diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/AOFlagger/AOFlagger-3.4.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/AOFlagger/AOFlagger-3.4.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1fe2a3f7dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/AOFlagger/AOFlagger-3.4.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'AOFlagger'
+version = '3.4.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://aoflagger.readthedocs.io/'
+description = """The AOFlagger is a tool that can find and remove radio-frequency interference (RFI)
+in radio astronomical observations. It can make use of Lua scripts to make flagging strategies flexible,
+and the tools are applicable to a wide set of telescopes."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'source_urls': [
+            'https://gitlab.com/aroffringa/%(namelower)s/-/package_files/96704214/'
+        ],
+        'filename': '%(namelower)s-v%(version)s.tar.bz2',
+        'download_filename': 'download'
+    },
+]
+checksums = ['9560b7381b68f37d842599f222a8aa2a5d3d3d501d1277471e1a0ba3d7b2aeba']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('casacore', '3.5.0'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('GSL', '2.7'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('Lua', '5.4.6'),
+    ('libpng', '1.6.40'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/%(namelower)s.h', 'bin/%(namelower)s'],
+    'dirs': ['bin'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [('%(namelower)s', '-v')]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Armadillo/Armadillo-12.8.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Armadillo/Armadillo-12.8.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cde4b18960cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Armadillo/Armadillo-12.8.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name = 'Armadillo'
+version = '12.8.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://arma.sourceforge.net/'
+description = """Armadillo is an open-source C++ linear algebra library (matrix maths) aiming towards
+ a good balance between speed and ease of use. Integer, floating point and complex numbers are supported,
+ as well as a subset of trigonometric and statistics functions."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_XZ]
+checksums = ['a89bb6fece5ce9fdd1d01a4bc145cf7cc0b939c5777cca46de69c2f5e3412cf0']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('arpack-ng', '3.9.0'),
+]
+
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/arpack-ng/arpack-ng-3.9.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/arpack-ng/arpack-ng-3.9.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10d825ca22fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/arpack-ng/arpack-ng-3.9.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Author:    Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'arpack-ng'
+version = '3.9.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/opencollab/arpack-ng'
+description = "ARPACK is a collection of Fortran77 subroutines designed to solve large scale eigenvalue problems."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'usempi': True}
+
+github_account = 'opencollab'
+
+source_urls = [GITHUB_SOURCE]
+sources = ['%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['24f2a2b259992d3c797d80f626878aa8e2ed5009d549dad57854bbcfb95e1ed0']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Autotools', '20220317'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.0.3'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('Eigen', '3.4.0'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = "sh bootstrap && "
+configopts = '--enable-mpi --with-pic --with-blas="$LIBBLAS" --with-lapack="$LIBLAPACK"'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib64/libarpack.la', 'lib64/libarpack.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib64/libparpack.la', 'lib64/libparpack.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Python/Boost.Python-1.83.0-GCC-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Python/Boost.Python-1.83.0-GCC-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7af796a853d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Python/Boost.Python-1.83.0-GCC-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+easyblock = 'EB_Boost'
+
+name = 'Boost.Python'
+version = '1.83.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://boostorg.github.io/python'
+description = """Boost.Python is a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++
+ and the Python programming language."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/%(version)s/source/']
+sources = ['boost_1_83_0.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['c0685b68dd44cc46574cce86c4e17c0f611b15e195be9848dfd0769a0a207628']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+]
+
+only_python_bindings = True
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CFITSIO/CFITSIO-4.3.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CFITSIO/CFITSIO-4.3.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c22b4a16118e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CFITSIO/CFITSIO-4.3.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+# Author: Denis Kristak
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'CFITSIO'
+version = '4.3.1'
+
+homepage = 'https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/'
+description = """CFITSIO is a library of C and Fortran subroutines for reading and writing data files in
+FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+patches = ['%(name)s-3.48_install_test_data.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ: '47a7c8ee05687be1e1d8eeeb94fb88f060fbf3cd8a4df52ccb88d5eb0f5062be'},
+    {'%(name)s-3.48_install_test_data.patch': 'dbf16f857f133468fc1e6a793c6e89fca66d54796593e03606f2722a2a980c0c'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+# curl for HTTPs support
+dependencies = [
+    ('cURL', '8.3.0'),
+]
+
+# make would create just static libcfitsio.a.
+# Let's create dynamic lib and testprog too.
+buildopts = "&& make shared && make testprog"
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libcfitsio.a', 'lib/libcfitsio.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ['cd %(installdir)s/share && testprog']
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-add-C-style-header-for-GCC-13.1.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-add-C-style-header-for-GCC-13.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efef286e59a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-add-C-style-header-for-GCC-13.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 68e43f489abd3d4f1e2fe54a42695396703aa81a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Broekema <broekema-github@fuzzms.nl>
+Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 12:43:34 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] add C-style header to fix GCC 13.1 compile error on uint16_t
+ not being a valid type (#1309)
+
+---
+ tables/Dysco/bytepacker.h | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/tables/Dysco/bytepacker.h b/tables/Dysco/bytepacker.h
+index d62754046..cb1193b41 100644
+--- a/tables/Dysco/bytepacker.h
++++ b/tables/Dysco/bytepacker.h
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ #define DYSCO_BYTE_PACKER_H
+
+ #include <stdexcept>
++#include <cstdint>
+
+ namespace dyscostman {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..741298d14886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/casacore/casacore-3.5.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'casacore'
+version = '3.5.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/casacore/casacore'
+description = """A suite of C++ libraries for radio astronomy data processing.
+The ephemerides data needs to be in DATA_DIR and the location must be specified at runtime.
+Thus user's can update them.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/%(name)s/%(name)s/archive']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+patches = ['casacore-3.5.0-add-C-style-header-for-GCC-13.1.patch']
+checksums = [
+    '63f1c8eff932b0fcbd38c598a5811e6e5397b72835b637d6f426105a183b3f91',  # casacore-3.5.0.tar.gz
+    '7b35d21cd654a7a215d604310f5372319ad21b6261f4a7ae038912b97ef22983',  # add-C-style-header-for-GCC-13.1.patch
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('flex', '2.6.4'),
+    ('Bison', '3.8.2'),
+    ('wget', '1.21.4'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('WCSLIB', '7.11'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.3'),
+    ('GSL', '2.7'),
+    ('Boost.Python', '1.83.0'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.11'),
+    ('ncurses', '6.4'),
+]
+
+configopts = '-DBUILD_PYTHON=NO -DBUILD_PYTHON3=YES -Wno-dev -DCXX11="ON" '
+configopts += '-DDATA_DIR=%(installdir)s/data -DUSE_OPENMP=ON -DUSE_HDF5=ON '
+configopts += '-DUSE_MPI=ON '
+
+local_download_cmd = 'wget --retry-connrefused ftp://anonymous@ftp.astron.nl/outgoing/Measures/WSRT_Measures.ztar '
+local_download_cmd += '-O /tmp/WSRT_Measures.ztar '
+
+# Install casacore data
+postinstallcmds = [
+    local_download_cmd,
+    "tar xfvz /tmp/WSRT_Measures.ztar --one-top-level=%(installdir)s/data",
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [
+        'lib/libcasa_casa.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+        'lib/libcasa_mirlib.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+        'lib/libcasa_ms.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+    ],
+    'dirs': ['bin', 'include/%(name)s'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [('measuresdata', '')]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8373cc5f8bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'DP3'
+version = '6.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://dp3.readthedocs.io/'
+description = "DP3: streaming processing pipeline for radio interferometric data."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'filename': '%(name)s-v%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        # Repo uses git submodules, which are not included in the release tarballs.
+        # Thus, we let EasyBuild download directly from the git repository.
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://git.astron.nl/RD',
+            'repo_name': '%(name)s',
+            'tag': 'v%(version)s',
+            'clone_into': '%(name)s',
+            'recursive': True
+        }
+    },
+]
+patches = ['DP3-6.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch']
+checksums = [
+    None,  # checksum for git clone source is non-deterministic
+    # DP3-6.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
+    '7f5069388846c9c715013d5a3a267a6d8e266520445a6427e63e9d52d3046c9d',
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('casacore', '3.5.0'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('WCSLIB', '7.11'),
+    ('GSL', '2.7'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('EveryBeam', '0.5.2'),
+    ('Armadillo', '12.8.0'),
+    ('AOFlagger', '3.4.0'),
+    ('IDG', '1.2.0'),
+]
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/include/%(namelower)s/base/%(name)s.h', 'bin/%(name)s'],
+    'dirs': ['bin'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [('%(name)s', '--version')]
+
+moduleclass = 'astro'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abfd8e34f069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/DP3/DP3-6.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Fix for XSIMD build error on Neoverse V1
+# See: https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd/issues/1005 and https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd/commit/1d8536b
+# Mar 11th 2024 by T. Kok (SURF)
+--- DP3.orig/external/aocommon/CMake/FetchXTensor.cmake	2024-03-11 11:20:32.024804259 +0100
++++ DP3/external/aocommon/CMake/FetchXTensor.cmake	2024-03-11 11:21:32.851493709 +0100
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+   set(xtl_GIT_TAG b3d0091a77af52f1b479b5b768260be4873aa8a7)
+ endif()
+ if (NOT xsimd_GIT_TAG)
+-  set(xsimd_GIT_TAG 2f5eddf8912c7e2527f0c50895c7560b964d29af)
++  set(xsimd_GIT_TAG 1d8536b393171b899031f01b7c2d63858b05665c)
+ endif()
+ if (NOT xtensor_GIT_TAG)
+   set(xtensor_GIT_TAG 0.24.2)
+@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@
+   endif()
+
+ endforeach()
++
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EveryBeam/EveryBeam-0.5.2-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EveryBeam/EveryBeam-0.5.2-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bec1bf004e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/e/EveryBeam/EveryBeam-0.5.2-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'EveryBeam'
+version = '0.5.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://everybeam.readthedocs.io/'
+description = """Library that provides the antenna response pattern for several instruments,
+such as LOFAR (and LOBES), SKA (OSKAR), MWA, JVLA, etc."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'filename': '%(name)s-v%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        # Repo uses git submodules, which are not included in the release tarballs.
+        # Thus, we let EasyBuild download directly from the git repository.
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://git.astron.nl/RD',
+            'repo_name': '%(name)s',
+            'tag': 'v%(version)s',
+            'clone_into': '%(name)s',
+            'recursive': True
+        }
+    },
+]
+checksums = [None]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('wget', '1.21.4'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('casacore', '3.5.0'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('WCSLIB', '7.11'),
+    ('GSL', '2.7'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+]
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/%(name)s/beamformer.h', 'lib/libeverybeam.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1efa15553447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'IDG'
+version = '1.2.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://idg.readthedocs.io/'
+description = """Image Domain Gridding (IDG) is a fast method for convolutional resampling (gridding/degridding)
+of radio astronomical data (visibilities). Direction dependent effects (DDEs) or A-tems can be applied
+in the gridding process.
+The algorithm is described in "Image Domain Gridding: a fast method for convolutional resampling of visibilities",
+Van der Tol (2018).
+The implementation is described in "Radio-astronomical imaging on graphics processors", Veenboer (2020).
+Please cite these papers in publications using IDG.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'filename': '%(name)s-v%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        # Repo uses git submodules, which are not included in the release tarballs.
+        # Thus, we let EasyBuild download directly from the git repository.
+        'git_config': {
+            'url': 'https://gitlab.com/astron-idg',
+            'repo_name': '%(name)s',
+            'tag': '%(version)s',
+            'clone_into': '%(name)s',
+            'recursive': True
+        }
+    },
+]
+patches = ['IDG-1.2.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch']
+checksums = [
+    None,  # checksum for git clone source is non-deterministic
+    # IDG-1.2.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
+    '3811028d7757cd7085501bf3209f8eb526eafb67caf2950110a25a7a072df3c1',
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+]
+
+
+configopts = "-DBUILD_WITH_MPI=ON -DBUILD_WITH_PYTHON=ON "
+configopts += "-DBUILD_WITH_DEMOS=ON "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [
+        'include/%(namelower)s-api.h', 'include/%(namelower)s.h',
+        'lib/libidg.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libidg-api.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+    ],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'lib', 'lib64'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..619cd243570f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/IDG/IDG-1.2.0_fix-for-xsimd-error-on-neoverse-v1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Fix for XSIMD build error on Neoverse V1
+# See: https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd/issues/1005 and https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd/commit/1d8536b
+# Mar 11th 2024 by T. Kok (SURF)
+--- IDG.orig/external/aocommon/CMake/FetchXTensor.cmake	2024-03-11 11:27:53.254059321 +0100
++++ IDG/external/aocommon/CMake/FetchXTensor.cmake	2024-03-11 11:28:41.974412520 +0100
+@@ -1,35 +1,68 @@
+-#Allow overriding XTensor versions
+-if (NOT XTL_GIT_TAG)
+-  set(XTL_GIT_TAG 0.7.4)
++#Allow overriding XTensor versions, e.g., for testing a new version in DP3.
++#For avoiding ODR violations, repositories that use aocommon should not override
++#these versions in their master branch. That way, the XTensor versions will
++#be equal in all repositories.
++if (NOT xtl_GIT_TAG)
++  set(xtl_GIT_TAG b3d0091a77af52f1b479b5b768260be4873aa8a7)
+ endif()
+-if (NOT XSIMD_GIT_TAG)
+-  set(XSIMD_GIT_TAG 8.1.0)
++if (NOT xsimd_GIT_TAG)
++  set(xsimd_GIT_TAG 1d8536b393171b899031f01b7c2d63858b05665c)
+ endif()
+-if (NOT XTENSOR_GIT_TAG)
+-  set(XTENSOR_GIT_TAG 0.24.2)
++if (NOT xtensor_GIT_TAG)
++  set(xtensor_GIT_TAG 0.24.2)
++endif()
++if (NOT xtensor-blas_GIT_TAG)
++  set(xtensor-blas_GIT_TAG 0.20.0)
++endif()
++if (NOT xtensor-fftw_GIT_TAG)
++  set(xtensor-fftw_GIT_TAG e6be85a376624da10629b6525c81759e02020308)
++endif()
++
++# By default, only load the basic 'xtensor' and 'xtl' modules.
++if (NOT XTENSOR_LIBRARIES)
++  set(XTENSOR_LIBRARIES xtl xtensor) # Load xtl first, since xtensor uses it.
+ endif()
+
+ include(FetchContent)
+
+-FetchContent_Declare(
+-  xtl
+-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtl.git
+-  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+-  GIT_TAG ${XTL_GIT_TAG})
+-FetchContent_Declare(
+-  xsimd
+-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd.git
+-  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+-  GIT_TAG ${XSMID_GIT_TAG})
+-FetchContent_Declare(
+-  xtensor
+-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtensor.git
+-  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+-  GIT_TAG ${XTENSOR_GIT_TAG})
+-
+-# Ensure XTensor headers are included as system headers.
+-foreach(LIB xtl;xsimd;xtensor)
+-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(${LIB})
+-  get_target_property(IID ${LIB} INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+-  set_target_properties(${LIB} PROPERTIES INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${IID}")
+-endforeach()
+\ No newline at end of file
++foreach(LIB ${XTENSOR_LIBRARIES})
++  set(XT_GIT_TAG "${${LIB}_GIT_TAG}")
++  if (NOT XT_GIT_TAG)
++    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown git tag for XTensor library '${LIB}'")
++  endif()
++
++  # Checking out a specific git commit hash does not (always) work when
++  # GIT_SHALLOW is TRUE. See the documentation for GIT_TAG in
++  # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/ExternalProject.html
++  # -> If the GIT_TAG is a commit hash, use a non-shallow clone.
++  string(LENGTH "${XT_GIT_TAG}" XT_TAG_LENGTH)
++  set(XT_SHALLOW TRUE)
++  if(XT_TAG_LENGTH EQUAL 40 AND XT_GIT_TAG MATCHES "^[0-9a-f]+$")
++    set(XT_SHALLOW FALSE)
++  endif()
++
++  FetchContent_Declare(
++    ${LIB}
++    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/xtensor-stack/${LIB}.git
++    GIT_SHALLOW ${XT_SHALLOW}
++    GIT_TAG ${XT_GIT_TAG})
++
++  if ("${LIB}" STREQUAL "xtensor-fftw")
++    # Unlike the other libraries, xtensor-fftw does not define a CMake target.
++    # Its CMakeLists.txt also loads FFTW using custom options.
++    # -> Do not build this library, and define an INTERFACE target manually.
++    FetchContent_GetProperties(${LIB})
++    if(NOT ${${LIB}_POPULATED})
++      FetchContent_Populate(${LIB})
++    endif()
++    add_library(${LIB} INTERFACE)
++    target_include_directories(${LIB} SYSTEM INTERFACE "${${LIB}_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
++  else()
++    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(${LIB})
++    # Ensure XTensor headers are included as system headers.
++    get_target_property(IID ${LIB} INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
++    set_target_properties(${LIB} PROPERTIES INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${IID}")
++  endif()
++
++endforeach()
++
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/Lua/Lua-5.4.6-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/Lua/Lua-5.4.6-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2b1eef5195d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/Lua/Lua-5.4.6-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name = 'Lua'
+version = '5.4.6'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.lua.org/'
+description = """Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
+ Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based
+ on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed,
+ runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine,
+ and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection,
+ making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.%(namelower)s.org/ftp/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['7d5ea1b9cb6aa0b59ca3dde1c6adcb57ef83a1ba8e5432c0ecd06bf439b3ad88']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('ncurses', '6.4'),
+    ('libreadline', '8.2'),
+]
+
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libidn2/libidn2-2.3.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libidn2/libidn2-2.3.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fea33552f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libidn2/libidn2-2.3.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libidn2'
+version = '2.3.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gnu.org/software/%(name)s'
+description = "Libidn2 implements the revised algorithm for internationalized domain names called IDNA2008/TR46."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['76940cd4e778e8093579a9d195b25fff5e936e9dc6242068528b437a76764f91']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/idn2', 'lib/%s.%s' % (name, SHLIB_EXT)],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ['idn2 --help']
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.45-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.45-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6815128938a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PCRE/PCRE-8.45-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'PCRE'
+version = '8.45'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.pcre.org/'
+description = """
+ The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
+ pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [
+    SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE,
+    'https://ftp.%(namelower)s.org/pub/%(namelower)s/',
+]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['4e6ce03e0336e8b4a3d6c2b70b1c5e18590a5673a98186da90d4f33c23defc09']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+]
+
+configopts = "--enable-utf --enable-unicode-properties --enable-pcre16 --enable-pcre32"
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [
+        'bin/%(namelower)s-config',
+        'include/%(namelower)s.h',
+        'share/man/man3/%(namelower)s.3',
+        'lib/libpcre32.%s' % SHLIB_EXT
+    ],
+    'dirs': ['lib/pkgconfig', 'share/doc/%(namelower)s/html', 'share/man/man1'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PGPLOT/PGPLOT-5.2.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PGPLOT/PGPLOT-5.2.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fef204118222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/PGPLOT/PGPLOT-5.2.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+easyblock = 'CmdCp'
+
+name = 'PGPLOT'
+version = '5.2.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/'
+description = """The PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a Fortran- or C-callable,
+device-independent graphics package for making simple scientific graphs. It is intended
+for making graphical images of publication quality with minimum effort on the part of
+the user. For most applications, the program can be device-independent, and the output
+can be directed to the appropriate device at run time."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/%(namelower)s/']
+sources = ['%%(namelower)s%s.tar.gz' % version.replace('.', '')]
+patches = ['%(name)s-%(version_major_minor)s.2_gfortran-deps-fixes.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'pgplot522.tar.gz': 'a5799ff719a510d84d26df4ae7409ae61fe66477e3f1e8820422a9a4727a5be4'},
+    {'PGPLOT-5.2.2_gfortran-deps-fixes.patch': 'b1822eb32499dc18aa4aa4fae0b31c3c64ff8abb3a243716e78addafa7e58cec'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('libpng', '1.6.40'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+    ('X11', '20231019'),
+]
+
+# create .so symlinks for shared libraries
+postinstallcmds = [
+    "cd %%(installdir)s/lib && ln -s libcpgplot.%s.%%(version)s libcpgplot.%s.5" % (SHLIB_EXT, SHLIB_EXT),
+    "cd %%(installdir)s/lib && ln -s libcpgplot.%s.%%(version)s libcpgplot.%s" % (SHLIB_EXT, SHLIB_EXT),
+    "cd %%(installdir)s/lib && ln -s libpgplot.%s.%%(version)s libpgplot.%s.5" % (SHLIB_EXT, SHLIB_EXT),
+    "cd %%(installdir)s/lib && ln -s libpgplot.%s.%%(version)s libpgplot.%s" % (SHLIB_EXT, SHLIB_EXT),
+]
+
+files_to_copy = [
+    (['pgdemo*'], 'bin'),
+    (['libpgplot.*', 'libcpgplot.*'], 'lib'),
+    (['grfont.dat'], 'share'),
+    (['cpgplot.h'], 'include'),
+]
+cmds_map = [('.*', './makemake . linux g77_gcc && make && make shared && make cpg && make cpg-shared')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [
+        'include/cpgplot.h',
+        'lib/libpgplot.a',
+        'lib/libcpgplot.a',
+        'lib/libpgplot.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+        'lib/libcpgplot.%s' % SHLIB_EXT
+    ],
+    'dirs': ['bin'],
+}
+
+modextravars = {'PGPLOT_FONT': '%(installdir)s/share/grfont.dat'}
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WCSLIB/WCSLIB-7.11-GCC-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WCSLIB/WCSLIB-7.11-GCC-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a6ebb8aacfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WCSLIB/WCSLIB-7.11-GCC-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'WCSLIB'
+version = '7.11'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/'
+description = """The FITS "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard defines keywords
+and usage that provide for the description of astronomical coordinate systems in a
+FITS image header."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/%(namelower)s/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+checksums = ['46befbfdf50cd4953896676a7d570094dc7661e2ae9677b092e7fb13cee3da5f']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('M4', '1.4.19'),
+    ('flex', '2.6.4'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('PGPLOT', '5.2.2'),
+    ('X11', '20231019'),
+]
+
+configopts = "--with-cfitsiolib=$EBROOTCFITSIO/lib --with-cfitsioinc=$EBROOTCFITSIO/include "
+configopts += "--with-pgplotlib=$EBROOTPGPLOT/lib --with-pgplotinc=$EBROOTPGPLOT/include "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/wcsgrid', 'bin/wcsware', 'lib/libpgsbox-%(version)s.a', 'lib/libpgsbox.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["wcsgrid --help 2>&1 | grep '^Usage: wcsgrid'"]
+
+moduleclass = 'geo'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WSClean/WSClean-3.4-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WSClean/WSClean-3.4-foss-2023b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1bdea0de218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WSClean/WSClean-3.4-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'WSClean'
+version = '3.4'
+
+homepage = 'https://wsclean.readthedocs.io/'
+description = """WSClean (w-stacking clean) is a fast generic widefield imager.
+It implements several gridding algorithms and offers fully-automated multi-scale
+multi-frequency deconvolution."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'source_urls': ['https://gitlab.com/aroffringa/%(namelower)s/-/package_files/97237455/'],
+        'filename': '%(namelower)s-v%(version)s.tar.bz2',
+        'download_filename': 'download'
+    },
+]
+checksums = ['b43d8ca490ccf34dd22aae6c5ca88a5dcb3cff0526835d3f97fa6d239745e641']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('casacore', '3.5.0'),
+    ('EveryBeam', '0.5.2'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('CFITSIO', '4.3.1'),
+    ('GSL', '2.7'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.14.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('IDG', '1.2.0'),
+]
+
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/wscleaninterface.h', 'bin/%(namelower)s'],
+    'dirs': ['bin'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [('%(namelower)s', '--version')]
+
+moduleclass = 'astro'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wget/wget-1.21.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wget/wget-1.21.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d77cd2923d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/wget/wget-1.21.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'wget'
+version = '1.21.4'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/wget'
+description = """GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP,
+ the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool,
+ so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = [
+    {SOURCE_TAR_GZ: '81542f5cefb8faacc39bbbc6c82ded80e3e4a88505ae72ea51df27525bcde04c'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.0.3'),
+    ('Perl', '5.38.0'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('PCRE', '8.45'),
+    ('libidn2', '2.3.2'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+    # OS dependency should be preferred if the os version is more recent then this version,
+    # it's nice to have an up to date gnutls for security reasons
+    # ('GnuTLS', '3.7.1'),
+]
+
+# make sure pkgconfig picks up system packages (OpenSSL & co)
+local_pc = "%(sysroot)s/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:"
+local_pc += "%(sysroot)s/usr/lib/pkgconfig:"
+local_pc += "%(sysroot)s/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig"
+preconfigopts = "export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%s && " % local_pc
+configopts = '--with-ssl=openssl '
+
+# Optionally, you can use gnutls (default) instead of OpenSSL.
+# Do not forget to comment out configopts in that case.
+# osdependencies = [('gnutls-devel', 'gnutls-dev', 'libgnutls-devel')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/%(name)s'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'