diff --git a/recipes/wip/office/cactui/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/office/cactui/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f491a8aae1c5f152525d00368ff74814d8114a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/office/cactui/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/vkobinski/CacTui"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/ssh/dropbear/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/ssh/dropbear/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed1ae0268881d733d4aee43c1ab8ee1049740b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/ssh/dropbear/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO missing gnu make script, see https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/blob/master/INSTALL.md
+[source]
+tar = "https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-2024.85.tar.bz2"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/sys-info/btop/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/sys-info/btop/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8df60dff1b5e537913ac1e628198344aede79e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/sys-info/btop/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO missing gnu make script, see https://github.com/aristocratos/btop#compilation-linux
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/aristocratos/btop"
+rev = "fd2a2acdad6fbaad76846cb5e802cf2ae022d670"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/vm/virtualbox/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/vm/virtualbox/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26a78e72ac1e3e0e4fc15e54f2c0d346de7df19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/vm/virtualbox/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#TODO missing script for kbuild
+#TODO missing dependencies
+# build instructions:
+# https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Build_instructions
+# https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions
+# how to port - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Porting_VirtualBox
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.20/VirtualBox-7.0.20.tar.bz2"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "libcap",
+    "curl",
+    "libopus",
+    "pulseaudio",
+    "qt5-3d",
+    "qt5-x11extras",
+    "qt5-tools",
+    "sdl1",
+    "sdl2-ttf",
+    "openssl1",
+    "libvpx",
+    "libxml2",
+    "libxslt",
+    "zlib",
+    "mesa",
+]