diff --git a/recipes/wip/files/gnome-files/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/files/gnome-files/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18199b870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/files/gnome-files/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO discover minimum dependencies from meson log
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/nautilus/49/nautilus-49.1.tar.xz"
+[build]
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dextensions=false",
+    "-Dintrospection=false",
+    "-Dpackagekit=false",
+    "-Dselinux=disabled",
+    "-Dcloudproviders=disabled",
+    "-Dtests=none",
+]
+#[package] # probably optional dependencies
+#dependencies = [
+#    "localsearch",
+#    "xdg-user-dirs-gtk",
+#]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/files/kde-dolphin/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/files/kde-dolphin/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e562f033d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/files/kde-dolphin/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO discover minimum dependencies from cmake log
+[source]
+git = "https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin"
+branch = "release/25.08"
+shallow_clone = true
+[build]
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53fbbc03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/xdg-user-dirs-gtk/0.14/xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.14.tar.xz"
+[build]
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/search/localsearch/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/search/localsearch/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6687bc50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/search/localsearch/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO discover minimum dependencies from meson log
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/localsearch/3.10/localsearch-3.10.1.tar.xz"
+[build]
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    "-Dfunctional_tests=false",
+    "-Dsandbox_tests=false",
+    "-Dseccomp=false",
+    "-Dbattery_detection=none",
+    "-Dsystemd_user_services=false",
+    "-Dman=false",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/system/discover/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/system/discover/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32828d4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/system/discover/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+#TODO determine minimum dependencies from cmake log
+[source]
+git = "https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover"
+branch = "Plasma/6.5"
+shallow_clone = true
+[build]
+template = "cmake"