(dlxxxiv) 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::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.03 on 2026-01-19, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.02 was 10 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
2. Beam::Wire - Lightweight Dependency Injection Container
   • Version: 1.028 on 2026-01-21, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.027 was 1 month, 15 days before
   • Author: PREACTION
3. CPAN::Meta - the distribution metadata for a CPAN dist
   • Version: 2.150011 on 2026-01-22, with 39 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.150010 was 9 years, 5 months, 4 days before
   • Author: RJBS
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260120.004 on 2026-01-20, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260120.002
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.24 on 2026-01-18, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.23_03 was 5 days before
   • Author: SCHUBIGER
6. EV - perl interface to libev, a high performance full-featured event loop
   • Version: 4.37 on 2026-01-22, with 50 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.36 was 4 months, 2 days before
   • Author: MLEHMANN
7. Git::Repository - Perl interface to Git repositories
   • Version: 1.326 on 2026-01-18, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.325 was 4 years, 7 months, 17 days before
   • Author: BOOK
8. IO::Async - Asynchronous event-driven programming
   • Version: 0.805 on 2026-01-19, with 80 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.804 was 8 months, 26 days before
   • Author: PEVANS
9. Mac::PropertyList - work with Mac plists at a low level
   • Version: 1.606 on 2026-01-20, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.605 was 5 months, 11 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
10. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260119 on 2026-01-19, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20251220 was 29 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
11. Net::Server - Extensible Perl internet server
    • Version: 2.015 on 2026-01-22, with 33 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.014 was 2 years, 10 months, 7 days before
    • Author: BBB
12. Net::SSH::Perl - Perl client Interface to SSH
    • Version: 2.144 on 2026-01-23, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.144 was 8 days before
    • Author: BDFOY
13. Release::Checklist - A QA checklist for CPAN releases
    • Version: 0.19 on 2026-01-25, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.18 was 1 month, 15 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
14. Spreadsheet::Read - Meta-Wrapper for reading spreadsheet data
    • Version: 0.95 on 2026-01-25, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.94 was 1 month, 15 days before
    • Author: HMBRAND
15. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990117 on 2026-01-24, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990116
    • Author: KIMOTO
16. utf8::all - turn on Unicode - all of it
    • Version: 0.026 on 2026-01-18, with 31 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.025 was 1 day before
    • Author: HAYOBAAN

(dcxxiii) metacpan weekly report - Marlin

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 36

Week's winner: Marlin (+3)

Build date: 2026/01/25 12:53:03 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::CPANTS::Lint - front-end to Module::CPANTS::Analyse
• DBIx::Class::Async - Asynchronous database operations for DBIx::Class
• Doubly - Thread-safe doubly linked list
• Mooish::Base - importer for Mooish classes
• Pod::Github - Make beautiful Markdown readmes from your POD
• Pod::Markdown::Githubert - convert POD to Github-flavored Markdown

Increasing its reputation:

• Class::Closure (+1=2)
• Class::DBI (+1=11)
• Class::Slot (+1=2)
• Class::XSConstructor (+2=5)
• CPAN::Changes (+1=33)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=197)
• Faker (+1=13)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=51)
• List::AllUtils (+1=32)
• Marlin (+3=7)
• MCP (+1=8)
• Module::Starter (+1=35)
• Mooish::AttributeBuilder (+1=2)
• MooseX::XSConstructor (+1=2)
• PAGI (+2=6)
• Pod::Coverage (+1=15)
• Pod::Markdown (+1=34)
• Pod::Markdown::Github (+1=7)
• SDL3 (+1=3)
• Test::Kwalitee (+1=8)
• Test::Pod (+1=23)
• Test::Pod::Coverage (+1=24)
• Test::Spelling (+1=14)
• utf8::all (+1=31)
• Venus (+1=8)
• YAML::LibYAML (+1=60)

(dlxxxiii) 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. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260110.003 on 2026-01-11, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260104.001 was 6 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
2. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
   • Version: 2.11 on 2026-01-12, with 69 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.10 was 1 year, 24 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
3. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.70 on 2026-01-11, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.69 was before
   • Author: DDICK
4. Module::Starter - a simple starter kit for any module
   • Version: 1.82 on 2026-01-10, with 34 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.81 was before
   • Author: XSAWYERX
5. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.54 on 2026-01-16, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.53 was 4 months, 18 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
6. Net::SSH::Perl - Perl client Interface to SSH
   • Version: 2.144 on 2026-01-14, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.143 was 1 year, 10 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
7. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
   • Version: 26.01 on 2026-01-13, with 121 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 25.12 was 23 days before
   • Author: TRIZEN
8. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
   • Version: v12.0.0 on 2026-01-16, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v11.10.0 was 1 month, 14 days before
   • Author: DANBERR
9. utf8::all - turn on Unicode - all of it
   • Version: 0.025 on 2026-01-16, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.024 was 8 years, 11 days before
   • Author: HAYOBAAN

(dcxxii) metacpan weekly report - Marlin

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 89

Week's winner: Marlin (+6)

Build date: 2026/01/18 10:13:31 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::KMX::Test - Testing package
• App::DAVThis - Export the current directory over WebDAV
• App::FTPThis - Export the current directory over anonymous FTP
• App::HTTPSThis - Export the current directory over HTTPS
• App::sshca - Minimalistic SSH Certificate Authority
• App::Transpierce - backup and modify important files
• CLI::Cmdline - A minimal command-line parser with short and long options in pure Perl
• DBIx::Class::Async - Asynchronous database operations for DBIx::Class
• i18n - Perl Internationalization Pragma
• Mooish::AttributeBuilder - build Mooish attribute definitions with less boilerplate
• MooseX::XSConstructor - glue between Moose and Class::XSConstructor
• Net::Async::Redis - Redis support for IO::Async
• PAGI::Server -
• PostScript::Simple - Produce PostScript files from Perl
• Strada - Call compiled Strada shared libraries from Perl
• Term::ProgressSpinner - Terminal Progress bars!

Increasing its reputation:

• Acme::AsciiEmoji (+1=2)
• App::CGIThis (+1=5)
• App::HTTPThis (+1=25)
• Beam::Wire (+1=19)
• Cache::Cache (+1=4)
• Carton (+1=130)
• Class::DBI (+1=10)
• Command::Runner (+1=4)
• CPAN::Meta (+1=28)
• CryptX (+1=53)
• DBD::CSV (+1=26)
• DBD::DuckDB (+1=8)
• DBD::SQLite (+1=107)
• DBIx::Class (+1=293)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=196)
• Email::Stuffer (+1=37)
• EV (+1=50)
• ExtUtils::Depends (+1=5)
• FFI::Platypus (+1=70)
• forks (+1=23)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=51)
• Future::XS (+1=3)
• GDGraph (+1=8)
• Graphics::Framebuffer (+1=6)
• IO::Async (+1=80)
• IO::K8s (+1=5)
• JQ::Lite (+2=8)
• kura (+1=2)
• List::Gen (+1=25)
• Log::Any (+1=69)
• Log::Handler (+1=10)
• Marlin (+6=6)
• Melian (+2=4)
• MIME::Base64 (+1=25)
• Module::CPANfile (+1=62)
• Module::Runtime (+1=31)
• Module::Starter (+1=34)
• Mojolicious (+1=510)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::HTMX (+1=6)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI (+1=47)
• Moose (+1=334)
• MooX::Singleton (+1=6)
• Net::Prober (+1=4)
• Object::Pad (+1=47)
• PAGI (+2=4)
• PDL::Opt::GLPK (+1=2)
• perl (+1=441)
• Perl::Types (+1=3)
• perlsecret (+1=55)
• Plack (+1=240)
• Prima (+1=46)
• Protocol::Sys::Virt (+1=2)
• Pry (+1=24)
• Statocles (+1=31)
• Storable (+1=57)
• strictures (+1=26)
• Sub::Quote (+1=12)
• Test::Perl::Critic (+1=16)
• Thread::Subs (+1=3)
• Tickit (+2=29)
• Type::Tiny (+3=148)
• Z (+1=3)

(dlxxxii) 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::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.02 on 2026-01-09, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.01 was 9 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.097002 on 2026-01-09, with 818 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.097001 
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::Sqitch - Sensible database change management
   • Version: v1.6.1 on 2026-01-06, with 3087 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.6.0 was 3 months before
   • Author: DWHEELER
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260104.001 on 2026-01-04, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20251228.001 was 6 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.23 on 2026-01-04, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.23 was 5 days before
   • Author: SCHUBIGER
6. Firefox::Marionette - Automate the Firefox browser with the Marionette protocol
   • Version: 1.69 on 2026-01-10, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.68 was 3 months, 26 days before
   • Author: DDICK
7. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
   • Version: 2.84 on 2026-01-04, with 32 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.83 was 1 year, 6 months, 11 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
8. IO::Socket::SSL - Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET.
   • Version: 2.098 on 2026-01-06, with 49 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.097 
   • Author: SULLR
9. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.632 on 2026-01-06, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.631 was 12 days before
   • Author: ETHER
10. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
    • Version: 2.037000 on 2026-01-07, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.036000 
    • Author: MICKEY
11. MIME::Lite - low-calorie MIME generator
    • Version: 3.035 on 2026-01-08, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.034 was 2 days before
    • Author: RJBS
12. Module::Starter - a simple starter kit for any module
    • Version: 1.81 on 2026-01-09, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.80 
    • Author: XSAWYERX
13. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20260109 on 2026-01-08, with 147 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20250912 was 3 months, 26 days before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
14. perlsecret - Perl secret operators and constants
    • Version: 1.018 on 2026-01-09, with 55 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.017 was 4 years, 2 months before
    • Author: BOOK
15. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
    • Version: 2.010001 on 2026-01-06, with 148 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.010000 was 7 days before
    • Author: TOBYINK
16. UV - Perl interface to libuv
    • Version: 2.001 on 2026-01-06, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.000 was 4 years, 5 months, 8 days before
    • Author: PEVANS

(dlxxxi) 8 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: 0.998003 on 2025-12-29, with 177 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.998002 was 24 days before
   • Author: SKAJI
2. App::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.01 on 2025-12-31, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.00 was 19 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
3. App::Music::ChordPro - A lyrics and chords formatting program
   • Version: v6.090.1 on 2026-01-03, with 432 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v6.090.0 was 2 months, 3 days before
   • Author: JV
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20251228.001 on 2025-12-29, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20251221.001 was 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. DBD::SQLite - Self Contained SQLite RDBMS in a DBI Driver
   • Version: 1.78 on 2026-01-02, with 107 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.76 was 1 year, 2 months, 14 days before
   • Author: ISHIGAKI
6. Module::Starter - a simple starter kit for any module
   • Version: 1.79 on 2026-01-03, with 33 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.78 was 7 months, 30 days before
   • Author: XSAWYERX
7. Type::Tiny - tiny, yet Moo(se)-compatible type constraint
   • Version: 2.010000 on 2025-12-30, with 148 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.009_003 was 7 days before
   • Author: TOBYINK
8. WebService::Dropbox - Perl interface to Dropbox API
   • Version: 2.10 on 2025-12-29, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.09 was 4 years, 6 months, 14 days before
   • Author: ASKADNA