diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/git-lfs/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/git-lfs/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1816e464dcb66eb913c2aaa4995866f97981564d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/git-lfs/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO missing script for GNU Make, see https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs?tab=readme-ov-file#from-source
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v3.5.1/git-lfs-v3.5.1.tar.gz"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/net/vimini/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/net/vimini/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c571acfda853fde054707a116e25f769634a34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/net/vimini/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+[source]
+git = "https://git.sr.ht/~lufte/vimini"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
+dependencies = [
+    "sqlite3",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/tools/simplemoji/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/tools/simplemoji/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1b76c3b66a2a3c0cb767367aac1ff6bc66cf281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/tools/simplemoji/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO require the Noto Color Emoji font, see https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Color+Emoji
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/SergioRibera/Simplemoji"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/cloud-hypervisor/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/cloud-hypervisor/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2d9bca3abcc3a4d6e78fadc8b2ed410b5aa19c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/cloud-hypervisor/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO port to redox
+# required host dependencies - https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor/blob/main/docs/building.md#install-prerequisites
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/cloud-hypervisor"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/crosvm/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/crosvm/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..967bc0ffb4d0c944e4164923c0c703c4895a959f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/crosvm/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#TODO port to redox
+#TODO maybe missing dependencies
+#TODO required host dependencies - https://github.com/google/crosvm/blob/main/tools/install-deps
+# feature flags - https://crosvm.dev/doc/crosvm/#feature-flags
+# how to use - https://crosvm.dev/book/running_crosvm/example_usage.html
+# examples - https://github.com/google/crosvm/tree/main/tools/examples
+[source]
+git = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/crosvm/crosvm"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
+dependencies = [
+    "ffmpeg6",
+    "libcap",
+    "dbus",
+    "libepoxy",
+    "glib",
+    "libslirp",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/firecracker/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/firecracker/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ea9463d3bf9000bbc51bc774c57c94a9429885aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/firecracker/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+cookbook_cargo_packages firecracker
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/libguestfs/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/libguestfs/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc3244b81390b2f570a13aff3ac273d74548c8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/libguestfs/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO determine the dependencies, read https://libguestfs.org/guestfs-building.1.html
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.libguestfs.org/1.52-stable/libguestfs-1.52.1.tar.gz"
+[build]
+template = "configure"