | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| getdns | modern asynchronous DNS API (stub resolver) | 1.7.3-1 (experimental) | Andrew Bower | Yes | Yes |
| limine | Modern, advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager | 9.3.0-1 (unstable) | Facundo Acevedo | Yes | No |
| midiminder | MIDI connection minder & viewer | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | John Horigan | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| awf-gtk | theme preview application for GTK 4 | 3.0.0-1 (unstable) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | Yes |
| human-theme-gtk | human theme for GTK | 2.4.0-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| devilutionx | diablo build for modern operating systems | 1.5.4+ds2-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| sane-backends | API development library for scanners [development files] | 1.3.1-4 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| python3-berkeleydb | Python interface for Berkeley DB (Python 3.x) | 18.1.14-1 (unstable) | Andre Flechs | Yes | No |
| clifm | Fast and lightweight command-line file manager | 1.25-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| clipboard | Smart Clipboard Manager | 0.10.0-1 (unstable) 0.10.0-1 (UNRELEASED) |
Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| golf | Programming language for web services | 423 (stable) 520-1 (unstable) |
Golf Team | Yes | No |
| duckdb | in-process SQL OLAP database management system | 1.2.2-1 (unstable) | Mocus Zhang | Yes | No |
| torrent-file-editor | Qt based GUI tool designed to create and edit .torrent files | 1.0.0-1 (experimental) 1.0.0-1 (unstable) |
Facundo Acevedo | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zmap | network scanner for researchers | 4.3.3-2 (unstable) | Phillip Stephens | Yes | Yes |
| fonts-libertinus | High-quality open-source typefaces for academic and scientific use | 7.051-1 (unstable) | Abhishek Deshpande | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.1.0-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.0.14-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| quill | Asynchronous Low Latency C++ Logging Library | 9.0.2-1 (unstable) | Syed Shahrukh Hussain | Yes | No |
| vara | Drawing and digital painting application | 0.1.250414+1 (unstable) | Nandakumar Edamana | Yes | No |
| turtle | Nautilus extension for Turtle | 0.13-1 (unstable) | Philipp Unger | Yes | No |
| python-test2ref | Testing Against Learned Reference Data | 0.8.2-1 (unstable) | Mitchell Augustin | Yes | No |
| xfce-polkit | Simple PolicyKit authentication agent for Xfce | 0.3+v20220621-1 (unstable) | Peter Blackman | Yes | No |
| bibtexconv | BibTeX Converter | 2.0.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| hujson | JSON for Humans (JWCC: JSON w/ comments and trailing commas) - (Program) | 0.0~git20250226.ec1d1c1-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.0~git20250226.ec1d1c1-1 (experimental) |
Facundo Acevedo | Yes | No |
| avocado | Set of tools and libraries to help with automated testing | 110.0-1 (unstable) | Arif Ali | Yes | No |
| mercurial-keyring | Mercurial Keyring Extension | 1.4.4-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.4.4-1 (unstable) |
Christoph Mathys | Yes | Yes |
| subnetcalc | IPv4/IPv6 Subnet Calculator | 2.6.4-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| foomuuri | multizone bidirectional nftables firewall | 0.28-1 (unstable) | Kim B. Heino | Yes | Yes |
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341a devices | 1.5.3-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| fonts-stix | Scientific and Technical Information eXchange fonts | 2.14-1 (unstable) | Abhishek Deshpande | Yes | Yes |