diff --git a/classes/windowing.yaml b/classes/windowing.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a551608d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/windowing.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Config:
+    WINDOWING_WAYLAND:
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+    WINDOWING_X11:
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+
+buildVars: [WINDOWING_WAYLAND, WINDOWING_X11]
+buildSetup: |
+    windowingWaylandOnOff () {
+        [[ ${WINDOWING_WAYLAND} -eq 1 ]] && echo ON || echo OFF
+    }
+    windowingX11OnOff () {
+        [[ ${WINDOWING_X11} -eq 1 ]] && echo ON || echo OFF
+    }
diff --git a/recipes/devel/itstool.yaml b/recipes/devel/itstool.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24060afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/devel/itstool.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+inherit: [autotools, autoconf, python3]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_VERSION: "2.0.7+lxml_migration"
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+depends:
+    - python::lxml
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: git
+    # url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/itstool/itstool.git
+    url: https://github.com/nwellnhof/itstool.git
+    # The latest itstool release uses libxml2, but the python bindings of
+    # libxml2 are deprecated. Use a version from the lxml transformation pull
+    # request until it's merged and a new release is published.
+    # See https://github.com/itstool/itstool/pull/57/
+    commit: 0f6751a586422719442eb7e9ddfe635ec7ca06fb
+
+buildScript: |
+    export PYTHON=python3
+    autotoolsBuild -s $1
+
+packageScript: |
+    autotoolsPackageTgt
+
+provideTools:
+    itstool: "usr/bin"
diff --git a/recipes/graphics/freerdp.yaml b/recipes/graphics/freerdp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd80f27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/graphics/freerdp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+inherit: [cmake, windowing]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_LICENSE: "Apache-2.0"
+    PKG_VERSION: "3.23.0"
+
+depends:
+    - libs::alsa-lib-dev
+    - libs::openssl-dev
+    - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+      depends:
+          - libs::xorg::libxkbfile-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libX11-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXcursor-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXi-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXinerama-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXv-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXrandr-dev
+    - libs::zlib-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::alsa-lib-tgt
+          - libs::openssl-tgt
+          - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+            depends:
+                - libs::xorg::libxkbfile-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libX11-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXcursor-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXi-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXinerama-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXv-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXrandr-tgt
+          - libs::zlib-tgt
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: https://pub.freerdp.com/releases/freerdp-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+    digestSHA256: c4f7b3763d2915c1db6806f055f3573b640331adfaf722a8735d740378c1b5bb
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildScript: |
+    CONFIG_OPTS=()
+
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_ALSA=ON")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_UNICODE_BUILTIN=ON")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_CLIENT_SDL=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_CUPS=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_CAIRO=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DCHANNEL_URBDRC=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_FUSE=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_X11=$(windowingX11OnOff)")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_SWSCALE=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_KRB5=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_PULSE=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_FFMPEG=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_SERVER=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_SERVER_INTERFACE=OFF")
+    CONFIG_OPTS+=("-DWITH_THIRD_PARTY=OFF")
+
+    cmakeBuild $1 \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+          -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
+          -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=TRUE \
+          -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=TRUE \
+          -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+          -DWITH_GPROF=OFF \
+          -DWITH_MANPAGES=OFF \
+          -DWITH_PROFILER=OFF \
+          -DWITH_SAMPLE=OFF \
+          ${CONFIG_OPTS[@]} \
+
+provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+packageScript: |
+    cmakePackageTgt
diff --git a/recipes/graphics/ratpoison.yaml b/recipes/graphics/ratpoison.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ccc1b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/graphics/ratpoison.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+inherit: [autotools]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+    PKG_VERSION: "1.4.9"
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: https://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ratpoison/ratpoison-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+    digestSHA256: d98fa4be025ecca453c407ff311ab3949f29f20d6d8abedf8f0716b85fc8d1f1
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+depends:
+    - libs::xorg::libX11-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::xorg::libX11-tgt
+
+buildScript: |
+    autotoolsBuild $1 --without-xft \
+       --without-xkb \
+       --without-xrandr
+
+provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+packageScript: |
+    autotoolsPackageBin
diff --git a/recipes/libs/appstream.yaml b/recipes/libs/appstream.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa3b014e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/appstream.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+inherit: [meson]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+    PKG_VERSION: "1.1.2"
+
+depends:
+    - tools:
+          target-toolchain: host-compat-toolchain
+      use: [tools]
+      depends:
+          - devel::gperf
+          - devel::itstool
+          - name: python::lxml
+            use: [result]
+
+    - libs::glib-dev
+    - libs::libfyaml-dev
+    - libs::libpcre2-dev
+    - libs::libxml2-dev
+    - libs::libxmlb-dev
+    - net::curl-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::glib-tgt
+          - libs::libfyaml-tgt
+          - libs::libpcre2-tgt
+          - libs::libxml2-tgt
+          - libs::libxmlb-tgt
+          - net::curl-tgt
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/ximion/appstream/archive/refs/tags/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    digestSHA256: 564ec87b16e9e4ee81fb021e612250fd27f3a3ecd31c209a5dd1ff59def3022d
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildTools: [gettext, glib, gperf, itstool]
+buildScript: |
+    mesonBuild $1 \
+        -Dsystemd=false \
+        -Dzstd-support=false \
+        -Dgir=false \
+        -Dstemming=false \
+        -Dapidocs=false \
+        -Ddocs=false \
+        -Dinstall-docs=false \
+        -Dbash-completion=false \
+        -Dman=false
+
+multiPackage:
+    native:
+        packageScript: |
+            rsync -a --delete $1/install/ .
+        provideTools:
+            appstream-native: "usr/bin"
+    "":
+        depends:
+            # appstream references itself. the referenced version has to be a host
+            # native build (non cross)
+            - name: libs::appstream-native
+              tools:
+                  target-toolchain: host-native-toolchain
+              use: [tools]
+        buildTools: [appstream-native]
+        buildSetup: |
+            # appstream needs a 'full' native appstream, not only the tools, to build...
+            export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR:${BOB_TOOL_PATHS['appstream-native']}/../lib/pkgconfig
+        multiPackage:
+            "dev":
+                packageScript: |
+                    mesonPackageDev
+                provideDeps: ['*-dev']
+            "tgt":
+                packageScript: |
+                    mesonPackageTgt
+                provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+            "":
+                depends:
+                    - use: []
+                      name: libs::appstream-tgt
+                packageScript: |
+                    mesonPackageBin
+                provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+                provideTools:
+                    appstream: usr/bin
diff --git a/recipes/libs/fltk.yaml b/recipes/libs/fltk.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9b5dce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/fltk.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+inherit: [cmake, windowing]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_DESCRIPTION: "Fast Light Toolkit"
+    PKG_LICENSE: "LGPL-2.0-only WITH FLTK-exception"
+    PKG_VERSION: "1.3.11"
+
+depends:
+    - libs::libpng-dev
+    - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+      name: libs::xorg::libX11-dev
+    - libs::zlib-dev
+    - virtual::libs::libegl-dev
+    - virtual::libs::libjpeg-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::libpng-tgt
+          - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+            name: libs::xorg::libX11-tgt
+          - libs::zlib-tgt
+          - virtual::libs::libegl-tgt
+          - virtual::libs::libjpeg-tgt
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/fltk/fltk/releases/download/release-${PKG_VERSION}/fltk-${PKG_VERSION}-source.tar.bz2
+    digestSHA256: ca2e144e5f89173cd094cc273940d56230b1bf613083a0792e6406dc191cd99f
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildScript: |
+    cmakeBuild $1 \
+        -DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=0 \
+        -DFLTK_BUILD_EXAMPLES=0 \
+        -DFLTK_BACKEND_X11=$(windowingX11OnOff)
+
+multiPackage:
+    dev:
+        provideDeps: ['*-dev']
+        packageScript: |
+            cmakePackageDev $1 "usr/share/" "usr/share/fltk/***"
+
+    tgt:
+        provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+        packageScript: |
+            cmakePackageTgt
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libfyaml.yaml b/recipes/libs/libfyaml.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31947455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/libfyaml.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+inherit: [cmake, patch]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_VERSION: "0.9.5"
+    PKG_LICENSE: "MIT"
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/pantoniou/libfyaml/releases/download/v${PKG_VERSION}/libfyaml-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    digestSHA256: 9acbc9737808b2833a51be0d4b361987ab6bbbb19cbda7c0c5c83148c8addd8a
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+checkoutDeterministic: True
+checkoutScript: |
+    patchApplySeries $<@libfyaml/*.patch@>
+
+depends:
+    - libs::libyaml-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::libyaml-tgt
+
+buildScript: |
+    cmakeBuild $1 \
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+        -DCOMPILER_SUPPORTS_WNO_TAUTOLOGICAL_CONSTANT_OUT_OF_RANGE_COMPARE=0
+
+multiPackage:
+    dev:
+        provideDeps: ['*-dev']
+        packageScript: cmakePackageDev
+    tgt:
+        provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+        packageScript: cmakePackageTgt
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libfyaml/0001-utils-fix-overflow-checks.patch b/recipes/libs/libfyaml/0001-utils-fix-overflow-checks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fd056c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/libfyaml/0001-utils-fix-overflow-checks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From c71802e0ee84e34ee5a2e964fdae9a0db7df3378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ralf Hubert <ralf.hubert@secunet.com>
+Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:17:03 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] utils: fix overflow checks
+
+Fix a compile error raised on the custom overflow implementations, e.g.:
+
+ src/util/fy-utils.h:232:23: error: '__result' undeclared (first use in
+                                   this function); did you mean '__res'?
+   __overflow = ((__a ^ __result) & (__b & __result)) < 0; \
+
+Signed-off-by: Ralf Hubert <ralf.hubert@secunet.com>
+---
+ src/tool/fy-tool-util.h | 4 ++--
+ src/util/fy-utils.h     | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/tool/fy-tool-util.h b/src/tool/fy-tool-util.h
+index 1094e44..62b0e94 100644
+--- a/src/tool/fy-tool-util.h
++++ b/src/tool/fy-tool-util.h
+@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static inline bool fy_add_overflow_size_t(size_t a, size_t b, size_t *resp)
+ 	\
+ 	__res = __a + __b; \
+ 	/* overflow when signs of a, b same, but results different */ \
+-	__overflow = ((__a ^ __result) & (__b & __result)) < 0; \
++	__overflow = ((__a ^ __res) & (__b & __res)) < 0; \
+ 	*(_resp) = __res; \
+ 	__overflow; \
+ })
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static inline bool fy_sub_overflow_size_t(size_t a, size_t b, size_t *resp)
+ 	\
+ 	__res = __a - __b; \
+ 	/* overflow when signs of a, b differ, but results different from minuend */ \
+-	__overflow = ((__a ^ __b) & (__a & __result)) < 0; \
++	__overflow = ((__a ^ __b) & (__a & __res)) < 0; \
+ 	*(_resp) = __res; \
+ 	__overflow; \
+ })
+diff --git a/src/util/fy-utils.h b/src/util/fy-utils.h
+index e7ac43c..018874b 100644
+--- a/src/util/fy-utils.h
++++ b/src/util/fy-utils.h
+@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void fy_keyword_iter_end(struct fy_keyword_iter *iter);
+ 	\
+ 	__res = __a + __b; \
+ 	/* overflow when signs of a, b same, but results different */ \
+-	__overflow = ((__a ^ __result) & (__b & __result)) < 0; \
++	__overflow = ((__a ^ __res) & (__b & __res)) < 0; \
+ 	*(_resp) = __res; \
+ 	__overflow; \
+ })
+@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void fy_keyword_iter_end(struct fy_keyword_iter *iter);
+ 	\
+ 	__res = __a - __b; \
+ 	/* overflow when signs of a, b differ, but results different from minuend */ \
+-	__overflow = ((__a ^ __b) & (__a & __result)) < 0; \
++	__overflow = ((__a ^ __b) & (__a & __res)) < 0; \
+ 	*(_resp) = __res; \
+ 	__overflow; \
+ })
+-- 
+2.52.0
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libxmlb.yaml b/recipes/libs/libxmlb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bc550e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/libxmlb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+inherit: [meson]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_VERSION: "0.3.25"
+    PKG_LICENSE: "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/hughsie/libxmlb/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/libxmlb-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+    digestSHA256: 77f2768c9debd2e946173cdf9465efd987849805e7c58251c5772ea728a61d9a
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+depends:
+    - libs::glib-dev
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - libs::glib-tgt
+
+buildScript: |
+    mesonBuild $1 \
+        -Dintrospection=false \
+        -Dgtkdoc=false \
+        -Dtests=false \
+        -Dcli=false
+
+multiPackage:
+    dev:
+        provideDeps: ['*-dev']
+        packageScript: |
+            mesonPackageDev
+    tgt:
+        provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+        packageScript: |
+            mesonPackageTgt
diff --git a/recipes/python/lxml.yaml b/recipes/python/lxml.yaml
index 16eda4d7..8b381d8b 100644
--- a/recipes/python/lxml.yaml
+++ b/recipes/python/lxml.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ inherit: [patch, "python3::setuptools", "python3::cext"]
 
 metaEnvironment:
     PKG_LICENSE: "BSD-3-Clause"
-    PKG_VERSION: "5.3.1"
+    PKG_VERSION: "6.0.0"
 
 depends:
     - tools:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ depends:
 checkoutSCM:
     scm: url
     url: https://github.com/lxml/lxml/archive/refs/tags/lxml-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-    digestSHA1: f2c04d861f72d7119697194f6e46d3cdfd272e0c
+    digestSHA256: 5560ee7bd3bcea0e64221bbb23f4ee1d222296ef25ba217e327a5f1d963005d9
     stripComponents: 1
 
 checkoutDeterministic: True
diff --git a/recipes/utils/tigervnc.yaml b/recipes/utils/tigervnc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0882db41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/utils/tigervnc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+inherit: [cmake, windowing]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+    PKG_VERSION: "1.16.0"
+
+depends:
+    - name: libs::appstream
+      tools:
+          target-toolchain: host-compat-toolchain
+      use: [tools]
+
+    - core::linux-pam-dev
+    - libs::fltk-dev
+    - libs::fontconfig-dev
+    - libs::mesa3d-dev
+    - libs::pixman-dev
+
+    - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+      depends:
+          - libs::xorg::libXdamage-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXft-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXinerama-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXrender-dev
+          - libs::xorg::libXmu-dev
+
+    - libs::xorg::libXi-dev
+    - libs::zlib-dev
+    - virtual::libs::libjpeg-dev
+
+    - use: []
+      depends:
+          - core::linux-pam-tgt
+          - libs::fltk-tgt
+          - libs::fontconfig-tgt
+          - libs::mesa3d-tgt
+          - libs::pixman-tgt
+
+          - if: "${WINDOWING_X11}"
+            depends:
+                - libs::xorg::libXdamage-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXft-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXinerama-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXrender-tgt
+                - libs::xorg::libXmu-tgt
+
+          - libs::xorg::libXi-tgt
+          - libs::zlib-tgt
+          - virtual::libs::libjpeg-tgt
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GITHUB_MIRROR}/TigerVNC/tigervnc/archive/refs/tags/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    digestSHA256: 10512fc0254ae3bde41c19d18c15f7ebd8cd476261afe0611c41965d635d46e8
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildTools: [gettext, appstream]
+buildScript: |
+    # provide appstream ITS files
+    export GETTEXTDATADIRS="${BOB_TOOL_PATHS['appstream']}/../share/gettext/"
+    # FIXME: fltk depends on png and dl but the cmake magic did not
+    # provide these libs??
+    export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lpng -ldl"
+    cmakeBuild $1 -Wno-dev
+
+provideDeps: ['*-tgt']
+packageScript: |
+    cmakePackageTgt
diff --git a/tests/buildall/recipes/all.yaml b/tests/buildall/recipes/all.yaml
index 747b8265..81e1ff69 100644
--- a/tests/buildall/recipes/all.yaml
+++ b/tests/buildall/recipes/all.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ depends:
     - graphics::fonts::xorg::schumacher-misc
     - graphics::fonts::xorg::sony-misc
     - graphics::fonts::xorg::sun-misc
+    - graphics::freerdp
     - graphics::imagemagick
     - graphics::kmscube
+    - graphics::ratpoison
 
     - graphics::wayland::wayland
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ depends:
     - kernel::linux-image
 
     - libs::alsa-lib-tgt
+    - libs::appstream-tgt
     - libs::libassuan-tgt
     - libs::libksba-tgt
     - libs::botan-tgt
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ depends:
     - libs::dbus-glib-tgt
     - libs::double-conversion-tgt
     - libs::elfutils
+    - libs::fltk-tgt
     - libs::fontconfig-tgt
     - libs::freetype-tgt
     - libs::fribidi-tgt
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ depends:
     - libs::qt6-wayland-tgt
     - libs::slirp-tgt
     - libs::tinyxml2-tgt
+    - libs::libxmlb-tgt
     - libs::yajl-tgt
 
     - multimedia::alsa-utils
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ depends:
     - utils::strace
     - utils::sysbench
     - utils::tidy
+    - utils::tigervnc
     - utils::ttysnoop
     - utils::xorriso
     - utils::xxd
diff --git a/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml b/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
index 62fd5015..c453c50e 100644
--- a/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
+++ b/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ depends:
           - devel::gengetopt
           - devel::groff
           - devel::intltool
+          - devel::itstool
           - devel::lua-bin
           - devel::makedepend
           - devel::nasm