(dlxxxviii) 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::Cmd - write command line apps with less suffering
   • Version: 0.339 on 2026-02-19, with 50 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.338 was 4 months, 16 days before
   • Author: RJBS
2. App::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.04 on 2026-02-19, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.03 was 30 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
3. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.097003 on 2026-02-21, with 834 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.097002 was 1 month, 12 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
4. App::rdapper - a command-line RDAP client.
   • Version: 1.24 on 2026-02-19, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.23 was 17 days before
   • Author: GBROWN
5. CPAN::Meta - the distribution metadata for a CPAN dist
   • Version: 2.150013 on 2026-02-20, with 39 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.150012 was 25 days before
   • Author: RJBS
6. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260220.001 on 2026-02-20, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260215.001 was 4 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
7. Cucumber::TagExpressions - A library for parsing and evaluating cucumber tag expressions (filters)
   • Version: 9.1.0 on 2026-02-17, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.0.0 was 23 days before
   • Author: CUKEBOT
8. Getopt::Long::Descriptive - Getopt::Long, but simpler and more powerful
   • Version: 0.117 on 2026-02-19, with 58 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.116 was 1 year, 1 month, 19 days before
   • Author: RJBS
9. MIME::Lite - low-calorie MIME generator
   • Version: 3.038 on 2026-02-16, with 35 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.037 was 5 days before
   • Author: RJBS
10. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260220 on 2026-02-20, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260119 was 1 month, 1 day before
    • Author: BINGOS
11. Net::BitTorrent - Pure Perl BitTorrent Client
    • Version: v2.0.1 on 2026-02-14, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v2.0.0
    • Author: SANKO
12. Net::Server - Extensible Perl internet server
    • Version: 2.018 on 2026-02-18, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.017 was 8 days before
    • Author: BBB
13. Resque - Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing them on multiple queues, and processing them later.
    • Version: 0.44 on 2026-02-21, with 42 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.43
    • Author: DIEGOK
14. SNMP::Info - OO Interface to Network devices and MIBs through SNMP
    • Version: 3.975000 on 2026-02-20, with 40 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.974000 was 5 months, 8 days before
    • Author: OLIVER
15. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990134 on 2026-02-20, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990133
    • Author: KIMOTO
16. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000162 on 2026-02-20, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000161 was 8 months, 9 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
17. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 14.00 on 2026-02-16, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 13.01 was 2 months, 6 days before
    • Author: FASTLY

(dcxxv) metacpan weekly report - Linux::Event::Fork

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 53

Week's winner: Linux::Event::Fork (+2)

Build date: 2026/02/21 21:48:43 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Acme::Parataxis - A dangerous hybrid of cooperative fibers and preemptive native threads
• App::Greple::md -
• App::mdee - em·dee, Markdown Easy on the Eyes
• Chess::Plisco - Representation of a chess position with move generator, legality checker etc.
• DPKG::Packages::Parser - Parses the Debian Packages file.
• LINQ::Database - LINQ extension for working with databases
• Linux::Event - Front door for the Linux::Event ecosystem
• Linux::Event::Clock - Cached monotonic time and deadline math for Linux::Event schedulers
• Linux::Event::Timer - Thin wrapper around Linux::FD::Timer (timerfd)
• Linux::FD::Mem - memory file descriptors
• Linux::FD::Pid - PID file descriptors
• LTSV::LINQ - LINQ-style query interface for LTSV files
• LWP::UserAgent::Caching - HTTP::Casing based UserAgent, finally done right
• PerlVision - Text-mode User Interface Widgets.
• Persistence::Database::SQL - Object Persistence in SQL Databases.
• Persistence::Object::Postgres - Object Persistence with PostgreSQL.

Increasing its reputation:

• App::ansicolumn (+1=2)
• Class::XSConstructor (+1=9)
• cpan::listchanges (+1=14)
• cpan::outdated (+1=36)
• Crypt::Argon2 (+1=9)
• Data::Domain (+1=4)
• DBIx::Class::Async (+1=2)
• DBIx::Class::Candy (+1=22)
• Devel::MAT (+1=31)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=198)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=51)
• Image::PHash (+1=3)
• IO::Uring (+1=3)
• LINQ (+1=4)
• Linux::Event::Fork (+2=2)
• Linux::FD (+1=4)
• Log::Any (+1=69)
• Log::Dispatch (+1=49)
• Marlin (+1=12)
• MCP (+1=9)
• MetaCPAN::Client (+1=27)
• Module::Starter (+1=35)
• Mojo::SAML (+1=2)
• Mojolicious (+1=510)
• Moose (+1=335)
• Net::ClamAV::Client (+1=2)
• Object::Pad (+1=47)
• Perl7::Handy (+1=3)
• Plack::Middleware::ProofOfWork (+1=2)
• POE::Component::Curl::Multi (+1=2)
• Search::Fzf (+1=3)
• Text::LTSV (+1=5)
• Time::Piece (+1=67)
• VKontakte::API (+1=2)
• WWW::Noss (+1=2)

(dlxxxvii) 10 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. Data::ObjectDriver - Simple, transparent data interface, with caching
   • Version: 0.27 on 2026-02-13, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.26 was 3 months, 27 days before
   • Author: SIXAPART
2. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.25 on 2026-02-13, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.24_01 was 1 day before
   • Author: SCHUBIGER
3. Devel::Size - Perl extension for finding the memory usage of Perl variables
   • Version: 0.86 on 2026-02-10, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.86 was 1 day before
   • Author: NWCLARK
4. Marlin - 🐟 pretty fast class builder with most Moo/Moose features 🐟
   • Version: 0.023001 on 2026-02-14, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.023000 was 7 days before
   • Author: TOBYINK
5. MIME::Lite - low-calorie MIME generator
   • Version: 3.037 on 2026-02-11, with 35 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.036 was 1 day before
   • Author: RJBS
6. MIME::Body - Tools to manipulate MIME messages
   • Version: 5.517 on 2026-02-11, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.516
   • Author: DSKOLL
7. Net::BitTorrent - Pure Perl BitTorrent Client
   • Version: v2.0.0 on 2026-02-13, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.052 was 15 years, 10 months before
   • Author: SANKO
8. Net::Server - Extensible Perl internet server
   • Version: 2.017 on 2026-02-09, with 34 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.016 was 12 days before
   • Author: BBB
9. Protocol::HTTP2 - HTTP/2 protocol implementation (RFC 7540)
   • Version: 1.12 on 2026-02-14, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.11 was 1 year, 8 months, 25 days before
   • Author: CRUX
10. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990130 on 2026-02-13, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990129 was 1 day before
    • Author: KIMOTO

(dlxxxvi) 10 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::rdapper - a command-line RDAP client.
   • Version: 1.23 on 2026-02-02, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.22 was 3 days before
   • Author: GBROWN
2. Beam::Wire - Lightweight Dependency Injection Container
   • Version: 1.030 on 2026-02-04, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.029 was 1 day before
   • Author: PREACTION
3. BerkeleyDB - Perl extension for Berkeley DB version 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6
   • Version: 0.67 on 2026-02-01, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.66 was 1 year, 3 months, 18 days before
   • Author: PMQS
4. Data::Alias - Comprehensive set of aliasing operations
   • Version: 1.29 on 2026-02-02, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.28 was 3 years, 1 month, 12 days before
   • Author: XMATH
5. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.50 on 2026-02-07, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.44 was 1 month, 22 days before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
6. IO::Compress - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
   • Version: 2.217 on 2026-02-01, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.216 was 1 day before
   • Author: PMQS
7. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
   • Version: 20260204 on 2026-02-03, with 147 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260109 was 25 days before
   • Author: SHANCOCK
8. Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
   • Version: v5.6.0 on 2026-02-02, with 81 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v5.5.0 was 1 month, 28 days before
   • Author: AKXLIX
9. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990127 on 2026-02-04, with 36 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990126 was before
   • Author: KIMOTO
10. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
    • Version: 1.780 on 2026-02-04, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.779 was 2 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS

(dcxxiv) metacpan weekly report - XS::JIT

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 61

Week's winner: XS::JIT (+5)

Build date: 2026/02/07 20:47:56 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Ancient - Post-Apocalyptic Perl
• App::CPANTS::Lint - front-end to Module::CPANTS::Analyse
• Claude::Agent - Perl SDK for the Claude Agent SDK
• Dancer2::Plugin::OpenAPI - create OpenAPI documentation of your application
• Meow - Object… Orientation
• Net::Z3950::ZOOM - Perl extension for invoking the ZOOM-C API.

Increasing its reputation:

• AnyEvent (+1=168)
• App::ccdiff (+1=3)
• App::Software::License (+1=3)
• Class::XSAccessor (+1=29)
• Class::XSConstructor (+3=8)
• Const::Fast (+1=38)
• CPAN::Digger (+1=4)
• CPAN::Uploader (+1=25)
• CryptX (+1=53)
• DBIx::Class::Async (+1=2)
• Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls (+1=19)
• Dist::Zilla (+1=188)
• Excel::ValueReader::XLSX (+1=2)
• Excel::ValueWriter::XLSX (+1=3)
• File::HomeDir (+1=35)
• File::Tail (+1=8)
• Hypersonic (+3=3)
• Image::PHash (+1=3)
• IO::Async (+1=80)
• Marlin (+4=11)
• MetaCPAN::Client (+1=26)
• Mojo::Redis (+1=21)
• Mojolicious (+1=510)
• Moos (+1=6)
• MooseX::XSConstructor (+1=3)
• MooX::Singleton (+1=6)
• MooX::XSConstructor (+1=3)
• Net::Daemon (+1=3)
• Net::Libwebsockets (+1=4)
• Net::Server (+1=34)
• ODF::lpOD (+1=4)
• PAGI (+1=7)
• Parallel::ForkManager (+1=102)
• PathTools (+1=84)
• perl (+1=442)
• Plack::Middleware::ProofOfWork (+2=2)
• Regexp::Grammars (+1=39)
• Reply (+1=62)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=184)
• Sub::HandlesVia (+1=10)
• Sub::StrictDecl (+1=3)
• Sys::Statistics::Linux (+1=4)
• XS::JIT (+5=5)