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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| termpaint | low level terminal access - headers | 0.3.0-5 (unstable) | Christoph Hueffelmann | Yes | Yes |
| runit-services | UNIX init scheme with service supervision (services) | 0.8.0 (unstable) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mimic | eBPF UDP -> TCP obfuscator | 0.6.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Eric Long | Yes | No |
| go-mode.el | Emacs mode for editing Go code | 3:1.6.0+git20240630.602d73e-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wifi-qr | WiFi password share via QR codes | 0.3-2 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| golang-go.gearno-encoding-base58 | base58 golang library | 0.1.0-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| privatebin-cli | Powerful CLI for creating and managing PrivateBin pastes with ease | 2.0.2-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| hoteldruid | web-based property management system for hotels or B&Bs | 3.0.7-1 (unstable) | Marco Maria Francesco De Santis | Yes | Yes |
| real-time-translator | Real-time speech translation app | 1.0-2 (unstable) | Wayne Nguyen | Yes | No |
| digital-forestry-toolbox | tools and tutorials to process and analyze forestry data | 0.0.0 (unstable) | Quincy Sasson | Yes | No |
| holehe | OSINT tool to check the availability of emails across various platforms | 1.61-1 (unstable) | Risha Nayaz | Yes | No |
| movielst | A simple Python tool to manage movie lists | 2.5.0-1 (unstable) | SAI PHANETKAR | Yes | No |
| exaile | Music player with a simple interface and powerful capabilities | 4.1.3+dfsg-4 (unstable) | Andre Flechs | Yes | Yes |
| dash-el | modern list manipulation library for Emacs | 2.19.1+git20240510.1de9dcb+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| sane-backends | API development library for scanners [development files] | 1.3.0-2 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| coreboot | Coreboot firmware utilities - documentation | 24.08+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Ahmad Khalifa | Yes | Yes |
| antimicro | GUI for mapping keyboard keys and mouse controls to a gamepad | 3.4.1-1 (unstable) | Laurent Arnoud | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-mode | major emacs mode for editing web templates | 17.3.13-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| js2-mode | Emacs mode for editing Javascript programs (dummy package) | 0.0~git20240908.62d6cb1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 21+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| mwc | Powerful website-tracking tool | 2.0.5-2 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| fuse-convmvfs | mirrors a whole filesystem tree from one charset to another | 0.2.6-2.1 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 10-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.0.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| libhx | Documentation files for libhx | 4.24-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| lsp-treemacs | treemacs integration for Emacs LSP | 0.5-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-lsp-docker | LSP Docker integration for lsp-mode | 0.0~git20240507.16a0cfb-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| lua-nginx-websocket | Lua websocket client driver for the nginx embedded Lua language | 0.12-1 (unstable) | Laurent Arnoud | Yes | Yes |
| gcdemu | GNOME application to control CDEmu daemon | 3.2.6-1 (unstable) | Matteo Bini | Yes | No |
| wolfssl | Development files for the wolfSSL encryption library | 5.7.4-1 (unstable) | Jacob Barthelmeh | Yes | Yes |
| c-ares | transitional package | 1.34.2-2 (unstable) | Gregor Jasny | Yes | Yes |
| wildmidi | software MIDI player | 0.4.6-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | Yes |
| vulkanscenegraph | 3D vulkan scene graph, shared libs | 1.1.7-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | No |
| libunistring | Unicode string library for C | 1.3-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| gambc | Gambit Scheme interpreter and compiler | 4.9.5-1 (UNRELEASED) | Abdelhakim Qbaich | Yes | Yes |