(dcxiv) 21 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::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: v1.1.5 on 2026-08-16, with 179 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.1.4 was released 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.105000 on 2026-08-20, with 905 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.104000 was released 1 day before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::sbozyp - a package manager for Slackware's SlackBuilds.org
   • Version: v1.9.0 on 2026-08-18, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.8.0 was released 6 days before
   • Author: NHUBBARD
4. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.59.0 on 2026-08-20, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.58.4 was released 19 days before
   • Author: OETIKER
5. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260816.002 on 2026-08-16, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260811.001 was released 5 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
6. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
   • Version: 2.91 on 2026-08-16, with 32 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.90 was released the same day
   • Author: RURBAN
7. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
   • Version: v34.0.0 on 2026-08-19, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v33.1.0 was released 7 days before
   • Author: MATTIAT
8. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.035 on 2026-08-19, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.034 was released 11 days before
   • Author: TONYC
9. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.645 on 2026-08-16, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.644 was released 3 days before
   • Author: ETHER
10. Lucy - Lucy search engine library.
    • Version: v0.7.0 on 2026-08-17, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.7.0_3 was released the same day
    • Author: KARMAN
11. MCE - Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
    • Version: 1.904 on 2026-08-21, with 113 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.903 was released the same day
    • Author: MARIOROY
12. MCE::Shared - MCE extension for sharing data supporting threads and processes
    • Version: 1.894 on 2026-08-21, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.893 was released 1 year, 11 months, 11 days before
    • Author: MARIOROY
13. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260820 on 2026-08-21, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260803 was released 17 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
14. OpenTelemetry - A Perl implementation of the OpenTelemetry standard
    • Version: 0.036 on 2026-08-20, with 37 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.035 was released 29 days before
    • Author: JJATRIA
15. PDL - Perl Data Language
    • Version: 2.106 on 2026-08-18, with 105 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.105 was released 1 day before
    • Author: ETJ
16. SNMP::Info - OO Interface to Network devices and MIBs through SNMP
    • Version: 3.977000 on 2026-08-20, with 42 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.975000 was released 5 months, 27 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
17. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990195 on 2026-08-21, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990194 was released the same day
    • Author: KIMOTO
18. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000175 on 2026-08-20, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000174 was released 2 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
19. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.36 on 2026-08-19, with 121 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.35 was released 2 months, 4 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
20. Variable::Magic - Associate user-defined magic to variables from Perl.
    • Version: 0.65 on 2026-08-20, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.64 was released 2 years, 5 months, 1 day before
    • Author: VPIT
21. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 15.01 on 2026-08-18, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 15.00 was released 1 month before
    • Author: FASTLY

(dcxiii) 20 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: 2.103000 on 2026-08-14, with 903 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.102001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. App::rainbarf - CPU/RAM/battery stats chart bar for tmux (and GNU screen)
   • Version: 1.5 on 2026-08-15, with 1204 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.4 was released 9 years, 11 months, 8 days before
   • Author: SYP
3. App::sbozyp - a package manager for Slackware's SlackBuilds.org
   • Version: v1.8.0 on 2026-08-11, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.7.2 was released 3 months, 13 days before
   • Author: NHUBBARD
4. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.63 on 2026-08-14, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.62 was released 2 months, 27 days before
   • Author: ROBM
5. Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication - Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework.
   • Version: 0.10028 on 2026-08-08, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.10_027 was released 2 months before
   • Author: ETHER
6. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260811.001 on 2026-08-11, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260809.001 was released 2 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
7. Crypt::OpenSSL::X509 - Perl extension to OpenSSL's X509 API.
   • Version: 2.1.5 on 2026-08-10, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.1.4 was released 1 day before
   • Author: JONASBN
8. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.091 on 2026-08-10, with 54 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.090_004 was released 1 day before
   • Author: MIK
9. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.652 on 2026-08-15, with 284 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.651 was released 1 month, 1 day before
   • Author: HMBRAND
10. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
    • Version: 2.90 on 2026-08-15, with 32 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.87 was released the same day
    • Author: RURBAN
11. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
    • Version: v33.1.0 on 2026-08-12, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v33.0.0 was released 19 days before
    • Author: MATTIAT
12. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
    • Version: 0.644 on 2026-08-12, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.643 was released the same day
    • Author: ETHER
13. Log::Log4perl - Log4j implementation for Perl
    • Version: 1.58 on 2026-08-14, with 114 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.57 was released 3 years, 9 months, 24 days before
    • Author: MSCHILLI
14. Module::Metadata - Gather package and POD information from perl module files
    • Version: 1.000040 on 2026-08-10, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000039 was released 4 months, 7 days before
    • Author: ETHER
15. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.49 on 2026-08-09, with 514 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 9.48 was released 26 days before
    • Author: SRI
16. Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format
    • Version: 20260813 on 2026-08-13, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20250602 was released 1 year, 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: LWP
17. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.147 on 2026-08-13, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.146 was released 6 days before
    • Author: ETHER
18. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990192 on 2026-08-12, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990191 was released 1 month, 18 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
19. Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
    • Version: 0.64 on 2026-08-11, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.63 was released 2 days before
    • Author: JDB
20. Workflow - Simple, flexible system to implement workflows
    • Version: 2.11 on 2026-08-10, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.10 was released 29 days before
    • Author: JONASBN

(dcxii) 20 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: 2.444 on 2026-08-04, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.443 was released 1 month, 10 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. App::perlimports - Make implicit imports explicit
   • Version: 0.000061 on 2026-08-06, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.000060 was released 3 months before
   • Author: OALDERS
3. Config::IniFiles - A module for reading .ini-style configuration files.
   • Version: 3.003000 on 2026-08-06, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.002000 was released 1 month, 21 days before
   • Author: SHLOMIF
4. Convert::Pheno - Convert clinical and phenotypic data between supported models
   • Version: 0.34 on 2026-08-03, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.33 was released 3 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
5. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260807.001 on 2026-08-07, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260803.002 was released 4 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
6. Cucumber::TagExpressions - A library for parsing and evaluating cucumber tag expressions (filters)
   • Version: 11.0.1 on 2026-08-05, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 11.0.0 was released 13 days before
   • Author: CUKEBOT
7. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.034 on 2026-08-07, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.033 was released 1 month before
   • Author: TONYC
8. Markdent - An event-based Markdown parser toolkit
   • Version: 0.41 on 2026-08-04, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.40 was released 5 years, 4 months, 14 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
9. Marpa::R2 - Release 2 of Marpa
   • Version: 14.000000 on 2026-08-03, with 49 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.003_000 was released 4 days before
   • Author: JKEGL
10. Math::Prime::Util - Utilities related to prime numbers, including fast sieves and factoring
    • Version: 0.75 on 2026-08-08, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.75 was released the same day
    • Author: DANAJ
11. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260803 on 2026-08-03, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260720 was released 12 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
12. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.146 on 2026-08-07, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.145 was released 3 days before
    • Author: ETHER
13. less - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.042003 on 2026-08-02, with 2310 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.040005 was released the same day
    • Author: SHAY
14. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20260808 on 2026-08-07, with 149 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20260705 was released 1 month, 3 days before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
15. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
    • Version: 5.010 on 2026-08-05, with 65 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.009 was released 19 days before
    • Author: YVES
16. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
    • Version: 5.010 on 2026-08-05, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.009 was released 19 days before
    • Author: YVES
17. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.010 on 2026-08-05, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.009 was released 19 days before
    • Author: YVES
18. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
    • Version: 26.08 on 2026-08-07, with 126 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 26.07 was released 1 month, 4 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
19. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v12.6.0 on 2026-08-06, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v12.5.0 was released 1 month, 3 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
20. XML::Hash::XS - Simple and fast hash to XML and XML to hash conversion written in C
    • Version: 0.66 on 2026-08-08, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.65 was released 2 days before
    • Author: YOREEK

(dcxxx) metacpan weekly report

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 78

Build date: 2026/08/08 12:55:00 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::Shotgun - Shoots holes in files
• AI::Anthropic - Perl interface to Anthropic Claude API
• Apache::Session::Generate::Random - use system randomness for generating session ids
• API::Docker - Perl client for the Docker Engine API
• API::Instagram - Object Oriented Interface for the Instagram REST and Search APIs
• Common::CodingTools - Common constants and functions for programmers
• Container::Buildah - wrapper around containers/buildah tool for multi-stage builds of OCI/Docker-compatible Linux containers
• Crypt::SysRandom::XS - Perl interface to system randomness, XS version
• Crypt::xxHash - xxHash implementation for Perl
• Dancer2::Plugin::Feed - Easy to generate feed (RSS or atom) for Dancer2 applications.
• Data::BloomFilter::Shared - shared-memory Bloom filter for Linux
• DBIx::Class::Schema::GraphQL - Auto-generate a GraphQL schema from a DBIx::Class schema
• Devel::MAT::Dumper - write a heap dump file for later analysis
• Eshu - Indentation fixer for C, Perl, XS, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and POD source files
• GraphQL::Houtou - XS-backed GraphQL parser and execution toolkit for Perl
• PersonName::Format - CLDR person-name formatter for Perl
• Regexp::Pattern - Convention/framework for modules that contain collection of regexes
• Return::Set - Return a value optionally validated against a strict schema

Increasing its reputation:

• App::FatPacker (+1=49)
• App::HTTPThis (+1=26)
• App::Test::Generator (+1=2)
• Atomic::Pipe (+1=3)
• Bluesky (+1=2)
• Class::Factory (+1=2)
• Claude::Agent (+1=2)
• Container::Builder (+1=2)
• Cpanel::JSON::XS (+2=50)
• Crypt::SysRandom (+2=2)
• CryptX (+1=54)
• Data::Checks (+2=7)
• DBI (+1=284)
• DBIx::QuickDB (+1=4)
• DBIx::QuickORM (+2=3)
• Devel::Cover (+1=107)
• Devel::MAT (+1=32)
• Dist::Zilla (+1=189)
• Dist::Zilla::App::Command::cover (+1=21)
• EV::Future (+1=2)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=54)
• Getopt::Class (+1=3)
• HTML::Object (+1=2)
• Hyperman (+2=2)
• IO::K8s (+1=6)
• Kubernetes::REST (+1=3)
• Langertha (+1=3)
• lazy (+1=17)
• List::Compare (+1=16)
• LRU::Cache (+1=2)
• LWP::Protocol::https (+1=23)
• Markdown::Perl (+1=4)
• mb (+1=4)
• Module::Load (+1=33)
• Module::Pluggable (+1=27)
• Mojolicious (+1=514)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::BarefootJS (+1=2)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI::Modern (+1=8)
• Neovim::Ext (+1=2)
• Net::API::Stripe (+1=6)
• OpenAPI::Modern (+1=6)
• PAGI (+1=9)
• Perl::Critic::TooMuchCode (+1=9)
• Perl::Dist::APPerl (+1=9)
• Rex (+1=89)
• String::RewritePrefix (+1=4)
• Sys::Export (+2=2)
• Test::CPANfile (+1=4)
• Test::Harness (+1=67)
• Test::JSON::Schema::Acceptance (+1=2)
• Time::Str (+1=2)
• Tree::RB::XS (+1=6)
• Type::Tiny (+1=150)
• XS::Parse::Sublike (+1=9)

(dcxi) 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::zipdetails - Display details about the internal structure of Zip files
   • Version: 4.009 on 2026-07-25, with 67 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.008 was released 1 month, 9 days before
   • Author: PMQS
2. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.58.4 on 2026-07-31, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.58.3 was released 1 day before
   • Author: OETIKER
3. Convert::Pheno - Convert clinical and phenotypic data between supported models
   • Version: 0.33 on 2026-07-31, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.32 was released 8 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260726.001 on 2026-07-26, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260720.001 was released 5 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
   • Version: 0.56 on 2026-07-31, with 31 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.55 was released 2 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
6. Module::Pluggable - automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
   • Version: 6.4 on 2026-07-25, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.3 was released 1 year, 6 months, 15 days before
   • Author: SIMONW
7. Net::BitTorrent - Pure Perl BitTorrent Client
   • Version: v2.1.1 on 2026-07-25, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v2.1.0 was released 6 days before
   • Author: SANKO
8. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
   • Version: 0.143 on 2026-07-28, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.142 was released 8 days before
   • Author: ETHER
9. Plerd - Ultralight blogging with Markdown and Dropbox
   • Version: 2.000 on 2026-07-25, with 117 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.903 was released 29 days before
   • Author: JMAC
10. Redis::Fast - Perl binding for Redis database
    • Version: 0.39 on 2026-07-27, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.38 was released the same day
    • Author: SHOGO
11. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.18 on 2026-07-29, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.17 was released 7 days before
    • Author: INGY

(dcx) 19 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. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.58.2 on 2026-07-20, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.58.1 was released 4 days before
   • Author: OETIKER
2. Convert::Pheno - A module to interconvert common data models for phenotypic data
   • Version: 0.32 on 2026-07-22, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.31 was released 3 months, 5 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
3. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260720.001 on 2026-07-20, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260719.001 was released 1 day before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
4. Cucumber::TagExpressions - A library for parsing and evaluating cucumber tag expressions (filters)
   • Version: 11.0.0 on 2026-07-23, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.0.0 was released 1 month, 12 days before
   • Author: CUKEBOT
5. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
   • Version: v33.0.0 on 2026-07-23, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v33.0.0 was released the same day
   • Author: CHEVALIER
6. HTTP::Message - HTTP style message (base class)
   • Version: 7.04 on 2026-07-24, with 71 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 7.03 was released 2 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
7. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.642 on 2026-07-19, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.641 was released 1 month before
   • Author: ETHER
8. LWP::Protocol::https - Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent
   • Version: 6.17 on 2026-07-23, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.16 was released the same day
   • Author: OALDERS
9. Mail::DMARC - Perl implementation of DMARC
   • Version: 2.20260724 on 2026-07-24, with 38 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.20260621 was released 1 month, 3 days before
   • Author: MSIMERSON
10. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260720 on 2026-07-21, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260708 was released 6 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
11. Net::BitTorrent - Pure Perl BitTorrent Client
    • Version: v2.1.0 on 2026-07-19, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v2.0.1 was released 5 months, 4 days before
    • Author: SANKO
12. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.142 on 2026-07-20, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.141 was released 7 days before
    • Author: ETHER
13. OpenTelemetry - A Perl implementation of the OpenTelemetry standard
    • Version: 0.035 on 2026-07-22, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.034 was released the same day
    • Author: JJATRIA
14. Perl::Dist::APPerl - Actually Portable Perl
    • Version: v0.8.0 on 2026-07-19, with 41 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.7.0 was released 10 days before
    • Author: GAHAYES
15. Pod::Man - Convert POD data to various other formats
    • Version: v6.1.0 on 2026-07-20, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v6.0.2 was released 2 years, 5 days before
    • Author: RRA
16. Syntax::Construct - Explicitly state which non-feature constructs are used in the code.
    • Version: 1.046 on 2026-07-21, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.045 was released 4 months, 1 day before
    • Author: CHOROBA
17. YAML - YAML Ain't Markup Language™
    • Version: 1.321 on 2026-07-22, with 73 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v1.320.0 was released 2 days before
    • Author: TINITA
18. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.17 on 2026-07-21, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.15 was released 7 days before
    • Author: INGY
19. Zonemaster::Backend - A system for running Zonemaster tests asynchronously through an RPC-API
    • Version: 12.1.1 on 2026-07-22, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 12.1.0 was released 22 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR

(dcix) 17 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. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.58.1 on 2026-07-16, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.58.0 was released the same day
   • Author: OETIKER
2. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.43 on 2026-07-18, with 48 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.42 was released 1 month, 10 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
3. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260715.001 on 2026-07-15, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260712.001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
4. DBD::CSV - DBI driver for CSV files
   • Version: 0.64 on 2026-07-14, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.63 was released 22 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
5. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.651 on 2026-07-14, with 283 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.650 was released 6 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20260708 on 2026-07-15, with 46 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260601 was released 1 month, 13 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
7. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
   • Version: 9.48 on 2026-07-14, with 513 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.47 was released 8 days before
   • Author: SRI
8. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.56 on 2026-07-18, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.55_01 was released 7 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
9. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.044000 on 2026-07-15, with 2305 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.044000-RC2 was released 7 days before
   • Author: LEONT
10. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 65 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
11. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
12. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
13. Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
    • Version: v5.7.1 on 2026-07-17, with 82 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v5.7.0 was released 24 days before
    • Author: AKXLIX
14. Unicode::UTF8 - Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form
    • Version: 0.75 on 2026-07-14, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.74 was released the same day
    • Author: CHANSEN
15. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 15.00 on 2026-07-17, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 14.01 was released 3 months, 17 days before
    • Author: FASTLY
16. YAML::Syck - Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
    • Version: 1.47 on 2026-07-13, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.46 was released 1 month, 19 days before
    • Author: TODDR
17. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.15 on 2026-07-14, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.14 was released 1 day before
    • Author: INGY

(dcviii) 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. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260705.001 on 2026-07-05, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260621.001 was released 13 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
2. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.69 on 2026-07-08, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.68 was released 2 months, 15 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
3. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.650 on 2026-07-07, with 283 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.649 was released 15 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
4. HTTP::Date - HTTP::Date - date conversion routines
   • Version: 6.08 on 2026-07-09, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.07 was released 13 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
5. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.033 on 2026-07-07, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.032 was released 5 days before
   • Author: TONYC
6. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
   • Version: 9.47 on 2026-07-05, with 513 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.46 was released 1 month before
   • Author: SRI
7. Perl::Dist::APPerl - Actually Portable Perl
   • Version: v0.7.0 on 2026-07-09, with 41 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.6.1 was released 1 year, 10 months, 11 days before
   • Author: GAHAYES
8. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
   • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 65 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
   • Author: YVES
9. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
   • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
   • Author: YVES
10. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
    • Author: YVES
11. String::Util - String processing utility functions
    • Version: 1.36 on 2026-07-06, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.35 was released 1 year, 10 months, 2 days before
    • Author: BAKERSCOT
12. Unicode::UTF8 - Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form
    • Version: 0.72 on 2026-07-07, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.71 was released 1 day before
    • Author: CHANSEN
13. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.12 on 2026-07-10, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.11 was released 17 days before
    • Author: INGY

(dcvii) 17 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::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: v1.1.4 on 2026-06-28, with 178 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.1.3 was released the same day
   • Author: SKAJI
2. App::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.05 on 2026-07-02, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.04 was released 4 months, 11 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
3. App::HTTPThis - Export the current directory over HTTP
   • Version: v1.0.1 on 2026-07-03, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.0.0 was released 1 day before
   • Author: DAVECROSS
4. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.101000 on 2026-07-02, with 885 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.100000 was released 9 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
5. HTTP::Session - (DEPRECATED) simple session
   • Version: 0.54 on 2026-06-27, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.53 was released 2 years, 3 months, 20 days before
   • Author: TOKUHIROM
6. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.032 on 2026-07-01, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.031 was released 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: TONYC
7. IO::Compress - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
   • Version: 2.223 on 2026-07-04, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.222 was released the same day
   • Author: PMQS
8. JIRA::REST - Thin wrapper around Jira's REST API
   • Version: 0.025 on 2026-06-28, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.024 was released 2 years, 5 months, 7 days before
   • Author: GNUSTAVO
9. Object::Remote - Call methods on objects in other processes or on other hosts
   • Version: 0.005001 on 2026-07-04, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.005000 was released the same day
   • Author: EHUELS
10. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.139 on 2026-06-27, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.138 was released 28 days before
    • Author: ETHER
11. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20260705 on 2026-07-04, with 149 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20260204 was released 5 months before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
12. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
    • Version: 26.07 on 2026-07-02, with 125 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 26.06 was released 14 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
13. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v12.5.0 on 2026-07-03, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v12.4.0 was released 27 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
14. YAML::LibYAML - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
    • Version: v0.910.0 on 2026-07-03, with 60 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.909.0 was released the same day
    • Author: TINITA
15. Zonemaster::Backend - A system for running Zonemaster tests asynchronously through an RPC-API
    • Version: 12.1.0 on 2026-06-29, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 12.0.0 was released 6 months, 10 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
16. Zonemaster::CLI - run Zonemaster tests from the command line
    • Version: 8.000002 on 2026-06-29, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.000001 was released 6 months, 10 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
17. Zonemaster::Engine - A tool to check the quality of a DNS zone
    • Version: 9.000000 on 2026-06-29, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.001001 was released 3 months, 24 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR

(dcxxix) metacpan weekly report - DateTime::Lite & DBIO

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 140

Week's winners (+4): DateTime::Lite & DBIO

Build date: 2026/07/04 15:03:44 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Amazon::API - AWS API base class
• Apophis - Content-addressable storage with deterministic UUID v5 identifiers
• App::aep - Allows you to run a command within a container and control its start up
• Cache::File::Simple - Dead simple file based caching meachanism
• Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::ACL - ACL support for Catalyst applications.
• CPAN::Maker - CPAN distribution maker
• Crypt::TimestampedData - Read and write TimeStampedData files (.TSD, RFC 5544)
• Data::PubSub::Shared - High-performance shared-memory pub/sub for Linux
• DateTime::Format::Lite - Parse and format datetimes with strptime patterns, returning DateTime::Lite objects
• DBIO::DuckDB - DuckDB-specific schema management for DBIO
• Finance::Bank::Bankwest - check Bankwest accounts from Perl
• JSON::LINQ - LINQ-style query interface for JSON and JSONL files
• JSON::YY - Fast JSON encoder/decoder with document manipulation API, backed by yyjson
• Lemonldap::Portal::Standard - Perl extension for the Lemonldap SSO system
• LRU::Cache - LRU cache with O(1) operations
• Mojo::DOM::Role::Style - Adds a style method to Mojo::DOM
• Mojolicious::Plugin::BarefootJS - Mojolicious integration for BarefootJS
• Net::LibIDN2 - Perl bindings for GNU Libidn2
• Object::Proto::Sugar - Moo-se-like syntax for Object::Proto
• PAGI::Tools - Application toolkit for the PAGI specification
• Perl::Critic::Policy::Security::RandBytesFromHash - flag common anti-patterns for generating random bytes
• Plack::Handler::H2 - HTTP/2 server handler for Plack
• RT::Extension::FormTools - Create multi-page ticket creation wizards for RT
• Switch::Declare - compile-time, lexically-scoped switch/case
• Text::PDF - PDF Manipulation and generation
• Time::Str - Parse and format date/time strings in multiple standard formats
• TOON - Token-Oriented Object Notation for Perl
• TUI::Vision - Perl TUI Framework (Turbo Vision 2.0 Port)
• Win32::Console::DotNet - Win32::Console .NET interface
• Win32::Pipe::PP - Pure Perl replacement for Win32::Pipe using Win32::API
• Win32API::Console - Win32 native Console API
• WWW::Docker -
• WWW::Scraper::ISBN - Retrieve information about books from online sources
• WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Amazon_Driver - Search drivers for the Amazon online catalog.

Increasing its reputation:

• Apache2::API (+1=3)
• App::cpanminus (+1=288)
• App::CPANTS::Lint (+1=3)
• App::FatPacker (+1=48)
• Archive::Tar (+1=17)
• Atomic::Pipe (+1=2)
• Authen::SASL (+1=11)
• Capture::Tiny (+1=107)
• Carmel (+1=37)
• Catalyst::Plugin::I18N (+1=5)
• Class::Unload (+1=3)
• CLI::Osprey (+1=10)
• cpan::outdated (+1=37)
• Crypt::Passphrase (+1=18)
• Crypt::SMIME (+1=3)
• Data::Checks (+1=6)
• Data::HashMap (+1=2)
• Data::Printer (+1=155)
• DateTime::Lite (+4=4)
• DBIO (+4=4)
• Devel::CallParser (+1=6)
• Devel::CheckBin (+1=3)
• Docopt (+1=7)
• Excel::Writer::XLSX (+1=66)
• Future (+1=64)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=53)
• Getopt::Long (+1=130)
• Google::ProtocolBuffers::Dynamic (+1=13)
• Hash::SharedMem (+1=4)
• HTTP::BrowserDetect (+1=27)
• Image::Magick::7.1.2 (+1=0)
• Image::Size (+1=13)
• IO::Async (+1=82)
• IO::Socket::SSL (+1=50)
• IO::Socket::Timeout (+1=4)
• JSON::MaybeXS (+1=49)
• JSON::PP (+1=22)
• JSON::SL (+2=5)
• libnet (+1=32)
• libwww::perl (+1=175)
• List::Compare (+1=16)
• LMDB_File (+1=11)
• local::lib (+1=97)
• Locale::Maketext::Utils (+1=2)
• Mail::IMAPClient (+1=14)
• MCP (+1=10)
• Module::CoreList (+1=46)
• Module::Metadata (+1=15)
• Mojolicious (+1=513)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI::Modern (+1=7)
• Net::IMAP::Client (+1=8)
• Number::ZipCode::JP (+1=2)
• Object::Pad (+1=49)
• Object::Proto (+2=2)
• PAGI (+1=8)
• PAGI::Server (+1=2)
• Path::Tiny (+1=195)
• PathTools (+2=87)
• Paws (+1=60)
• PDF::Builder (+1=7)
• PDF::Imposition (+1=2)
• PDL::FFTW3 (+1=2)
• PDL::NDBin (+1=4)
• perl (+3=445)
• Pod::Markdown (+1=35)
• Pod::Usage (+1=48)
• POE::Component::Curl::Multi (+1=4)
• POE::Component::IRC (+1=15)
• Regexp::Debugger (+1=61)
• RT::Extension::HistoryFilter (+1=2)
• RT::Extension::MandatoryOnTransition (+1=3)
• RT::Extension::MergeUsers (+1=4)
• RTx::Calendar (+1=4)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=186)
• Sidef (+1=9)
• Software::License (+1=19)
• Software::Security::Policy (+1=6)
• SVG::Barcode::QRCode (+1=2)
• Syntax::Keyword::Match (+1=16)
• Syntax::Keyword::Try (+1=49)
• Task::Kensho (+1=123)
• Term::CLI (+1=5)
• Term::ReadLine (+1=10)
• Term::ReadLine::Gnu (+1=26)
• Term::Table (+1=3)
• Test2::Harness (+1=22)
• Test2::Plugin::SubtestFilter (+2=5)
• Text::CSV::Simple (+1=3)
• Time::Moment (+2=78)
• Time::Piece (+1=69)
• URI (+1=121)
• version (+1=23)
• XS::Parse::Sublike (+1=8)