| category | linkname | description | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist | dist |
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| Administration Utilities | admin | Utilities to administer system resources, manage user accounts, etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Communication Programs | comm | Software to use your modem in the old fashioned style. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Databases | database | Database Servers and Clients. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| debian-installer udeb packages | debian-installer | Special packages for building customized debian-installer variants. Do not install them on a normal system! | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Debug packages | debug | Packages providing debugging information for executables and shared libraries. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Development | devel | Development utilities, compilers, development environments, libraries, etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Documentation | doc | FAQs, HOWTOs and other documents trying to explain everything related to Debian, and software needed to browse documentation (man, info, etc). | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Editors | editors | Software to edit files. Programming environments. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Education | education | Software for learning and teaching. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Electronics | electronics | Electronics utilities. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Embedded software | embedded | Software suitable for use in embedded applications. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Fonts | fonts | Font packages. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Games | games | Programs to spend a nice time with after all this setting up. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| GNOME | gnome | The GNOME desktop environment, a powerful, easy to use set of integrated applications. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| GNU R | gnu-r | Everything about GNU R, a statistical computation and graphics system. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| GNUstep | gnustep | The GNUstep environment. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Go | golang | Go programming language, libraries, and development tools. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Graphics | graphics | Editors, viewers, converters... Everything to become an artist. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Ham Radio | hamradio | Software for ham radio. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Haskell | haskell | Everything about Haskell. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Interpreters | interpreters | All kind of interpreters for interpreted languages. Macro processors. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Introspection | introspection | Machine readable introspection data for use by development tools. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Java | java | Everything about Java. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| JavaScript | javascript | JavaScript programming language, libraries, and development tools. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| KDE | kde | The K Desktop Environment, a powerful, easy to use set of integrated applications. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Kernels | kernel | Operating System Kernels and related modules. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Language packs | localization | Localization support for big software packages. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Libraries | libs | Libraries to make other programs work. They provide special features to developers. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Library development | libdevel | Libraries necessary for developers to write programs that use them. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Lisp | lisp | Everything about Lisp. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Mail | mail | Programs to route, read, and compose E-mail messages. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Mathematics | math | Math software. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Meta packages | metapackages | Packages that mainly provide dependencies on other packages. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Miscellaneous | misc | Miscellaneous utilities that didn't fit well anywhere else. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Mono/CLI | cli-mono | Everything about Mono and the Common Language Infrastructure. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Network | net | Daemons and clients to connect your system to the world. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Newsgroups | news | Software to access Usenet, to set up news servers, etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| OCaml | ocaml | Everything about OCaml, an ML language implementation. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Old Libraries | oldlibs | Old versions of libraries, kept for backward compatibility with old applications. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Other OS's and file systems | otherosfs | Software to run programs compiled for other operating systems, and to use their filesystems. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Perl | perl | Everything about Perl, an interpreted scripting language. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| PHP | php | Everything about PHP. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Python | python | Everything about Python, an interpreted, interactive object oriented language. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Ruby | ruby | Everything about Ruby, an interpreted object oriented language. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Rust | rust | Rust programming language, library crates, and development tools | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Science | science | Basic tools for scientific work | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Shells | shells | Command shells. Friendly user interfaces for beginners. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Sound | sound | Utilities to deal with sound: mixers, players, recorders, CD players, etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Tasks | tasks | Packages that are used by 'tasksel', a simple interface for users who want to configure their system to perform a specific task. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| TeX | tex | The famous typesetting software and related programs. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Text Processing | text | Utilities to format and print text documents. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Utilities | utils | Utilities for file/disk manipulation, backup and archive tools, system monitoring, input systems, etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Version Control Systems | vcs | Version control systems and related utilities. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Video | video | Video viewers, editors, recording, streaming. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Virtual packages | virtual | Virtual packages. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Web Servers | httpd | Web servers and their modules. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Web Software | web | Web servers, browsers, proxies, download tools etc. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Xfce | xfce | Xfce, a fast and lightweight Desktop Environment. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| X Window System software | x11 | X servers, libraries, window managers, terminal emulators and many related applications. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |
| Zope/Plone Framework | zope | Zope Application Server and Plone Content Managment System. | stretch | stretch-u | stretch-b | stretch-bs | buster | buster-u | buster-b | bullseye | bullseye-u | bullseye-b | bookworm | sid | exp |