diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/simple-scan/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/gnome/simple-scan/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5e9d45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/simple-scan/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO discover minimum dependencies from meson log
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/simple-scan/49/simple-scan-49.1.tar.xz"
+[build]
+template = "meson"
+dependencies = [
+    "sane-backends",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/kde/skanpage/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/kde/skanpage/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..398fb80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/kde/skanpage/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO discover minimum dependencies from cmake log
+[source]
+git = "https://invent.kde.org/utilities/skanpage"
+branch = "release/25.08"
+shallow_clone = true
+[build]
+template = "cmake"
+dependencies = [
+    "sane-backends",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/scan/sane-backends/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/scan/sane-backends/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4cb49a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/scan/sane-backends/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/blob/master/README?ref_type=heads
+[source]
+tar = "https://gitlab.com/-/project/429008/uploads/843c156420e211859e974f78f64c3ea3/sane-backends-1.4.0.tar.gz"
+[build]
+template = "configure"
+dependencies = [
+    "libusb",
+    "libjpeg",
+]