(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