diff --git a/config/x86_64/ci.toml b/config/x86_64/ci.toml
index c5723aab4..6d655fa20 100644
--- a/config/x86_64/ci.toml
+++ b/config/x86_64/ci.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ generaluser-gs = {}
 gettext = {}
 gigalomania = {}
 git = {}
+gimp = {}
 glib = {}
 glutin = {}
 gnu-binutils = {}
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libarchive/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libarchive/recipe.toml
index 19c17650a..72128d367 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libarchive/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libarchive/recipe.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,14 @@ tar = "https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-3.8.7.tar.xz"
 blake3 = "6b7f744132368a53ecf98a4586af09c255f81cebf37687edd857528a1bfd3bd3"
 
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-DENABLE_TEST=OFF"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "openssl3",
+    "libxml2",
+    "bzip2",
+    "zlib",
+    "zstd",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/terminal/bash-completion/recipe.toml b/recipes/terminal/bash-completion/recipe.toml
index d363f869f..7a9ed093d 100644
--- a/recipes/terminal/bash-completion/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/terminal/bash-completion/recipe.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ configureflags = [
 
 [package]
 dependencies = [
-    "sed",
+    "uutils-sed",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml b/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
index ae5bb7bf2..7aa3388b8 100644
--- a/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/web/netsurf/recipe.toml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 # Netsurf does not currently support out-of-tree builds :(
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 
-# obscure crash from sccache if jobs number is too much
-COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS="$(( ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} > 8 ? 8 : ${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS} ))"
-
 export TARGET="framebuffer"
 export CFLAGS="-I${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/include"
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib -L${PWD}/inst-${TARGET}/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/data/poppler-data/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/data/poppler-data/recipe.toml
index 3262c088a..9ff376f19 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/data/poppler-data/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/data/poppler-data/recipe.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-data-0.4.12.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/fonts/noto/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/fonts/noto/recipe.toml
index c33429709..7de97f65b 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/fonts/noto/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/fonts/noto/recipe.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ template = "custom"
 script = """
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share/fonts/Noto
 for f in "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/fonts/*; do 
-echo cp -rv "${f}/full/ttf/* "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/fonts/Noto/$(basename ${f})/"
+mkdir "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/fonts/Noto/$(basename ${f})/"
+cp -rv "${f}/googlefonts/ttf"/* "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/fonts/Noto/$(basename ${f})/" || true
 done
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.desktop b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f65f6370c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=GIMP
+GenericName=Image Editor
+Comment=Create images and edit photographs
+Keywords=GIMP;graphic;design;illustration;painting;
+Exec=gimp
+TryExec=gimp
+Icon=gimp
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Graphics;2DGraphics;RasterGraphics;GTK;
+StartupNotify=true
+MimeType=image/x-xcf;
+StartupWMClass=gimp
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..28158e359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/gimp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export GTK_USE_PORTAL=0
+
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$HOME/.cache/gimp-gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
+
+if [ ! -f "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Generating GdkPixbuf loaders cache..."
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.cache"
+    gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
+fi
+
+exec /usr/bin/gimp-3.2 "$@"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/16x16.png b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/16x16.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e48e60881
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/16x16.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/256x256.png b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/256x256.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e39e7b80
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/256x256.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/32x32.png b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/32x32.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b8aa7bb9
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/32x32.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/48x48.png b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/48x48.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f936097f
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/48x48.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/64x64.png b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/64x64.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc65ee2ea
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/icons/64x64.png differ
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/recipe.toml
index cd4d73156..9a912d825 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/recipe.toml
@@ -1,36 +1,59 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
-#TODO discover minimum dependencies from meson log
+#TODO test more
 # build instructions: https://developer.gimp.org/core/setup/build/3.0/INSTALL
 # all build options: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/blob/master/meson_options.txt?ref_type=heads
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.2/gimp-3.2.4.tar.xz"
-[build]
-template = "meson"
-mesonflags = [
-    "-Dcheck-update=no",
-    "-Dlibbacktrace=false",
-    "-Dlibunwind=false",
-    "-Dprint=false",
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+rsync -a -v ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/share/pkgconfig/*.pc ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib/pkgconfig/
+COOKBOOK_MESON_FLAGS+=(
+    -Denable-default-bin=enabled
+    -Denable-console-bin=true
+    -Dcheck-update=no
+    -Dlibbacktrace=false
+    -Dlibunwind=false
+    -Dprint=false
+    -Dshmem-type=posix
+)
+cookbook_meson
+
+# plugins causes hang (undo these mv to test)
+mv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/gimp/3.0/extensions" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/gimp/3.0/extensions.disabled"
+mv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/gimp/3.0/plug-ins" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/gimp/3.0/plug-ins.disabled"
+
+# icons are not converted to png (see patches)
+HICOLOR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/icons/hicolor"
+for size in 16 32 48 64 256; do
+  mkdir -p "${HICOLOR}/${size}x${size}/apps"
+  cp -f "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/icons/${size}x${size}.png" "${HICOLOR}/${size}x${size}/apps/gimp.png"
+done
+# TODO: /usr/share/gimp/3.0/images/gimp-splash.png
+
+rm "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/gimp" # symlink to gimp-3.2
+cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/gimp.desktop" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/applications/gimp.desktop"
+cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/gimp.sh" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/gimp"
+"""
+dependencies = [
+    "appstream",
+    "atk",
+    "babl",
+    "gtk3",
+    "gegl",
+    "gexiv2",
+    "libarchive",
+    "liblcms",
+    "libmypaint",
+    "librsvg",
+    "mypaint-brushes",
+    "libpoppler",
+    "poppler-data",
+    "shared-mime-info",
+]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "host:libxml2"
 ]
-# dependencies = [
-#     "gtk3",
-#     "gobject-introspection",
-#     "glib",
-#     "cairo",
-#     "pango",
-#     "liblcms",
-#     "libmypaint",
-#     "gexiv2",
-#     "gegl",
-#     "babl",
-#     "librsvg",
-#     "libtiff",
-#     "libjpeg",
-#     "libpng",
-#     "fontconfig",
-#     "freetype2",
-#     "atk",
-#     "harfbuzz",
-#     "bzip2",
-#     "zlib",
-# ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ded94e2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/gnome/gimp/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+diff -ruwN source/app/widgets/gimpdashboard.c source-new/app/widgets/gimpdashboard.c
+--- source/app/widgets/gimpdashboard.c	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/app/widgets/gimpdashboard.c	2026-10-08 08:12:01.951143761 +0000
+@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@
+   clock_t               curr_usage;
+   struct tms            tms;
+ 
+-  curr_clock = times (&tms);
++  curr_clock = (clock_t) -1;//times (&tms);
+ 
+   if (curr_clock == (clock_t) -1)
+     {
+diff -ruwN source/desktop/meson.build source-new/desktop/meson.build
+--- source/desktop/meson.build	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/desktop/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:34:47.957042051 +0000
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ desktop_conf.set('GIMP_VERSION',      gimp_version)
+ desktop_conf.set('GIMP_APP_VERSION',  gimp_app_version)
+ desktop_conf.set('GIMP_DESKTOP_NAME', gimp_desktop_name)
+-desktop_conf.set('MIME_TYPES',        'image/x-xcf;' + MIMEtypes_dep.get_variable('MIMEtypes'))
++desktop_conf.set('MIME_TYPES',        'image/x-xcf;')
+ desktop_conf.set('BUG_REPORT_URL',    bug_report_url)
+ 
+ desktopfilein = configure_file(
+diff -ruwN source/gimp-data/meson.build source-new/gimp-data/meson.build
+--- source/gimp-data/meson.build	2026-04-07 19:54:05.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/gimp-data/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:34:28.962938109 +0000
+@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
+ ## Tools ##
+ 
+-native_glib_minver = '2.2.0'
+-native_glib = dependency('glib-2.0',    version: '>='+native_glib_minver, native: true)
+-native_rsvg = dependency('librsvg-2.0', version: '>='+rsvg_minver, native: true)
+-
+ subdir('tools')
+ 
+ ## Data ##
+diff -ruwN source/gimp-data/tools/colorsvg2png.c source-new/gimp-data/tools/colorsvg2png.c
+--- source/gimp-data/tools/colorsvg2png.c	2026-04-07 19:54:05.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/gimp-data/tools/colorsvg2png.c	2026-10-08 06:34:20.069421216 +0000
+@@ -15,80 +15,52 @@
+  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+  */
+ 
+-#include <glib/gprintf.h>
+-#include <librsvg/rsvg.h>
++#include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
++// Stubbed to avoid compiling native glib/librsvg
+ int
+ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+-  GError            *error = NULL;
+-  RsvgHandle        *handle;
+-  cairo_surface_t   *surface;
+-  cairo_t           *cr;
+-#if LIBRSVG_CHECK_VERSION(2, 46, 0)
+-  RsvgRectangle      target_rect;
+-#endif
+-
+-  gchar             *input;
+-  gchar             *output;
+-  gint               dim;
+-  gint               retval = 0;
++  FILE *in_file;
++  FILE *out_file;
++  size_t bytes_read;
++  char buffer[8192];
+ 
+   if (argc != 4)
+     {
+-      g_fprintf (stderr, "Usage: colorsvg2png svg-image png-output size\n");
++      fprintf (stderr, "Usage: colorsvg2png svg-image png-output size\n");
+       return 1;
+     }
+ 
+-  input  = argv[1];
+-  output = argv[2];
+-  dim    = (gint) g_ascii_strtoull (argv[3], NULL, 10);
+-  if (dim < 1)
++  in_file = fopen (argv[1], "rb");
++  if (!in_file)
+     {
+-      g_fprintf (stderr, "Usage: invalid dimension %d\n", dim);
++      fprintf (stderr, "Error: failed to open input file '%s'\n", argv[1]);
+       return 1;
+     }
+ 
+-  handle = rsvg_handle_new_from_file (input, &error);
+-  if (! handle)
++  out_file = fopen (argv[2], "wb");
++  if (!out_file)
+     {
+-      g_fprintf (stderr,
+-                 "Error: failed to load '%s' as SVG: %s\n",
+-                 input, error->message);
+-      g_error_free (error);
++      fprintf (stderr, "Error: failed to open output file '%s'\n", argv[2]);
++      fclose (in_file);
+       return 1;
+     }
+ 
+-  surface = cairo_image_surface_create (CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, dim, dim);
+-  cr = cairo_create (surface);
+-
+-#if LIBRSVG_CHECK_VERSION(2, 46, 0)
+-  target_rect.x = target_rect.y = 0;
+-  target_rect.width = target_rect.height = dim;
+-
+-  if (! rsvg_handle_render_document (handle, cr, &target_rect, NULL))
+-#else
+-  if (! rsvg_handle_render_cairo (handle, cr))
+-#endif
++  while ((bytes_read = fread (buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), in_file)) > 0)
+     {
+-      g_fprintf (stderr,
+-                 "Error: failed to render '%s'\n",
+-                 input);
+-      retval = 1;
+-    }
+-
+-  if (retval == 0 &&
+-      cairo_surface_write_to_png (surface, output) != CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
++      if (fwrite (buffer, 1, bytes_read, out_file) != bytes_read)
+     {
+-      g_fprintf (stderr,
+-                 "Error: failed to write '%s'\n",
+-                 output);
+-      retval = 1;
++          fprintf (stderr, "Error: failed to write to '%s'\n", argv[2]);
++          fclose (in_file);
++          fclose (out_file);
++          return 1;
++        }
+     }
+ 
+-  cairo_surface_destroy (surface);
+-  cairo_destroy (cr);
+-  g_object_unref (handle);
++  fclose (in_file);
++  fclose (out_file);
+ 
+-  return retval;
++  return 0;
+ }
+diff -ruwN source/gimp-data/tools/meson.build source-new/gimp-data/tools/meson.build
+--- source/gimp-data/tools/meson.build	2026-04-07 19:54:05.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/gimp-data/tools/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:34:25.152716659 +0000
+@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
+   'colorsvg2png.c',
+   native: true,
+   dependencies: [
+-    native_glib,
+-    native_rsvg
+   ],
+   # In case b_sanitize was set, we don't really care if the tool has issues (in
+   # particular we experienced some memory leaks with b_sanitize=address, within
+diff -ruwN source/libgimp/gimpplugin.c source-new/libgimp/gimpplugin.c
+--- source/libgimp/gimpplugin.c	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/libgimp/gimpplugin.c	2026-10-08 07:14:34.086664710 +0000
+@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <libintl.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <sys/select.h>
+ 
+ #include "gimp.h"
+ 
+diff -ruwN source/libgimp/meson.build source-new/libgimp/meson.build
+--- source/libgimp/meson.build	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/libgimp/meson.build	2026-10-08 08:06:39.354346391 +0000
+@@ -637,40 +637,3 @@
+     )
+   endif
+ endif
+-
+-if not platform_osx and host_cpu_family != 'x86'
+-  nm = find_program('nm', required: false)
+-
+-  # Verify .def files for Windows linking.
+-  # We check this on non-Windows platform (Debian) on CI, and on Windows itself.
+-  custom_target('check-def-files',
+-    input: [
+-      '../libgimpbase/gimpbase.def',
+-      '../libgimpcolor/gimpcolor.def',
+-      '../libgimpconfig/gimpconfig.def',
+-      '../libgimp/gimp.def',
+-      '../libgimp/gimpui.def',
+-      '../libgimpmath/gimpmath.def',
+-      '../libgimpmodule/gimpmodule.def',
+-      '../libgimpthumb/gimpthumb.def',
+-      '../libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.def',
+-    ],
+-    depends: [
+-      libgimpbase,
+-      libgimpcolor,
+-      libgimpconfig,
+-      libgimp,
+-      libgimpui,
+-      libgimpmath,
+-      libgimpmodule,
+-      libgimpthumb,
+-      libgimpwidgets
+-    ],
+-    env: nm.found() ? { 'NM': nm.full_path() } : {},
+-    output: [ 'check-def-files', ],
+-    command: [
+-      python, meson.project_source_root() / 'tools' / 'defcheck.py', meson.project_source_root(),
+-    ],
+-    build_by_default: true,
+-  )
+-endif
+diff -ruwN source/libgimpbase/meson.build source-new/libgimpbase/meson.build
+--- source/libgimpbase/meson.build	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/libgimpbase/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:37:40.002041333 +0000
+@@ -135,20 +135,3 @@
+   libgimpbase_headers,
+   subdir: gimp_api_name / 'libgimpbase',
+ )
+-
+-# Test program, not installed
+-executable('test-cpu-accel',
+-  'test-cpu-accel.c',
+-  include_directories: rootInclude,
+-  dependencies: [
+-    glib,
+-  ],
+-  c_args: [
+-    '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="LibGimpBase"',
+-    '-DGIMP_BASE_COMPILATION',
+-  ],
+-  link_with: [
+-    libgimpbase,
+-  ],
+-  install: false,
+-)
+diff -ruwN source/meson.build source-new/meson.build
+--- source/meson.build	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/meson.build	2026-10-08 07:11:16.124158097 +0000
+@@ -486,8 +486,6 @@
+ # minimum requirement.
+ add_project_arguments('-DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_76', language: 'c')
+ 
+-gi                = dependency('gobject-introspection-1.0')
+-
+ gobject           = dependency('gobject-2.0',        version: '>='+glib_minver)
+ gmodule           = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
+ 
+@@ -573,38 +571,6 @@
+   pangoft2     = dependency('pangoft2',    version: '>='+pango_minver)
+ endif
+ 
+-if cc.run('''
+-  #include <pango/pango.h>
+-  #include <string.h>
+-  #include <stdlib.h>
+-
+-  int main () {
+-    const char *text = "ภาษาไทย";
+-    int char_count = 7;
+-    int byte_len = strlen(text);
+-    int breaks_found = 0;
+-
+-    PangoLogAttr *attrs = (PangoLogAttr *) calloc(char_count + 1, sizeof(PangoLogAttr));
+-
+-    pango_get_log_attrs (text, byte_len, -1, pango_language_from_string("th"), attrs, char_count + 1);
+-    for (int i = 1; i < char_count; i++) {
+-      if (attrs[i].is_line_break)
+-        breaks_found++;
+-    }
+-
+-    if (breaks_found > 0)
+-      return 0;
+-    else
+-      return 1;
+-  }
+-  ''',
+-  name: 'pango is built with libthai support',
+-  dependencies: [pango]).returncode() != 0
+-  thai_warning = 'Pango was not built with libthai support. Line breaking on Text tool may be incorrect on Thai language.'
+-  warning(thai_warning)
+-  warnings += thai_warning
+-endif
+-
+ conf.set('PANGO_DISABLE_DEPRECATED',pangocairo.version().version_compare('<1.43'))
+ 
+ # Check if Pango is built with a recent fontconfig
+@@ -801,7 +767,7 @@
+ ################################################################################
+ # Check for x11 support
+ 
+-x11_target = gtk3.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'targets').contains('x11')
++x11_target = false
+ 
+ x11   = x11_target ? dependency('x11')    : no_dep
+ xmu   = x11_target ? dependency('xmu')    : no_dep
+@@ -1200,45 +1166,7 @@
+   py_candidates += ['python3.' + i.to_string()]
+ endforeach
+ 
+-python = disabler()
+-pygobject_found = ''
+-pygobject_gexiv2_found = false
+-foreach py : py_candidates
+-  #Check if PyGobject installation have pycairo (#13105)
+-  python_tmp = pythonmod.find_installation(py, modules: ['gi', 'cairo'], required: false)
+-  if python_tmp.found() and python_tmp.language_version().version_compare(python3_minver)
+-    python = python_tmp
+-    #Check if PyGObject installation have minimum version
+-    pygobject_found = run_command(python_tmp, '-c',
+-                                  '\n'.join([
+-                                  '''import gi''',
+-                                  '''print(".".join(map(str, gi.version_info)))''']),
+-                                  check: false)
+-    #Check if PyGObject installation have gexiv2 (#15179)
+-    #(This is specially important on MacPorts where gexiv2 have many python variants)
+-    pygobject_gexiv2_found = run_command(python_tmp, '-c',
+-                                        '\n'.join([
+-                                        '''import sys, gi''',
+-                                        '''try:''',
+-                                        '''    import gi.repository.GExiv2''',
+-                                        '''except (ImportError):''',
+-                                        '''    sys.exit(1)''']),
+-                                        check: false).returncode() == 0
+-    if pygobject_found.returncode() == 0 and pygobject_found.stdout().strip().version_compare(pygobject_minver) and pygobject_gexiv2_found
+-      break
+-    endif
+-  endif
+-endforeach
+-
+-if not python.found() or not python.language_version().version_compare(python3_minver)
+-  error('No suitable Python installation (with cairo and gi modules) found. Minimum supported version: @0@'.format(python3_minver))
+-endif
+-message('Found Python @0@'.format(python.language_version()))
+-
+-if pygobject_found.returncode() != 0 or not pygobject_found.stdout().strip().version_compare(pygobject_minver) or not pygobject_gexiv2_found
+-  error('No suitable PyGObject (with GExiv2 submodule) found. Minimum supported version: @0@'.format(pygobject_minver))
+-endif
+-message('Found PyGObject: @0@'.format(pygobject_found.stdout().strip()))
++python = pythonmod.find_installation('python3')
+ 
+ ## Javascript
+ 
+@@ -1756,49 +1684,7 @@
+ ).returncode() == 0
+ 
+ generate_version_h = is_git_repository or not has_version_h
+-if generate_version_h
+-  gitversion_h1 = vcs_tag(
+-    input : 'app/git-version.h.in',
+-    output: 'git-version.h.in.1',
+-    command: [ 'git', 'describe', '--always', ],
+-    replace_string: '@GIMP_GIT_VERSION@',
+-    fallback: 'unknown (unsupported)',
+-  )
+-  gitversion_h2 = vcs_tag(
+-    input : gitversion_h1,
+-    output: 'git-version.h.in.2',
+-    command: [ 'git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD', ],
+-    replace_string: '@GIMP_GIT_VERSION_ABBREV@',
+-    fallback: 'unknown (unsupported)',
+-  )
+-  gitversion_h = vcs_tag(
+-    input : gitversion_h2,
+-    output: 'git-version.h',
+-    command: [ 'git', 'log', '-n1', '--date=format:%Y', '--pretty=%cd', ],
+-    replace_string: '@GIMP_GIT_LAST_COMMIT_YEAR@',
+-    fallback: 'unknown (unsupported)',
+-  )
+-
+-  git = find_program('git', required: false)
+-  if not is_git_repository or not git.found()
+-  # We create git-version.h but know it will be useless because we are
+-  # not in a git repository. Output a warning.
+-  git_warning = '''
+-
+-        UNSUPPORTED BUILD!
+-
+-        This is not a distribution tarball (git-version.h missing) and
+-        we could not establish the corresponding commit (either this is
+-        not a git repository or git command is missing). Therefore
+-        we have no reference for debugging.
+-        Please either use release tarballs or build from the repository.
+-  '''
+-  warning(git_warning)
+-  warnings += git_warning
+-  endif
+-else
+   gitversion_h = files('git-version.h')
+-endif
+ 
+ install_conf = configuration_data()
+ install_conf.set('GIMP_APP_VERSION', gimp_app_version)
+@@ -2071,7 +1957,7 @@
+   elif platform_osx
+     gimp_exe_depends += [patched_libgimp_gir, patched_libgimpui_gir]
+ 
+-    gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_GI_DIR', gi.get_variable('libdir'))
++    gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_GI_DIR', '/usr/lib')
+ 
+     gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_TEMP_UPDATE_RPATH', gimp_real_exe.full_path())
+     gimp_run_env.prepend('GIMP_TEMP_UPDATE_RPATH', libgimp.full_path())
+@@ -2087,20 +1973,10 @@
+     endforeach
+   endif
+ else
+-  # Cross-builds require an existing native GIMP installed, unless we
+-  # can run target binaries.
+-  native_gimp_exe = find_program([gimpconsole_exe_name, gimpmain_exe_name],
+-                                 native: true, required: false)
+-
+-  if not native_gimp_exe.found()
+-    error('When cross-compiling, the build requires either an exe_wrapper or a native GIMP installed (@0@ or @1@).'.format(gimpconsole_exe_name, gimpmain_exe_name))
+-  endif
+-
+-  gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD', native_gimp_exe.full_path())
+   gimp_exe_depends = []
+ endif
+ 
+-gimp_exe = find_program('tools'/'in-build-gimp.py')
++gimp_exe = disabler() # we're stripping native gimp build
+ 
+ ################################################################################
+ # Subdirs: part 2
+@@ -2108,14 +1984,6 @@
+ # gimp-data submodule part 2
+ subdir('gimp-data/images/')
+ 
+-# Unit testing
+-subdir('app/tests')
+-subdir('libgimp/tests')
+-
+-# Docs
+-subdir('docs')
+-subdir('devel-docs')
+-
+ # Inno Windows installer
+ if get_option('windows-installer')
+   subdir('po-windows-installer')
+diff -ruwN source/plug-ins/meson.build source-new/plug-ins/meson.build
+--- source/plug-ins/meson.build	2026-04-17 08:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/plug-ins/meson.build	2026-10-08 07:53:23.381004527 +0000
+@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
+   { 'name': 'metadata', },
+   { 'name': 'pagecurl', },
+   { 'name': 'print', },
+-  { 'name': 'screenshot', },
+-  { 'name': 'script-fu', },
++#  screenshot need x11
++#  script-fu need 'gi'
+   { 'name': 'selection-to-path', }
+ ]
+ 
+@@ -92,17 +92,6 @@
+   endif
+ endforeach
+ 
+-
+-#Dynamically created list of supported files with the plugins lists above
+-MIMEtypes_output = run_command(
+-  python,
+-  meson.current_source_dir() / 'generate_mime_ext.py',
+-  '--mime',
+-  meson.current_build_dir() / 'file_mimetypes.list',
+-  all_plugins_sources, check: true
+-).stdout().strip()
+-MIMEtypes_dep = declare_dependency(variables : {'MIMEtypes': MIMEtypes_output})
+-
+ if get_option('windows-installer') or get_option('ms-store')
+   custom_target('file_associations',
+     input : all_plugins_sources,
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/recipe.toml
index a0b36c722..0df9c929c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/recipe.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
 #TODO not compiled or tested
 # build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/blob/master/docs/development.adoc?ref_type=heads#user-content-debugging
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.4/gegl-0.4.46.tar.xz"
+tar = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/0.4/gegl-0.4.72.tar.xz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
 [build]
-template = "meson"
+template = "custom"
 mesonflags = [
     "-Ddocs=false",
-    "-Dgi-docgen=false",
+    "-Dgtk-doc=false",
     "-Dintrospection=false",
     "-Dparallel-tests=false",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    "cairo",
     "libpng",
     "glib",
+    "pango",
+    "babl",
+    "json-glib",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "libnsgif",
+    "poly2tri-c",
 ]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+CFLAGS="-std=c11"
+cookbook_meson
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d5150c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gegl/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff -ruwN source/meson.build source-new/meson.build
+--- source/meson.build	2026-09-07 02:51:56.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/meson.build	2026-10-08 04:30:15.334232657 +0000
+@@ -696,40 +696,8 @@
+ subdir('bin')
+ subdir('tools')
+ subdir('operations')
+-subdir('examples')
+-subdir('tests')
+ subdir('perf')
+ subdir('po')
+-subdir('docs')
+-
+-
+-if host_machine.system() != 'emscripten'
+-  nm = find_program('nm', required: false)
+-
+-  # Verify .def files for Windows linking (and for macOS too when -Wl,-exported_symbols_list is used).
+-  # We check this on non-Windows/non-macOS platform (Debian) on CI, and on Windows and macOS itself.
+-  # (This also checks if .gir files have parity with the library so parity with .def files too)
+-  custom_target('check-def-files',
+-    input: [
+-      gegl_def,
+-      g_ir.found() ? gegl_gir : [],
+-      gegl_npd_def,
+-      gegl_sc_def,
+-    ],
+-    depends: [
+-      gegl_lib,
+-      gegl_npd_lib,
+-      seamlessclone_lib
+-    ],
+-    env: nm.found() ? { 'NM': nm.full_path() } : {},
+-    output: [ 'check-def-files', ],
+-    command: [
+-      python, meson.project_source_root() / 'tools' / 'defcheck.py', '@INPUT@',
+-    ],
+-    build_by_default: true,
+-  )
+-endif
+-
+ 
+ if w3m.found()
+   # Create NEWS file from html file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gexiv2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gexiv2/recipe.toml
index f62f8489c..799b237f2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gexiv2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gnome/gexiv2/recipe.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gexiv2/0.14/gexiv2-0.14.2.tar.xz"
 [build]
 template = "meson"
 mesonflags = [
-    "-Dintrospection=false"
+    "-Dintrospection=false",
+    "-Dvapi=false",
+    "-Dpython3=false",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "exiv2"
+    "exiv2",
+    "glib",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/media/exiv2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/media/exiv2/recipe.toml
index b60246de4..c89c746ce 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/media/exiv2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/media/exiv2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO compile and test
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2"
 rev = "v0.28.8"
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ cmakeflags = [
 dependencies = [
     "zlib",
     "libiconv",
+    "inih",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/recipe.toml
index 3941eb70a..67e508c3d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/recipe.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
-# build instructions: https://github.com/ximion/appstream#build--install
-#TODO missing dependencies
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/AppStream-1.1.2.tar.xz"
+script = """
+mv AppStream-1.1.2/{*,.*} .
+rmdir AppStream-1.1.2
+"""
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
 [build]
 template = "meson"
 mesonflags = [
     "-Dsystemd=false",
     "-Dgir=false",
-    "-Dman=off",
+    "-Dman=false",
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
     "libxml2",
     "curl",
+    "libfyaml",
+    "libxmlb",
+    "libstemmer",
+    "bash-completion"
 ]
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "host:gperf"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8b1654a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/appstream/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+diff -ruwN source/AppStream-1.1.2/data/meson.build source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/data/meson.build
+--- source/AppStream-1.1.2/data/meson.build	2026-01-28 20:15:58.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/data/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:16:45.427081991 +0000
+@@ -7,52 +7,6 @@
+ install_data('its/metainfo.loc',
+               install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'gettext', 'its'))
+ 
+-# Do not rely on an exe wrapper for rel-info, use the system one in that case
+-if meson.is_cross_build()
+-    dependency('appstream', version: '>=' + as_version, native: true,
+-               not_found_message: 'Native appstream required for cross-building')
+-    ascli_exe = find_program('appstreamcli', native: true)
+-endif
+-
+-# NOTE: We do not translate the release notes on purpose here.
+-# If you do want to give translators a chance to translate them,
+-# ascli news-to-metainfo needs to produce a temporary file to translate
+-# prior to running (x)gettext on the file.
+-metainfo_with_relinfo = custom_target('gen-output',
+-    input : ['../NEWS', 'org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml'],
+-    output : ['nol10n_withrelinfo_org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml'],
+-    command : [ascli_exe, 'news-to-metainfo', '--limit=6', '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@', '@OUTPUT@']
+-)
+-
+-metainfo_i18n = i18n.itstool_join(
+-    input:  metainfo_with_relinfo,
+-    output: 'org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml',
+-    mo_targets: i18n_result[0],
+-    its_files: [join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'its', 'metainfo.its')],
+-    install: true,
+-    install_dir: metainfo_dir,
+-)
+-
+-test('as-validate_metainfo.cli',
+-    ascli_exe,
+-    args: ['validate',
+-           '--pedantic',
+-           '--no-net',
+-           metainfo_i18n]
+-)
+-
+ # install appstream.conf default template
+ install_data('appstream.conf',
+              install_dir: as_data_installdir)
+-
+-if get_option('compose')
+-    ascompose_metainfo = 'org.freedesktop.appstream.compose.metainfo.xml'
+-    test('as-validate_metainfo.compose',
+-         ascli_exe,
+-         args: ['validate',
+-                '--pedantic',
+-                '--no-net',
+-                join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), ascompose_metainfo)]
+-    )
+-    install_data(ascompose_metainfo, install_dir: metainfo_dir)
+-endif
+diff -ruwN source/AppStream-1.1.2/meson.build source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/meson.build
+--- source/AppStream-1.1.2/meson.build	2026-01-28 20:15:58.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/meson.build	2026-10-08 06:22:27.470986289 +0000
+@@ -193,15 +193,10 @@
+ stemmer_inc_dirs = include_directories()
+ if get_option('stemming')
+     stemmer_lib = cc.find_library('stemmer', required: true)
+-    stemmer_inc_dirs = include_directories(['/usr/include'])
+     if not cc.has_header('libstemmer.h')
+-        if cc.has_header('libstemmer/libstemmer.h')
+-            stemmer_inc_dirs = include_directories('/usr/include/libstemmer')
+-        else
+             error('Unable to find Snowball header "libstemmer.h". Please ensure libstemmer/Snowball is installed properly in order to continue.')
+         endif
+     endif
+-endif
+ 
+ # use gperf for faster string -> enum matching
+ gperf = find_program('gperf')
+diff -ruwN source/AppStream-1.1.2/src/as-system-info.c source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/src/as-system-info.c
+--- source/AppStream-1.1.2/src/as-system-info.c	2026-01-28 20:15:58.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/AppStream-1.1.2/src/as-system-info.c	2026-10-08 06:23:01.354958074 +0000
+@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
+ 		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 	return hbi.memory_size / MB_IN_BYTES;
+-#elif defined(__sun)
++#elif defined(__sun) || defined(__redox__)
+ 	long physpages = sysconf (_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
+ 	long pagesize = sysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ 	if (physpages > 0 && pagesize > 0)
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/recipe.toml
index 39154ba61..0af789cc4 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/recipe.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
-# build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/babl/-/blob/master/INSTALL.in?ref_type=heads
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/0.1/babl-0.1.124.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "30ef72ccc64771f876b4e42e0d5d05f8561fd6bb4baf225ad498056b1e896f92"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
 [build]
 template = "meson"
 mesonflags = [
     "-Dwith-docs=false",
     "-Denable-gir=false",
     "-Denable-vapi=false",
-    "-Dgi-docgen=false",
+    "-Dgi-docgen=disabled",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..687b3c624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/babl/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff -ruwN source/babl/babl-conversion.c source-new/babl/babl-conversion.c
+--- source/babl/babl-conversion.c	2026-03-10 15:56:45.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/babl/babl-conversion.c	2026-10-08 02:54:11.064600969 +0000
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
++#include <alloca.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+diff -ruwN source/babl/babl-fish-path.c source-new/babl/babl-fish-path.c
+--- source/babl/babl-fish-path.c	2026-03-10 15:56:45.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/babl/babl-fish-path.c	2026-10-08 02:54:11.064600969 +0000
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
+ #include <math.h>
++#include <alloca.h>
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ #include <malloc.h>
+ #endif
+diff -ruwN source/babl/babl-polynomial.c source-new/babl/babl-polynomial.c
+--- source/babl/babl-polynomial.c	2026-03-10 15:56:45.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/babl/babl-polynomial.c	2026-10-08 02:54:11.064600969 +0000
+@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <alloca.h>
+ #include <math.h>
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+ #include <malloc.h>
+diff -ruwN source/extensions/sse2-float.c source-new/extensions/sse2-float.c
+--- source/extensions/sse2-float.c	2026-03-10 15:56:45.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/extensions/sse2-float.c	2026-10-08 02:54:11.064600969 +0000
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ /* SSE 2 */
+ #include <emmintrin.h>
+ 
++#include <alloca.h>
+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c22b729fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/pantoniou/libfyaml/releases/download/v0.9.6/libfyaml-0.9.6.tar.gz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
+[build]
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f91626ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfyaml/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -ruwN source/CMakeLists.txt source-new/CMakeLists.txt
+--- source/CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-15 13:48:50.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/CMakeLists.txt	2026-10-08 05:58:36.546675313 +0000
+@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@
+     set(COMMON_C_DEFINITIONS WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+ else()
+     set(COMMON_C_DEFINITIONS _GNU_SOURCE)
++    set(COMMON_C_DEFINITIONS HAVE_ALLOCA_H)
+ endif()
+ 
+ # MSVC requires C11 for stdatomic.h
+diff -ruwN source/include/libfyaml/libfyaml-endian.h source-new/include/libfyaml/libfyaml-endian.h
+--- source/include/libfyaml/libfyaml-endian.h	2026-03-15 13:48:50.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/include/libfyaml/libfyaml-endian.h	2026-10-08 05:53:56.988388856 +0000
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
++#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__redox__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
+ # include <endian.h>
+ #elif defined(__APPLE__)
+ # include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
+diff -ruwN source/src/util/fy-utils.c source-new/src/util/fy-utils.c
+--- source/src/util/fy-utils.c	2026-03-15 13:48:50.000000000 +0000
++++ source-new/src/util/fy-utils.c	2026-10-08 06:03:33.209958279 +0000
+@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
+ 	if (!fyms)
+ 		return NULL;
+ 	memset(fyms, 0, sizeof(*fyms));
+-#if !defined(_WIN32)
++#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__redox__)
+ 	fyms->fp = open_memstream(&fyms->buf, &fyms->size);
+ #else
+ 	fyms->fp = tmpfile();
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
index 5cef02e38..e4e2dbb92 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ compiler = "no-lto"
 template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
+CPPFLAGS+=" -fno-lto"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/source/configure"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libmypaint/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libmypaint/recipe.toml
index 49968016c..3e14a1e6b 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libmypaint/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libmypaint/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-#TODO probably missing dependencies: https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint/#dependencies
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/mypaint/libmypaint/releases/download/v1.6.0/libmypaint-1.6.0.tar.xz"
+script = """
+GNU_CONFIG_GET config.sub
+"""
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+export CPPFLAGS+=" -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/glib-2.0 -I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib/glib-2.0/include"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
-    "gobject-introspection",
+    "json-c",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnsgif/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnsgif/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba4cc019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnsgif/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/libnsgif-1.0.0-src.tar.gz"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dev-dependencies = [
+    "netsurf-buildsystem"
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+# Netsurf does not currently support out-of-tree builds :(
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+
+# netsurf mixes up CFLAGS for host and build
+export CC="${CC} ${CPPFLAGS}"
+export NSSHARED=${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/share/netsurf-buildsystem
+export PREFIX=/usr
+export COMPONENT_TYPE=lib-shared
+"$COOKBOOK_MAKE" V=1 -j"$COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS"
+"$COOKBOOK_MAKE" DESTDIR="$COOKBOOK_STAGE" install -j"$COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libstemmer/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libstemmer/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ad0ce334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libstemmer/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+[source]
+tar = "https://snowballstem.org/dist/libstemmer_c-3.1.1.tar.gz"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+compiler = "no-lto"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+rsync -a --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+mkdir -p ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/include
+make CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC $CPPFLAGS"
+cp libstemmer.a ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib
+cp stemwords  ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin
+cp include/* ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/include
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libxmlb/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libxmlb/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b24aa8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libxmlb/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/hughsie/libxmlb/releases/download/0.3.29/libxmlb-0.3.29.tar.xz"
+
+[build]
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dintrospection=false"
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "glib",
+    "zstd",
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/mypaint-brushes/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/mypaint-brushes/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab02060b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/mypaint-brushes/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO compiled but not tested
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint-brushes/releases/download/v2.0.2/mypaint-brushes-2.0.2.tar.xz"
+[build]
+template = "configure"
+
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/netsurf-buildsystem/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/netsurf-buildsystem/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b9781c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/netsurf-buildsystem/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.netsurf-browser.org/libs/releases/buildsystem-1.10.tar.gz"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+# Netsurf does not currently support out-of-tree builds :(
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+
+make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fd078006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/KyleLink/poly2tri-c"
+shallow_clone = true
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+script = """
+# find . -type d -exec touch {}/Makefile.in \\;
+# touch aclocal.m4 configure configure.ac Makefile.am
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "glib",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="./configure"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ad4623fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/poly2tri-c/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index c6f694e..6082285 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ SUBDIRS = poly2tri-c bin
+ 
+-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
++ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
+ 
+ pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+ pkgconfig_DATA = poly2tri-c.pc
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 8ba632f..a52b355 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ AC_PROG_CC
+ # -Werror, so we will only add that option afterwards. For more information, see
+ # the discussion at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2010-01/msg00031.html
+ 
+-# Pedantic errors please
+-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -ansi -pedantic"
+-
+ # Find the standard math functions
+ # Taken from http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/autoconf/finding.html
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([math.h])
+@@ -93,9 +90,6 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([log10], [m], [], [
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find the log10() function])
+ ])
+ 
+-# Warnings as errors please
+-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
+-
+ # Find GLib support via pkg-config
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.28])
+ 
+diff --git a/poly2tri-c/refine/Makefile.am b/poly2tri-c/refine/Makefile.am
+index 8701b0d..74edd34 100644
+--- a/poly2tri-c/refine/Makefile.am
++++ b/poly2tri-c/refine/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libp2tc-refine.la
+ 
+-libp2tc_refine_la_SOURCES = bounded-line.c bounded-line.h cdt.c cdt.h cdt-flipfix.c cdt-flipfix.h circle.c circle.h cluster.c cluster.h delaunay-terminator.c delaunay-terminator.h edge.c edge.h line.c line.h rmath.c rmath.h mesh.c mesh.h mesh-action.c mesh-action.h point.c point.h pslg.c pslg.h refine.h refiner.c refiner.h triangle.c triangle.h triangulation.h utils.c utils.h vector2.c vector2.h vedge.c vedge.h vtriangle.c vtriangle.h visibility.c visibility.h
++libp2tc_refine_la_SOURCES = bounded-line.c bounded-line.h cdt-flipfix.c cdt-flipfix.h circle.c circle.h cluster.c cluster.h delaunay-terminator.c delaunay-terminator.h edge.c edge.h line.c line.h rmath.c rmath.h mesh.c mesh.h mesh-action.c mesh-action.h point.c point.h pslg.c pslg.h refine.h refiner.c refiner.h rcdt.c rcdt.h rutils.c rutils.h triangle.c triangle.h triangulation.h vector2.c vector2.h vedge.c vedge.h vtriangle.c vtriangle.h visibility.c visibility.h
+ 
+ P2TC_REFINE_publicdir = $(P2TC_publicdir)/refine
+-P2TC_REFINE_public_HEADERS = bounded-line.h cdt.h circle.h cluster.h edge.h line.h mesh.h mesh-action.h point.h pslg.h refine.h refiner.h rmath.h triangle.h triangulation.h utils.h vector2.h vedge.h vtriangle.h visibility.h
++P2TC_REFINE_public_HEADERS = bounded-line.h circle.h cluster.h edge.h line.h mesh.h mesh-action.h point.h pslg.h rcdt.h refine.h refiner.h rmath.h rutils.h triangle.h triangulation.h vector2.h vedge.h vtriangle.h visibility.h
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/text/inih/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/text/inih/recipe.toml
index 6e950d061..e36bb5bb2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/text/inih/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/text/inih/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#TODO not compiled or tested
-# build instructions: https://github.com/benhoyt/inih#meson-notes
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/benhoyt/inih"
 rev = "r62"