(dciv) 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::Ack - A grep-like program for searching source code
   • Version: v3.10.0 on 2026-06-07, with 817 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v3.9.0 was released 1 year, 11 days before
   • Author: PETDANCE
2. Config::IniFiles - A module for reading .ini-style configuration files.
   • Version: 3.001000 on 2026-06-11, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 3.000003 was released 6 years, 2 months, 17 days before
   • Author: SHLOMIF
3. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.42 on 2026-06-07, with 47 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.41 was released 10 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260607.001 on 2026-06-07, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260531.001 was released 5 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. Cucumber::TagExpressions - A library for parsing and evaluating cucumber tag expressions (filters)
   • Version: 10.0.0 on 2026-06-11, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.1.0 was released 3 months, 21 days before
   • Author: CUKEBOT
6. DateTime::Format::Natural - Parse informal natural language date/time strings
   • Version: 1.27 on 2026-06-07, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.26_02 was released 5 days before
   • Author: SCHUBIGER
7. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
   • Version: 2.86 on 2026-06-09, with 32 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.85 was released 7 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
8. HTTP::Tiny - A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client
   • Version: 0.096 on 2026-06-08, with 116 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.095 was released 4 days before
   • Author: HAARG
9. JSON::Validator - Validate data against a JSON schema
   • Version: 5.19 on 2026-06-10, with 59 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.18 was released 1 day before
   • Author: JHTHORSEN
10. Mail::DMARC - Perl implementation of DMARC
    • Version: 1.20260612 on 2026-06-12, with 38 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.20260306 was released 3 months, 6 days before
    • Author: MSIMERSON
11. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.55 on 2026-06-11, with 29 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.54_02 was released 3 days before
    • Author: NLNETLABS
12. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 4.0011 on 2026-06-10, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.0010 was released 3 months, 4 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
13. Protocol::HTTP2 - HTTP/2 protocol implementation (RFC 7540)
    • Version: 1.13 on 2026-06-07, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.12 was released 3 months, 20 days before
    • Author: CRUX
14. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990189 on 2026-06-12, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990188 was released 1 day before
    • Author: KIMOTO
15. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302220 on 2026-06-09, with 200 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302219 was released 6 months before
    • Author: EXODIST
16. WWW::Mechanize - Handy web browsing in a Perl object
    • Version: 2.21 on 2026-06-13, with 104 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.20 was released 7 months, 21 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
17. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.79 on 2026-06-08, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.78 was released the same day
    • Author: CORION