(dcxiii) 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::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.103000 on 2026-08-14, with 903 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.102001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
2. App::rainbarf - CPU/RAM/battery stats chart bar for tmux (and GNU screen)
   • Version: 1.5 on 2026-08-15, with 1204 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.4 was released 9 years, 11 months, 8 days before
   • Author: SYP
3. App::sbozyp - a package manager for Slackware's SlackBuilds.org
   • Version: v1.8.0 on 2026-08-11, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.7.2 was released 3 months, 13 days before
   • Author: NHUBBARD
4. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.63 on 2026-08-14, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.62 was released 2 months, 27 days before
   • Author: ROBM
5. Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication - Infrastructure plugin for the Catalyst authentication framework.
   • Version: 0.10028 on 2026-08-08, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.10_027 was released 2 months before
   • Author: ETHER
6. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260811.001 on 2026-08-11, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260809.001 was released 2 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
7. Crypt::OpenSSL::X509 - Perl extension to OpenSSL's X509 API.
   • Version: 2.1.5 on 2026-08-10, with 27 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.1.4 was released 1 day before
   • Author: JONASBN
8. CryptX - Cryptographic toolkit
   • Version: 0.091 on 2026-08-10, with 54 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.090_004 was released 1 day before
   • Author: MIK
9. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.652 on 2026-08-15, with 284 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.651 was released 1 month, 1 day before
   • Author: HMBRAND
10. GD - Perl interface to the libgd graphics library
    • Version: 2.90 on 2026-08-15, with 32 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.87 was released the same day
    • Author: RURBAN
11. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
    • Version: v33.1.0 on 2026-08-12, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v33.0.0 was released 19 days before
    • Author: MATTIAT
12. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
    • Version: 0.644 on 2026-08-12, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.643 was released the same day
    • Author: ETHER
13. Log::Log4perl - Log4j implementation for Perl
    • Version: 1.58 on 2026-08-14, with 114 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.57 was released 3 years, 9 months, 24 days before
    • Author: MSCHILLI
14. Module::Metadata - Gather package and POD information from perl module files
    • Version: 1.000040 on 2026-08-10, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000039 was released 4 months, 7 days before
    • Author: ETHER
15. Mojolicious - Real-time web framework
    • Version: 9.49 on 2026-08-09, with 514 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 9.48 was released 26 days before
    • Author: SRI
16. Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format
    • Version: 20260813 on 2026-08-13, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 20250602 was released 1 year, 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: LWP
17. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.147 on 2026-08-13, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.146 was released 6 days before
    • Author: ETHER
18. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990192 on 2026-08-12, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990191 was released 1 month, 18 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
19. Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
    • Version: 0.64 on 2026-08-11, with 13 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.63 was released 2 days before
    • Author: JDB
20. Workflow - Simple, flexible system to implement workflows
    • Version: 2.11 on 2026-08-10, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.10 was released 29 days before
    • Author: JONASBN