(dxlii) 11 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Ack - A grep-like program for searching source code
   • Version: v3.8.2 on 2025-04-06, with 131 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v3.8.1 was 3 months, 5 days before
   • Author: PETDANCE
2. App::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: 0.997022 on 2025-04-05, with 74 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.997021 was 3 months, 25 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
3. App::ModuleBuildTiny - A standalone authoring tool for Module::Build::Tiny and Dist::Build
   • Version: 0.049 on 2025-04-01, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.048 was 12 days before
   • Author: LEONT
4. CGI - Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses
   • Version: 4.68 on 2025-04-01, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.67 was 2 months, 24 days before
   • Author: LEEJO
5. Kelp - A web framework light, yet rich in nutrients.
   • Version: 2.21 on 2025-04-02, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.19 was 5 months, 23 days before
   • Author: BRTASTIC
6. Module::Runtime - runtime module handling
   • Version: 0.017 on 2025-04-06, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.016 was 7 years, 5 months, 20 days before
   • Author: HAARG
7. Scalar::List::Utils - Common Scalar and List utility subroutines
   • Version: 1.69 on 2025-04-01, with 181 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.68 was 5 months, 14 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
8. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990052 on 2025-04-04, with 36 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990049 was 15 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO
9. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
   • Version: 1.772 on 2025-03-31, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.771 was 3 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
10. Test::Deep - Extremely flexible deep comparison
    • Version: 1.205 on 2025-04-01, with 54 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.204 was 2 years, 2 months, 25 days before
    • Author: RJBS
11. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 2.008000 on 2025-03-31, with 142 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.006000 was 6 months, 2 days before
    • Author: TOBYINK

(dcv) metacpan weekly report - JQ::Lite

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 32

Week's winner: JQ::Lite (+3)

Build date: 2025/04/06 21:48:00 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::GLOINBG::Utils - Utilities module for GLOINBG projects
• CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
• String::Fuzzy - Python-style fuzzy string matching (fuzzywuzzy port)
• Test2::Tools::TypeTiny - Test2 tools for checking Type::Tiny types

Increasing its reputation:

• ARGV::JSON (+1=4)
• Brownie (+1=4)
• DateTime (+1=223)
• DateTime::TimeZone (+1=22)
• Devel::Cover (+1=103)
• Encode (+1=64)
• Getopt::Long (+1=124)
• HTML::Strip (+1=8)
• JQ::Lite (+3=4)
• JSON::PP (+1=20)
• Message::Passing (+1=18)
• Module::Loader (+1=5)
• Mojo::IOLoop::ReadWriteProcess (+1=6)
• perl (+1=430)
• PerlX::Maybe (+1=36)
• Rex (+2=86)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=181)
• SQL::Abstract (+1=77)
• Test::BDD::Cucumber (+1=17)
• Test::Ika (+1=3)
• Test::Spec (+1=21)
• Time::Moment (+1=74)
• XML::Feed (+1=11)
• XML::FeedPP (+1=2)
• XML::RSS (+1=10)

(dxli) 10 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
   • Version: 2.426 on 2025-03-24, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.424 was 15 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.65 on 2025-03-26, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.64 was 2 months, 9 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
3. Graph - graph data structures and algorithms
   • Version: 0.9735 on 2025-03-27, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.9734 was 26 days before
   • Author: ETJ
4. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.005002 on 2025-03-28, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.004001 was 26 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
5. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
   • Version: 4.0006 on 2025-03-23, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.0005 was 3 months, 11 days before
   • Author: DCANTRELL
6. PDL - Perl Data Language
   • Version: 2.100 on 2025-03-27, with 57 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.099 was 2 months, 4 days before
   • Author: ETJ
7. Pod::Usage - extracts POD documentation and shows usage information
   • Version: 2.05 on 2025-03-29, with 46 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.03 was 2 years, 10 months, 8 days before
   • Author: MAREKR
8. Sys::SigAction - Perl extension for Consistent Signal Handling
   • Version: 0.24 on 2025-03-26, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.23 was 8 years, 6 months, 15 days before
   • Author: LBAXTER
9. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
   • Version: 1.771 on 2025-03-27, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.768 was 22 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
10. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302210 on 2025-03-29, with 192 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302209 was 2 months, 7 days before
    • Author: EXODIST

(dciv) metacpan weekly report - ARGV::JSON

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 45

Week's winners (+3): ARGV::JSON 

Build date: 2025/03/29 21:23:30 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• CPAN::Requirements::Dynamic - Dynamic prerequisites in meta files
• Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS10 - Perl extension to OpenSSL's PKCS10 API.
• Dancer2::Plugin::OpenAPI - create OpenAPI documentation of your application
• Gnome2::Canvas - (DEPRECATED) A structured graphics canvas
• JQ::Lite - A lightweight jq-like JSON query engine in Perl
• Mail::Abuse - A plugin for accessing abuse complaints
• Task::Biodiverse - Task for Biodiverse dependencies [DEPRECATED]

Increasing its reputation:

• App::DBBrowser (+1=15)
• App::githook::perltidy (+1=8)
• App::Music::ChordPro (+1=4)
• ARGV::JSON (+3=4)
• Catalyst::Manual (+1=50)
• Catalyst::Runtime (+1=158)
• Config::Tiny (+1=36)
• CryptX (+1=52)
• DBI (+1=278)
• e (+1=6)
• Email::Stuffer (+1=36)
• Gazelle (+1=26)
• HTML5::DOM (+1=14)
• HTTP::Promise (+1=2)
• JSON::PP (+1=20)
• Map::Tube (+1=8)
• Net::Dict (+1=3)
• no::warnings (+1=2)
• OpenGL::GLFW (+1=2)
• PAR::Packer (+1=44)
• Parallel::ForkManager (+1=101)
• perl (+2=430)
• Pinto (+1=64)
• Pod::Usage (+1=46)
• Readonly (+1=23)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=180)
• SPVM (+1=36)
• Switch::Right (+1=3)
• Sys::Cmd (+1=4)
• Sys::CpuLoad (+1=2)
• Sys::SigAction (+1=12)
• Text::CSV (+1=81)
• Text::ParseWords (+1=15)
• Time::Moment (+1=74)
• Tree::RB::XS (+1=5)
• Weather::Fetch (+1=2)

(dxl) 13 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::ModuleBuildTiny - A standalone authoring tool for Module::Build::Tiny and Dist::Build
   • Version: 0.048 on 2025-03-20, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.047 was 8 months, 8 days before
   • Author: LEONT
2. App::Sqitch - Sensible database change management
   • Version: v1.5.1 on 2025-03-16, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.5.0 was 2 months, 8 days before
   • Author: DWHEELER
3. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.20 on 2025-03-22, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.19 was 2 months, 17 days before
   • Author: SCHUBIGER
4. DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader - Create a DBIx::Class::Schema based on a database
   • Version: 0.07053 on 2025-03-19, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.07052 was 1 year, 2 months, 13 days before
   • Author: VEESH
5. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.64 on 2025-03-20, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 5 years, 8 months, 13 days before
   • Author: DDICK
6. JSON::Validator - Validate data against a JSON schema
   • Version: 5.15 on 2025-03-16, with 35 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.14 was 2 years, 10 days before
   • Author: JHTHORSEN
7. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20250321 on 2025-03-21, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20250220 was 25 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
8. Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI - OpenAPI / Swagger plugin for Mojolicious
   • Version: 5.11 on 2025-03-18, with 46 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.09 was 2 years, 26 days before
   • Author: JHTHORSEN
9. OpenGL - Perl bindings to the OpenGL API, GLU, and GLUT/FreeGLUT
   • Version: 0.7004 on 2025-03-19, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.70 was 8 years, 5 months, 11 days before
   • Author: ETJ
10. Path::Tiny - File path utility
    • Version: 0.148 on 2025-03-17, with 191 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.146 was 10 months, 9 days before
    • Author: DAGOLDEN
11. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
    • Version: 0.93 on 2025-03-17, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.91 was 6 months, 21 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
12. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990049 on 2025-03-20, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990048 was 8 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
13. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v11.1.0 on 2025-03-19, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v11.0.0 was 1 month, 12 days before
    • Author: DANBERR

(dciii) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 62

This week there isn't any remarkable distribution

Build date: 2025/03/22 22:53:29 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::ANSIColorUtils - Utilities related to ANSI color
• Map::Tube::GraphViz - GraphViz interface to the Map::Tube.
• MIDI::RtController - Control your MIDI controller
• no::warnings - suppress certain warnings for a dynamic scope
• Time::Progress - Elapsed and estimated finish time reporting.

Increasing its reputation:

• Acme::CPANAuthors::Russian (+1=5)
• AnyEvent (+1=166)
• App::Sqitch (+1=44)
• Attribute::Lexical (+1=2)
• Carmel (+1=35)
• Carp::REPL (+1=4)
• Carp::Reply (+1=11)
• Data::Dumper::GUI (+1=8)
• Data::Faker (+1=11)
• Data::Printer (+1=153)
• DBIx::TempDB (+1=4)
• Devel::REPL (+1=72)
• Dist::Milla (+1=38)
• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Git::Contributors (+1=10)
• Feature::Compat::Try (+1=19)
• Function::Parameters (+1=61)
• Future (+1=58)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=48)
• Geo::Hash (+1=2)
• Image::Libpuzzle (+1=3)
• Image::PHash (+1=2)
• IO::Async (+1=77)
• JSON (+1=109)
• JSON::PP (+1=19)
• JSON::XS (+1=118)
• LWP::UserAgent::WithCache (+1=2)
• Module::CoreList (+1=44)
• Mojo::Pg (+1=74)
• Mojolicious (+1=502)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Webpack (+1=5)
• Mom (+1=4)
• namespace::autoclean (+1=28)
• Net::SMPP (+1=3)
• Otogiri (+1=4)
• Package::Stash (+1=28)
• PDL::Stats (+1=16)
• Perl::LanguageServer (+1=32)
• PerlPowerTools (+1=41)
• perlsecret (+1=54)
• Plack::Middleware::REPL (+1=3)
• Promise::ES6 (+1=7)
• Protocol::HTTP (+1=3)
• Protocol::WebSocket::Fast (+1=3)
• Safe::Isa (+1=32)
• Selenium::Remote::Driver (+1=49)
• String::Sprintf (+1=2)
• Test::Mojo::Role::Selenium (+1=8)
• Test::Simple (+1=192)
• Test::WWW::Selenium (+1=18)
• Text::CSV_XS (+1=103)
• Toadfarm (+1=21)
• TPath (+1=2)
• UniEvent (+1=5)
• UniEvent::HTTP (+1=2)
• UniEvent::WebSocket (+1=2)
• URI::Router (+1=7)
• URI::XS (+1=2)

(dxxxix) 9 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::DBBrowser - Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.
   • Version: 2.424 on 2025-03-09, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.423 was 1 month, 13 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.084001 on 2025-03-09, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.084000 was 4 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
   • Version: 7.72 on 2025-03-14, with 60 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 7.70 was 1 year, 11 months, 19 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
4. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.63 on 2025-03-09, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.77 was 5 years, 8 months, 2 days before
   • Author: DDICK
5. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.25 on 2025-03-11, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.10 was 2 months, 22 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
6. OpenGL - Perl bindings to the OpenGL API, GLU, and GLUT/FreeGLUT
   • Version: 0.7002 on 2025-03-10, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.70 was 8 years, 5 months, 2 days before
   • Author: ETJ
7. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
   • Version: 20250311 on 2025-03-11, with 142 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20250214 was 26 days before
   • Author: SHANCOCK
8. Prima - a Perl graphic toolkit
   • Version: 1.76 on 2025-03-12, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.75 was 2 months, 22 days before
   • Author: KARASIK
9. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990048 on 2025-03-12, with 35 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990045 was 19 days before
   • Author: KIMOTO

(dxxxviii) 9 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.084000 on 2025-03-05, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.083001 was 27 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. App::perlimports - Make implicit imports explicit
   • Version: 0.000056 on 2025-03-02, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.000055 was 7 months, 29 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
3. Date::Manip - Date manipulation routines
   • Version: 6.97 on 2025-03-02, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.96 was 2 months, 29 days before
   • Author: SBECK
4. Graph - graph data structures and algorithms
   • Version: 0.9734 on 2025-03-01, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.9704 was 9 years, 4 months, 25 days before
   • Author: ETJ
5. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.027 on 2025-03-02, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.025 was 3 months, 16 days before
   • Author: TONYC
6. Math::BigInt - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
   • Version: 2.004001 on 2025-03-02, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.003004 was 1 month, 10 days before
   • Author: PJACKLAM
7. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
   • Version: 0.855 on 2025-03-06, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.854 was 9 days before
   • Author: ETJ
8. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
   • Version: 1.768 on 2025-03-05, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.767 was 4 months, 8 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
9. Text::CSV - comma-separated values manipulator (using XS or PurePerl)
   • Version: 2.06 on 2025-03-02, with 81 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.05 was 1 month, 22 days before
   • Author: ISHIGAKI

(dcii) metacpan weekly report - DBI

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 56

Week's winner: DBI (+2)

Build date: 2025/03/08 22:03:54 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::Aphra - Simple static sitebuilder in Perl
• DBIx::Squirrel - The little Perl DBI extension that makes working with databases a lot easier.
• Geo::Location::IP - Map IP addresses to location information
• Mojo::Server::DaemonControl - A Mojolicious daemon manager
• Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers::ContentBlock - Mojolicious Plugin for Content Blocks

Increasing its reputation:

• App::ModuleBuildTiny (+1=12)
• App::perlbrew (+1=179)
• App::sslmaker (+1=5)
• Applify (+1=15)
• as (+1=4)
• BSD::Resource (+1=8)
• Command::Runner (+1=3)
• common::sense (+1=25)
• CPAN::Meta (+1=26)
• CPAN::Upload::Tiny (+1=4)
• CtrlO::PDF (+1=3)
• Date::Manip (+1=20)
• DateTime::Format::RelativeTime (+1=2)
• DBD::MariaDB (+1=9)
• DBD::mysql (+1=60)
• DBD::Pg (+1=100)
• DBI (+2=277)
• DBIx::Migration (+1=2)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=193)
• Dist::Zilla (+1=185)
• Email::Sender (+1=51)
• ExtUtils::MakeMaker (+1=60)
• File::Fetch (+1=6)
• Guard (+1=21)
• HTML::Formatter (+1=3)
• HTML::Parser (+1=50)
• HTTP::Date (+1=17)
• Imager (+1=68)
• MIDI::Drummer::Tiny (+1=3)
• MIDI::RtMidi::ScorePlayer (+1=2)
• Minilla (+1=64)
• Module::Pluggable (+1=26)
• Mojo::Redis (+1=19)
• Mouse (+1=63)
• Net::DNS (+1=28)
• Net::EANSearch (+1=3)
• Object::Pad (+1=46)
• Padre (+1=41)
• Parallel::Pipes (+1=8)
• PDL::NetCDF (+1=2)
• perl (+1=428)
• Pg::Explain (+1=6)
• Sub::Exporter (+1=37)
• Term::TablePrint (+1=10)
• Test::BDD::Cucumber (+1=16)
• Test::Harness (+1=63)
• Text::ANSITable (+1=22)
• Unicode::Tussle (+1=14)
• version (+1=22)
• Workflow (+1=8)

(dxxxvii) 5 great CPAN modules released last week

Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.

1. Archive::Tar - Manipulates TAR archives
   • Version: 3.04 on 2025-02-25, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.02 was 1 year, 10 months, 13 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
2. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20250220 on 2025-02-24, with 43 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20250120 was 1 month, 4 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
3. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.820 on 2025-02-26, with 45 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.819 was 1 month, 16 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
4. PDL::Stats - a collection of statistics modules in Perl Data Language, with a quick-start guide for non-PDL people.
   • Version: 0.854 on 2025-02-25, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.74 was 9 years, 2 months, 20 days before
   • Author: ETJ
5. Text::ANSITable - Create nice formatted tables using extended ASCII and ANSI colors
   • Version: 0.610 on 2025-02-24, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.609 was 1 year, 7 months, 11 days before
   • Author: PERLANCAR