(dcix) 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. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.58.1 on 2026-07-16, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.58.0 was released the same day
   • Author: OETIKER
2. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.43 on 2026-07-18, with 48 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.42 was released 1 month, 10 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
3. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260715.001 on 2026-07-15, with 28 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260712.001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
4. DBD::CSV - DBI driver for CSV files
   • Version: 0.64 on 2026-07-14, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.63 was released 22 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
5. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.651 on 2026-07-14, with 283 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.650 was released 6 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
6. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
   • Version: 5.20260708 on 2026-07-15, with 46 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260601 was released 1 month, 13 days before
   • Author: BINGOS
7. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
   • Version: 9.48 on 2026-07-14, with 513 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.47 was released 8 days before
   • Author: SRI
8. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
   • Version: 1.56 on 2026-07-18, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.55_01 was released 7 days before
   • Author: NLNETLABS
9. perl - The Perl 5 language interpreter
   • Version: 5.044000 on 2026-07-15, with 2305 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.044000-RC2 was released 7 days before
   • Author: LEONT
10. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 65 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
11. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 26 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
12. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.009 on 2026-07-17, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.008 was released 6 days before
    • Author: YVES
13. Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
    • Version: v5.7.1 on 2026-07-17, with 82 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v5.7.0 was released 24 days before
    • Author: AKXLIX
14. Unicode::UTF8 - Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form
    • Version: 0.75 on 2026-07-14, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.74 was released the same day
    • Author: CHANSEN
15. WebService::Fastly - an interface to most facets of the [Fastly API](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/).
    • Version: 15.00 on 2026-07-17, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 14.01 was released 3 months, 17 days before
    • Author: FASTLY
16. YAML::Syck - Fast, lightweight YAML loader and dumper
    • Version: 1.47 on 2026-07-13, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.46 was released 1 month, 19 days before
    • Author: TODDR
17. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.15 on 2026-07-14, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.14 was released 1 day before
    • Author: INGY

(dcviii) 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. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260705.001 on 2026-07-05, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260621.001 was released 13 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
2. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.69 on 2026-07-08, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.68 was released 2 months, 15 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
3. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.650 on 2026-07-07, with 283 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.649 was released 15 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
4. HTTP::Date - HTTP::Date - date conversion routines
   • Version: 6.08 on 2026-07-09, with 17 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.07 was released 13 days before
   • Author: OALDERS
5. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.033 on 2026-07-07, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.032 was released 5 days before
   • Author: TONYC
6. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
   • Version: 9.47 on 2026-07-05, with 513 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 9.46 was released 1 month before
   • Author: SRI
7. Perl::Dist::APPerl - Actually Portable Perl
   • Version: v0.7.0 on 2026-07-09, with 41 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.6.1 was released 1 year, 10 months, 11 days before
   • Author: GAHAYES
8. Sereal - Fast, compact, powerful binary (de-)serialization
   • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 65 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
   • Author: YVES
9. Sereal::Decoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary deserialization
   • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 26 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
   • Author: YVES
10. Sereal::Encoder - Fast, compact, powerful binary serialization
    • Version: 5.008 on 2026-07-10, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.007 was released 1 day before
    • Author: YVES
11. String::Util - String processing utility functions
    • Version: 1.36 on 2026-07-06, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.35 was released 1 year, 10 months, 2 days before
    • Author: BAKERSCOT
12. Unicode::UTF8 - Encoding and decoding of UTF-8 encoding form
    • Version: 0.72 on 2026-07-07, with 20 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.71 was released 1 day before
    • Author: CHANSEN
13. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.12 on 2026-07-10, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.11 was released 17 days before
    • Author: INGY

(dcvii) 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::cpm - a fast CPAN module installer
   • Version: v1.1.4 on 2026-06-28, with 178 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.1.3 was released the same day
   • Author: SKAJI
2. App::Greple - extensible grep with lexical expression and region handling
   • Version: 10.05 on 2026-07-02, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 10.04 was released 4 months, 11 days before
   • Author: UTASHIRO
3. App::HTTPThis - Export the current directory over HTTP
   • Version: v1.0.1 on 2026-07-03, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.0.0 was released 1 day before
   • Author: DAVECROSS
4. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.101000 on 2026-07-02, with 885 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.100000 was released 9 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
5. HTTP::Session - (DEPRECATED) simple session
   • Version: 0.54 on 2026-06-27, with 16 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.53 was released 2 years, 3 months, 20 days before
   • Author: TOKUHIROM
6. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
   • Version: 1.032 on 2026-07-01, with 68 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.031 was released 1 month, 17 days before
   • Author: TONYC
7. IO::Compress - IO Interface to compressed data files/buffers
   • Version: 2.223 on 2026-07-04, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.222 was released the same day
   • Author: PMQS
8. JIRA::REST - Thin wrapper around Jira's REST API
   • Version: 0.025 on 2026-06-28, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.024 was released 2 years, 5 months, 7 days before
   • Author: GNUSTAVO
9. Object::Remote - Call methods on objects in other processes or on other hosts
   • Version: 0.005001 on 2026-07-04, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.005000 was released the same day
   • Author: EHUELS
10. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.139 on 2026-06-27, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.138 was released 28 days before
    • Author: ETHER
11. Perl::Tidy - indent and reformat perl scripts
    • Version: 20260705 on 2026-07-04, with 149 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20260204 was released 5 months before
    • Author: SHANCOCK
12. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
    • Version: 26.07 on 2026-07-02, with 125 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 26.06 was released 14 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
13. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v12.5.0 on 2026-07-03, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v12.4.0 was released 27 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
14. YAML::LibYAML - Perl YAML Serialization using XS and libyaml
    • Version: v0.910.0 on 2026-07-03, with 60 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.909.0 was released the same day
    • Author: TINITA
15. Zonemaster::Backend - A system for running Zonemaster tests asynchronously through an RPC-API
    • Version: 12.1.0 on 2026-06-29, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 12.0.0 was released 6 months, 10 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
16. Zonemaster::CLI - run Zonemaster tests from the command line
    • Version: 8.000002 on 2026-06-29, with 25 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.000001 was released 6 months, 10 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR
17. Zonemaster::Engine - A tool to check the quality of a DNS zone
    • Version: 9.000000 on 2026-06-29, with 34 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 8.001001 was released 3 months, 24 days before
    • Author: ZNMSTR

(dcxxix) metacpan weekly report - DateTime::Lite & DBIO

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 140

Week's winners (+4): DateTime::Lite & DBIO

Build date: 2026/07/04 15:03:44 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• Amazon::API - AWS API base class
• Apophis - Content-addressable storage with deterministic UUID v5 identifiers
• App::aep - Allows you to run a command within a container and control its start up
• Cache::File::Simple - Dead simple file based caching meachanism
• Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::ACL - ACL support for Catalyst applications.
• CPAN::Maker - CPAN distribution maker
• Crypt::TimestampedData - Read and write TimeStampedData files (.TSD, RFC 5544)
• Data::PubSub::Shared - High-performance shared-memory pub/sub for Linux
• DateTime::Format::Lite - Parse and format datetimes with strptime patterns, returning DateTime::Lite objects
• DBIO::DuckDB - DuckDB-specific schema management for DBIO
• Finance::Bank::Bankwest - check Bankwest accounts from Perl
• JSON::LINQ - LINQ-style query interface for JSON and JSONL files
• JSON::YY - Fast JSON encoder/decoder with document manipulation API, backed by yyjson
• Lemonldap::Portal::Standard - Perl extension for the Lemonldap SSO system
• LRU::Cache - LRU cache with O(1) operations
• Mojo::DOM::Role::Style - Adds a style method to Mojo::DOM
• Mojolicious::Plugin::BarefootJS - Mojolicious integration for BarefootJS
• Net::LibIDN2 - Perl bindings for GNU Libidn2
• Object::Proto::Sugar - Moo-se-like syntax for Object::Proto
• PAGI::Tools - Application toolkit for the PAGI specification
• Perl::Critic::Policy::Security::RandBytesFromHash - flag common anti-patterns for generating random bytes
• Plack::Handler::H2 - HTTP/2 server handler for Plack
• RT::Extension::FormTools - Create multi-page ticket creation wizards for RT
• Switch::Declare - compile-time, lexically-scoped switch/case
• Text::PDF - PDF Manipulation and generation
• Time::Str - Parse and format date/time strings in multiple standard formats
• TOON - Token-Oriented Object Notation for Perl
• TUI::Vision - Perl TUI Framework (Turbo Vision 2.0 Port)
• Win32::Console::DotNet - Win32::Console .NET interface
• Win32::Pipe::PP - Pure Perl replacement for Win32::Pipe using Win32::API
• Win32API::Console - Win32 native Console API
• WWW::Docker -
• WWW::Scraper::ISBN - Retrieve information about books from online sources
• WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Amazon_Driver - Search drivers for the Amazon online catalog.

Increasing its reputation:

• Apache2::API (+1=3)
• App::cpanminus (+1=288)
• App::CPANTS::Lint (+1=3)
• App::FatPacker (+1=48)
• Archive::Tar (+1=17)
• Atomic::Pipe (+1=2)
• Authen::SASL (+1=11)
• Capture::Tiny (+1=107)
• Carmel (+1=37)
• Catalyst::Plugin::I18N (+1=5)
• Class::Unload (+1=3)
• CLI::Osprey (+1=10)
• cpan::outdated (+1=37)
• Crypt::Passphrase (+1=18)
• Crypt::SMIME (+1=3)
• Data::Checks (+1=6)
• Data::HashMap (+1=2)
• Data::Printer (+1=155)
• DateTime::Lite (+4=4)
• DBIO (+4=4)
• Devel::CallParser (+1=6)
• Devel::CheckBin (+1=3)
• Docopt (+1=7)
• Excel::Writer::XLSX (+1=66)
• Future (+1=64)
• Future::AsyncAwait (+1=53)
• Getopt::Long (+1=130)
• Google::ProtocolBuffers::Dynamic (+1=13)
• Hash::SharedMem (+1=4)
• HTTP::BrowserDetect (+1=27)
• Image::Magick::7.1.2 (+1=0)
• Image::Size (+1=13)
• IO::Async (+1=82)
• IO::Socket::SSL (+1=50)
• IO::Socket::Timeout (+1=4)
• JSON::MaybeXS (+1=49)
• JSON::PP (+1=22)
• JSON::SL (+2=5)
• libnet (+1=32)
• libwww::perl (+1=175)
• List::Compare (+1=16)
• LMDB_File (+1=11)
• local::lib (+1=97)
• Locale::Maketext::Utils (+1=2)
• Mail::IMAPClient (+1=14)
• MCP (+1=10)
• Module::CoreList (+1=46)
• Module::Metadata (+1=15)
• Mojolicious (+1=513)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenAPI::Modern (+1=7)
• Net::IMAP::Client (+1=8)
• Number::ZipCode::JP (+1=2)
• Object::Pad (+1=49)
• Object::Proto (+2=2)
• PAGI (+1=8)
• PAGI::Server (+1=2)
• Path::Tiny (+1=195)
• PathTools (+2=87)
• Paws (+1=60)
• PDF::Builder (+1=7)
• PDF::Imposition (+1=2)
• PDL::FFTW3 (+1=2)
• PDL::NDBin (+1=4)
• perl (+3=445)
• Pod::Markdown (+1=35)
• Pod::Usage (+1=48)
• POE::Component::Curl::Multi (+1=4)
• POE::Component::IRC (+1=15)
• Regexp::Debugger (+1=61)
• RT::Extension::HistoryFilter (+1=2)
• RT::Extension::MandatoryOnTransition (+1=3)
• RT::Extension::MergeUsers (+1=4)
• RTx::Calendar (+1=4)
• Scalar::List::Utils (+1=186)
• Sidef (+1=9)
• Software::License (+1=19)
• Software::Security::Policy (+1=6)
• SVG::Barcode::QRCode (+1=2)
• Syntax::Keyword::Match (+1=16)
• Syntax::Keyword::Try (+1=49)
• Task::Kensho (+1=123)
• Term::CLI (+1=5)
• Term::ReadLine (+1=10)
• Term::ReadLine::Gnu (+1=26)
• Term::Table (+1=3)
• Test2::Harness (+1=22)
• Test2::Plugin::SubtestFilter (+2=5)
• Text::CSV::Simple (+1=3)
• Time::Moment (+2=78)
• Time::Piece (+1=69)
• URI (+1=121)
• version (+1=23)
• XS::Parse::Sublike (+1=8)