(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