(dxcvii) 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::Music::ChordPro - A lyrics and chords formatting program
   • Version: v6.100.0 on 2026-04-21, with 468 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v6.090.1 was released 3 months, 18 days before
   • Author: JV
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.098002 on 2026-04-20, with 864 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.098001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::perlimports - Make implicit imports explicit
   • Version: 0.000059 on 2026-04-24, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.000058 was released 5 months, 26 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
4. Bitcoin::Crypto - Bitcoin cryptography in Perl
   • Version: 4.005 on 2026-04-23, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.004 was released 1 month, 5 days before
   • Author: BRTASTIC
5. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260419.002 on 2026-04-19, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260412.001 was released 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
6. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.088 on 2026-04-23, with 53 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.087_008 was released the same day
   • Author: MIK
7. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.68 on 2026-04-23, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.67 was released 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
8. DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::Serializer - Inflators to serialize data structures for DBIx::Class
   • Version: 0.10 on 2026-04-19, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.09 was released 9 years, 3 months, 4 days before
   • Author: MRUIZ
9. Encode - character encodings in Perl
   • Version: 3.22 on 2026-04-25, with 65 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.21 was released 2 years, 1 month, 28 days before
   • Author: DANKOGAI
10. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
    • Version: v32.0.0 on 2026-04-22, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v31.1.0 was released 27 days before
    • Author: CHEVALIER
11. Log::Any - Bringing loggers and listeners together
    • Version: 1.720 on 2026-04-25, with 69 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.719 was released 1 month, 8 days before
    • Author: PREACTION
12. MetaCPAN::Client - A comprehensive, DWIM-featured client to the MetaCPAN API
    • Version: 2.041000 on 2026-04-25, with 29 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.040000 was released 1 month, 16 days before
    • Author: MICKEY
13. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260420 on 2026-04-20, with 45 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260330 was released 21 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
14. PPI - Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl (without perl)
    • Version: 1.290 on 2026-04-25, with 64 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.289 was released the same day
    • Author: MITHALDU
15. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990167 on 2026-04-24, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990166 was released the same day
    • Author: KIMOTO
16. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000171 on 2026-04-23, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000170 was released 13 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
17. YAML::LibYAML - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
    • Version: v0.905.0 on 2026-04-24, with 60 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.905.0 was released 1 day before
    • Author: TINITA
18. YAML::PP - YAML 1.2 Processor
    • Version: v0.40.0 on 2026-04-24, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.40.0 was released 1 day before
    • Author: TINITA
19. YAML::Syck - Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
    • Version: 1.45 on 2026-04-23, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.44 was released 20 days before
    • Author: TODDR

(dxcvi) 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. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.098001 on 2026-04-16, with 859 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.098000 was released the same day
   • Author: OLIVER
2. Authen::Passphrase - hashed passwords/passphrases as objects
   • Version: 0.009 on 2026-04-15, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.008 was released 14 years, 2 months, 11 days before
   • Author: LEONT
3. Convert::Pheno - A module to interconvert common data models for phenotypic data
   • Version: 0.31 on 2026-04-17, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.30 was released 2 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260412.001 on 2026-04-12, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260405.001 was released 7 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. Finance::Quote - Get stock and mutual fund quotes from various exchanges
   • Version: 1.69 on 2026-04-18, with 149 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.68_02 was released 1 month, 5 days before
   • Author: BPSCHUCK
6. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.030 on 2026-04-13, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.029 was released 6 months, 7 days before
   • Author: TONYC
7. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.638 on 2026-04-18, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.637 was released 10 days before
   • Author: ETHER
8. SPVM - The SPVM Language
   • Version: 0.990162 on 2026-04-18, with 36 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.990161 was released the same day
   • Author: KIMOTO
9. version - Structured version objects
   • Version: 0.9934 on 2026-04-12, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.9933 was released 1 year, 7 months, 17 days before
   • Author: LEONT

(dxcv) 13 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: 2.440 on 2026-04-11, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.439 was released 1 month, 16 days before
   • Author: KUERBIS
2. Attean - A Semantic Web Framework
   • Version: 0.036 on 2026-04-06, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.035_01 was released the same day
   • Author: GWILLIAMS
3. Bio::EnsEMBL - Bio::EnsEMBL - Ensembl Core API
   • Version: 114.0.0 on 2026-04-07, with 83 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 114.0.0_50 was released 12 days before
   • Author: TAMARAEN
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260405.001 on 2026-04-05, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260329.001 was released 6 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
   • Version: 5.79 on 2026-04-06, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.78 was released 2 years, 3 months, 6 days before
   • Author: TODDR
6. Image::ExifTool - Read and write meta information
   • Version: 13.55 on 2026-04-07, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 13.50 was released 2 months before
   • Author: EXIFTOOL
7. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.637 on 2026-04-08, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.636 was released the same day
   • Author: ETHER
8. Mail::Box - complete E-mail handling suite
   • Version: 4.02 on 2026-04-10, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.01 was released 3 months, 28 days before
   • Author: MARKOV
9. PDL - Perl Data Language
   • Version: 2.104 on 2026-04-08, with 102 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.103 was released 1 month, 5 days before
   • Author: ETJ
10. Pod::Simple - framework for parsing Pod
    • Version: 3.48 on 2026-04-05, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.48 was released the same day
    • Author: KHW
11. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990156 on 2026-04-08, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990155 was released 1 day before
    • Author: KIMOTO
12. Term::Choose - Choose items from a list interactively.
    • Version: 1.782 on 2026-04-09, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.781 was released 15 days before
    • Author: KUERBIS
13. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000170 on 2026-04-10, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000169 was released 1 day before
    • Author: EXODIST

(dxciv) 20 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::Staticperl - perl, libc, 100 modules, all in one standalone 500kb file
   • Version: 1.5 on 2026-04-04, with 21 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.46 was released 4 years, 1 month, 16 days before
   • Author: MLEHMANN
2. Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
   • Version: 1.22 on 2026-03-30, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.21 was released 8 years, 3 months, 25 days before
   • Author: ETHER
3. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260329.001 on 2026-03-29, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260327.002 was released 1 day before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
4. Devel::NYTProf - Powerful fast feature-rich Perl source code profiler
   • Version: 6.15 on 2026-03-31, with 199 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.14 was released 2 years, 5 months, 12 days before
   • Author: JKEENAN
5. Devel::Size - Perl extension for finding the memory usage of Perl variables
   • Version: 0.87 on 2026-03-31, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.86_50 was released 1 month, 19 days before
   • Author: NWCLARK
6. Dios - Declarative Inside-Out Syntax
   • Version: 0.002014 on 2026-04-01, with 24 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.002013 was released 1 year, 7 months, 14 days before
   • Author: DCONWAY
7. Inline::Module - Support for Inline-based CPAN Extension Modules
   • Version: 0.35 on 2026-03-30, with 14 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.34 was released 11 years, 1 month, 12 days before
   • Author: INGY
8. IPC::Run - system() and background procs w/ piping, redirs, ptys (Unix, Win32)
   • Version: 20260402.0 on 2026-04-02, with 39 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260401.0 was released the same day
   • Author: TODDR
9. LWP - The World-Wide Web library for Perl
   • Version: 6.82 on 2026-03-29, with 212 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.81 was released 5 months, 6 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
10. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260330 on 2026-03-29, with 45 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260320 was released 8 days before
    • Author: BINGOS
11. Module::Metadata - Gather package and POD information from perl module files
    • Version: 1.000039 on 2026-04-03, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000038 was released 2 years, 11 months, 5 days before
    • Author: ETHER
12. Mouse - Moose minus the antlers
    • Version: v2.6.2 on 2026-04-04, with 63 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v2.6.1 was released 3 months, 14 days before
    • Author: SYOHEX
13. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
    • Version: 5.042002 on 2026-03-29, with 2251 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.042001 was released 21 days before
    • Author: SHAY
14. Pod::Simple - framework for parsing Pod
    • Version: 3.48 on 2026-04-04, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.47 was released 10 months, 19 days before
    • Author: KHW
15. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
    • Version: 26.04 on 2026-04-01, with 122 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 26.01 was released 2 months, 18 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
16. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990153 on 2026-03-28, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990152 was released 2 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
17. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v12.2.0 on 2026-04-01, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v12.1.0 was released 29 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
18. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000164 on 2026-04-01, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000164 was released the same day
    • Author: EXODIST
19. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 14.01 on 2026-03-31, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 14.00 was released 1 month, 14 days before
    • Author: FASTLY
20. YAML::Syck - Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
    • Version: 1.44 on 2026-04-02, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.43 was released 1 day before
    • Author: TODDR

(dcxxviii) metacpan weekly report - App::FatPacker

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 65

Week's winner: App::FatPacker (+2)

Build date: 2026/04/04 19:54:08 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::Chit - chat with AI from the command line
• App::prepare4release - prepare a Perl distribution for release (skeleton)
• Context::Preserve - Run code after a subroutine call, preserving the context the subroutine would have seen if it were the last statement in the caller
• Data::HashMap::Shared - Type-specialized shared-memory hash maps for multiprocess access
• DB::Handy - Pure-Perl flat-file relational database with DBI-like interface
• EV::Websockets - WebSocket client/server using libwebsockets and EV
• Rex::LibSSH - Rex connection backend using Net::LibSSH (no SFTP required)
• Task::Kensho::All - Install all of Task::Kensho
• WWW::Tracking - universal website visitors tracking

Increasing its reputation:

• App::cpanminus (+1=287)
• App::CPANTS::Lint (+1=2)
• App::FatPacker (+2=47)
• Capture::Tiny (+1=106)
• Carp (+1=78)
• Complete::Bash (+1=6)
• Complete::Getopt::Long (+1=2)
• Cpanel::JSON::XS (+1=47)
• Data::Password::zxcvbn (+1=9)
• Devel::Cover (+1=105)
• Devel::NYTProf (+1=199)
• ExtUtils::MakeMaker (+1=65)
• Feersum (+1=15)
• File::Map (+1=25)
• File::Temp (+1=72)
• Getopt::Long (+1=129)
• Getopt::Long::Complete (+1=16)
• Getopt::Long::More (+1=3)
• HTTP::Tiny (+1=116)
• HTTP::Tiny::Mech (+1=4)
• Inline::Module (+1=14)
• JSON::MaybeXS (+1=48)
• JSON::Schema::Modern (+1=10)
• Keyword::Simple (+1=18)
• MCE (+1=112)
• MetaCPAN::Client (+1=28)
• Module::CoreList (+1=45)
• Mojolicious (+1=511)
• Multi::Dispatch (+1=4)
• OpenAPI::Modern (+1=5)
• Path::Tiny (+1=194)
• PathTools (+1=85)
• PDF::API2 (+1=33)
• PDF::Builder (+1=7)
• perl (+1=443)
• Perl::Critic (+1=136)
• Perl::Tidy (+1=148)
• Pod::Usage (+1=47)
• POE (+1=55)
• POE::Component::Curl::Multi (+1=3)
• POE::Component::IRC (+1=14)
• Reply (+1=64)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=185)
• Software::License (+1=18)
• Task::Kensho (+1=122)
• Term::ANSIColor (+1=69)
• Term::QRCode (+1=4)
• Term::ReadLine::Gnu (+1=25)
• Test::Harness (+1=66)
• Test::Simple (+1=200)
• Time::Piece (+1=68)
• TOML::Tiny (+1=11)
• Type::Tiny (+1=149)
• WWW::Mechanize (+1=104)
• WWW::Mechanize::Cached (+1=6)