(dlxxx) 6 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: 2.438 on 2025-12-25, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.437_05 was 7 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. Convert::Pheno - A module to interconvert common data models for phenotypic data
   • Version: 0.29 on 2025-12-23, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.28 was 8 months, 4 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
3. Devel::MAT - Perl Memory Analysis Tool
   • Version: 0.54 on 2025-12-26, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.53 was 1 year, 9 months, 19 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
4. Finance::Quote - Get stock and mutual fund quotes from various exchanges
   • Version: 1.68 on 2025-12-21, with 145 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.68 was 3 days before
   • Author: BPSCHUCK
5. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
   • Version: 0.092 on 2025-12-27, with 115 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.091 was 14 days before
   • Author: HAARG
6. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.631 on 2025-12-25, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.630 was 10 days before
   • Author: ETHER

(dlxxix) 16 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: 2.097000 on 2025-12-16, with 810 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.096001 was 2 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20251221.001 on 2025-12-21, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20251214.001 was 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
3. Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Test::Compile - Common tests to check syntax of your modules, using only core modules
   • Version: 2.059 on 2025-12-16, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.058 was 7 years, 11 months, 27 days before
   • Author: ETHER
4. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.44 on 2025-12-15, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.36 was 3 months, 6 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
5. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.630 on 2025-12-14, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.629 was 2 days before
   • Author: ETHER
6. List::Gen - provides functions for generating lists
   • Version: 0.979 on 2025-12-21, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.978
   • Author: SOMMREY
7. Minilla - CPAN module authoring tool
   • Version: v3.1.29 on 2025-12-17, with 98 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v3.1.28 was 3 months, 2 days before
   • Author: SYOHEX
8. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20251220 on 2025-12-20, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20251120 was 1 month before
   • Author: BINGOS
9. Mouse - Moose minus the antlers
   • Version: v2.6.1 on 2025-12-20, with 63 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v2.6.0 was 1 month, 20 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
10. PGXN::API - Maintain and serve a REST API to search PGXN mirrors
    • Version: v0.21.0 on 2025-12-15, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.20.2 was 1 year, 9 months before
    • Author: DWHEELER
11. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language
    • Version: 25.12 on 2025-12-21, with 121 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 24.11 was 1 year, 22 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
12. Text::Markup - Parse text markup into HTML
    • Version: 0.41 on 2025-12-18, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.40 was 3 days before
    • Author: DWHEELER
13. Unicode::UTF8 - Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form
    • Version: 0.63 on 2025-12-20, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.62 was 8 years, 8 months, 9 days before
    • Author: CHANSEN
14. Zonemaster::Backend - A system for running Zonemaster tests asynchronously through an RPC-API
    • Version: 12.0.0 on 2025-12-19, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 11.5.0 was 5 months, 22 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
15. Zonemaster::Engine::Exception::NormalExit - run Zonemaster tests from the command line
    • Version: 8.000001 on 2025-12-19, with 23 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.000000 was 5 months, 22 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
16. Zonemaster::Engine - A tool to check the quality of a DNS zone
    • Version: 8.001000 on 2025-12-19, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.000000 was 5 months, 22 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR

(dcxxi) metacpan weekly report - MCP

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 43

Week's winner: MCP (+3)

Build date: 2025/12/21 13:03:54 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::BlurFill - Blurred background fill image processor
• Complete::Getopt::Long - Complete command-line argument using Getopt::Long specification
• Data::Turtle - Turtle Movement and State Operations
• Marlin - 🐟 pretty fast class builder with most Moo/Moose features 🐟
• Mojo::Collection::XS - Fast XS subclass of Mojo::Collection with XS-based while
• SimpleFlow - easy, simple workflow manager (and logger); for keeping track of and debugging large and complex shell command workflows

Increasing its reputation:

• Affix (+1=4)
• App::shcompgen (+1=3)
• Complete::Bash (+1=5)
• Complete::Util (+1=2)
• Const::Fast (+1=37)
• DateTime::Format::Strptime (+1=26)
• File::HomeDir (+1=35)
• File::XDG (+1=10)
• Getopt::Long::Complete (+1=15)
• Getopt::Long::More (+1=2)
• IPC::Run3 (+1=25)
• JQ::Lite (+1=7)
• JSON::Schema::Modern (+1=9)
• JSON::XS (+1=121)
• MCP (+3=7)
• Melian (+2=3)
• MooX::Singleton (+1=6)
• OpenGL (+1=14)
• OpenGL::Modern (+1=3)
• PAGI (+2=2)
• Path::Iterator::Rule (+1=26)
• Perl::Types (+1=2)
• Prima (+1=46)
• SDL3 (+2=2)
• sealed (+1=2)
• Storage::Abstract (+2=2)
• Sub::Throttler (+1=2)
• Test2::Plugin::SubtestFilter (+1=3)
• Text::Markup (+1=12)
• Thread::Subs (+2=2)

(dlxxviii) 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. App::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.00 on 2025-12-11, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.23 was 7 months, 4 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.096001 on 2025-12-13, with 804 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.096000 was 5 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. Beam::Wire - Lightweight Dependency Injection Container
   • Version: 1.027 on 2025-12-06, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.026 was 1 year, 2 months, 23 days before
   • Author: PREACTION
4. Bitcoin::Crypto - Bitcoin cryptography in Perl
   • Version: 4.003 on 2025-12-11, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.002 was 27 days before
   • Author: BRTASTIC
5. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20251207.001 on 2025-12-07, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20251130.001 was 6 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
6. DateTime::Format::Strptime - Parse and format strp and strf time patterns
   • Version: 1.80 on 2025-12-06, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.79 was 4 years, 7 months, 3 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
7. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.66 on 2025-12-11, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.65 was 8 months, 15 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
8. DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler - Extensible DBIx::Class deployment
   • Version: 0.002235 on 2025-12-12, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.002234 was 1 year, 4 months, 26 days before
   • Author: WESM
9. Exporter::Tiny - an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies
   • Version: 1.006003 on 2025-12-07, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.006002 was 2 years, 8 months, 6 days before
   • Author: TOBYINK
10. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
    • Version: 0.629 on 2025-12-12, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.628 was 5 days before
    • Author: ETHER
11. Mail::Box - complete E-mail handling suite
    • Version: 4.01 on 2025-12-13, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.00 was 1 day before
    • Author: MARKOV
12. Module::Release - Automate software releases
    • Version: 2.137 on 2025-12-12, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.136 was 11 months, 8 days before
    • Author: BRIANDFOY
13. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 4.0009 on 2025-12-10, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.0008 was 2 months, 27 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
14. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
    • Version: 0.823 on 2025-12-08, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.822 was 7 days before
    • Author: PEVANS
15. Release::Checklist - A QA checklist for CPAN releases
    • Version: 0.18 on 2025-12-09, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.17 was 2 years, 7 months, 9 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
16. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
    • Version: 0.94 on 2025-12-09, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.93 was 8 months, 22 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
17. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990109 on 2025-12-08, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990108 was 4 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
18. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302219 on 2025-12-09, with 199 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302218 was before
    • Author: EXODIST
19. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 13.01 on 2025-12-09, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 13.00 was 1 month, 8 days before
    • Author: FASTLY

(dlxxvii) 12 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: 0.998002 on 2025-12-04, with 177 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.998001 was 21 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
2. App::HTTPThis - Export the current directory over HTTP
   • Version: 0.010 on 2025-12-04, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.009 was 2 years, 5 months, 12 days before
   • Author: DAVECROSS
3. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.095006 on 2025-11-30, with 800 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.095005 
   • Author: OLIVER
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20251130.001 on 2025-11-30, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20251123.001 was 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.627 on 2025-12-04, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.626 was 2 days before
   • Author: ETHER
6. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
   • Version: 2.034000 on 2025-12-03, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.033000 was 1 year, 8 days before
   • Author: MICKEY
7. Minion::Backend::mysql - MySQL backend
   • Version: 1.007 on 2025-12-01, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.006 was 1 year, 6 months, 9 days before
   • Author: PREACTION
8. Object::Pad - a simple syntax for lexical field-based objects
   • Version: 0.822 on 2025-11-30, with 46 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.821 was 4 months, 18 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
9. Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
   • Version: v5.5.0 on 2025-12-05, with 81 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v5.4.1 was 3 months, 5 days before
   • Author: AKXLIX
10. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990108 on 2025-12-03, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990107 was 15 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
11. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v11.10.0 on 2025-12-01, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v11.8.0 was 24 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
12. Time::Moment - Represents a date and time of day with an offset from UTC
    • Version: 0.46 on 2025-12-04, with 76 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.44 was 7 years, 6 months, 25 days before
    • Author: CHANSEN

(dcxx) metacpan weekly report - JSON::Schema::Validate

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 72

Week's winner: JSON::Schema::Validate (+3)

Build date: 2025/12/06 16:48:33 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Chess::Plisco - Representation of a chess position with move generator, legality checker etc.
• Dev::Util - Utilities useful in the development of perl programs
• Disk::SmartTools - Provide tools to work with disks via S.M.A.R.T.
• Dump::Krumo - Fancy, colorful, human readable dumps of your data
• Melian - Perl client to the Melian cache

Increasing its reputation:

• Algorithm::Diff (+1=24)
• AnyEvent (+1=167)
• App::perlimports (+1=22)
• Beekeeper (+1=3)
• BioPerl (+1=36)
• CGI::Compile (+1=2)
• CGI::Emulate::PSGI (+1=3)
• Crypt::SecretBuffer (+1=3)
• Data::Processor (+1=2)
• DBD::Oracle (+1=32)
• Devel::Examine::Subs (+1=4)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=196)
• Dpkg (+1=4)
• Email::Filter (+1=2)
• Email::Simple (+1=23)
• GD (+1=32)
• Geo::Parser::Text (+1=3)
• Hash::Merge::Simple (+1=18)
• IO::K8s (+1=5)
• IO::Uring (+1=2)
• JSON::Schema::Modern (+2=8)
• JSON::Schema::Validate (+3=4)
• libapreq2 (+1=5)
• List::Gen (+1=24)
• Log::Any (+1=68)
• LWP::Protocol::https (+1=22)
• Math::BigInt (+1=14)
• MCP (+1=4)
• meta (+1=15)
• MIME::Base64 (+1=25)
• Module::Generic (+1=4)
• Mojolicious (+1=509)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI::Modern (+1=6)
• Moose (+1=334)
• MooX::TypeTiny (+1=11)
• Nice::Try (+1=11)
• OpenAPI::Modern (+2=4)
• OpenTelemetry (+1=5)
• Params::Validate::Strict (+1=2)
• perl (+1=440)
• Perl::Critic (+1=135)
• Perl::Critic::Community (+1=8)
• Perl::Tidy (+1=147)
• Safe (+1=14)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=184)
• Scope::Guard (+1=21)
• Sereal::Encoder (+1=25)
• signatures (+1=8)
• Software::License (+1=17)
• Sub::Quote (+1=11)
• Syntax::Keyword::Try (+1=47)
• Template::Nest (+1=2)
• Test2::Harness (+1=20)
• Test::Harness (+1=65)
• Test::Simple (+1=199)
• Text::CSV (+1=82)
• Text::Diff (+1=17)
• Text::PO (+2=2)
• Time::HiRes (+1=65)
• Time::Piece (+1=66)
• Types::JSONSchema (+2=2)