(dcxix) 12 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. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.66 on 2026-09-21, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.65 was released 2 days before
   • Author: ROBM
2. Convert::Pheno - Convert clinical and phenotypic data between supported models
   • Version: 0.35 on 2026-09-19, with 18 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.34 was released 1 month, 15 days before
   • Author: MRUEDA
3. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260923.001 on 2026-09-23, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260920.003 was released 3 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
4. DateTime::TimeZone - Time zone object base class and factory
   • Version: 2.70 on 2026-09-20, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.69 was released 2 months, 11 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
5. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.654 on 2026-09-25, with 284 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.653 was released 15 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
6. Devel::ebug - A simple, extensible Perl debugger
   • Version: 0.65 on 2026-09-22, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.64 was released 5 years, 2 months, 11 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
7. Email::Sender - a library for sending email
   • Version: 2.603 on 2026-09-21, with 56 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.602 was released the same day
   • Author: RJBS
8. Feersum - A fast PSGI/HTTP server for Perl based on EV/libev
   • Version: 1.507 on 2026-09-25, with 15 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.506_68 was released 2 days before
   • Author: EGOR
9. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
   • Version: v35.1.0 on 2026-09-23, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v35.0.0 was released 13 days before
   • Author: MATTIAT
10. HTML::Parser - HTML parser class
    • Version: 3.86 on 2026-09-19, with 51 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 3.85 was released 4 months before
    • Author: OALDERS
11. MIME::Body - Tools to manipulate MIME messages
    • Version: 5.519 on 2026-09-22, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.518 was released 26 days before
    • Author: DSKOLL
12. Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
    • Version: 5.20260924 on 2026-09-24, with 46 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.20260820 was released 1 month, 3 days before
    • Author: BINGOS

(dcxviii) 21 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. Alien::Build - Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
   • Version: 2.88 on 2026-09-19, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.87 was released 7 days before
   • Author: PLICEASE
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.109001 on 2026-09-18, with 915 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.109000 was released 4 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::sbozyp - A package manager for Slackware's SlackBuilds.org
   • Version: v1.10.2 on 2026-09-11, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.10.1 was released 7 days before
   • Author: NHUBBARD
4. Cache::FastMmap - Uses an mmap'ed file to act as a shared memory interprocess cache
   • Version: 1.65 on 2026-09-18, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.64 was released the same day
   • Author: ROBM
5. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.61.0 on 2026-09-18, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.60.1 was released 8 days before
   • Author: OETIKER
6. CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
   • Version: 2.41 on 2026-09-12, with 39 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.41-TRIAL was released 6 days before
   • Author: ANDK
7. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.52 on 2026-09-12, with 50 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.51 was released the same day
   • Author: RURBAN
8. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260914.001 on 2026-09-15, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260908.001 was released 6 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
9. Dancer2 - Lightweight yet powerful web application framework
   • Version: 2.2.1 on 2026-09-19, with 139 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.2.0 was released 2 days before
   • Author: CROMEDOME
10. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
    • Version: 6.039 on 2026-09-13, with 189 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.038 was released 8 days before
    • Author: RJBS
11. FFI::Platypus - Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries with FFI. No XS required.
    • Version: 2.12 on 2026-09-11, with 71 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 2.11 was released 7 months, 30 days before
    • Author: PLICEASE
12. FFI::TinyCC - Tiny C Compiler for FFI
    • Version: 0.31 on 2026-09-19, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.30 was released 6 years, 2 months, 11 days before
    • Author: PLICEASE
13. Imager - Perl extension for Generating 24 bit Images
    • Version: 1.036 on 2026-09-18, with 68 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.035 was released 29 days before
    • Author: TONYC
14. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
    • Version: 0.650 on 2026-09-17, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.649 was released the same day
    • Author: ETHER
15. LWP::ConsoleLogger - LWP tracing and debugging
    • Version: 1.000003 on 2026-09-18, with 12 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000002 was released 4 months, 5 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
16. Number::Format - Perl extension for formatting numbers
    • Version: 1.79 on 2026-09-17, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.78 was released 3 days before
    • Author: RJBS
17. OpenAPI::Modern - Validate HTTP requests and responses against an OpenAPI v3.0, v3.1 or v3.2 document
    • Version: 0.149 on 2026-09-17, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.148 was released 4 days before
    • Author: ETHER
18. Pod::Weaver - weave together a Pod document from an outline
    • Version: 4.022 on 2026-09-13, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.021 was released 2 days before
    • Author: RJBS
19. Test::Fatal - incredibly simple helpers for testing code with exceptions
    • Version: 0.019 on 2026-09-13, with 40 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.018 was released 10 months, 6 days before
    • Author: RJBS
20. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000180 on 2026-09-11, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000179 was released 2 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
21. Text::Diff - Perform diffs on files and record sets
    • Version: 1.46 on 2026-09-13, with 18 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.45 was released 9 years, 27 days before
    • Author: NEILB

(dcxvii) 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::perlimports - Make implicit imports explicit
   • Version: 0.000065 on 2026-09-10, with 25 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.000064 was released 1 day before
   • Author: OALDERS
2. CallBackery - CallBackery is a Mojolicious+Qooxdoo Framework for building Web Applications
   • Version: v0.60.1 on 2026-09-09, with 12 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v0.60.0 was released 13 days before
   • Author: OETIKER
3. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.51 on 2026-09-11, with 50 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.50 was released 2 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
4. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260908.001 on 2026-09-08, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260906.002 was released 2 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
5. DBI - Database independent interface for Perl
   • Version: 1.653 on 2026-09-09, with 284 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.652 was released 25 days before
   • Author: HMBRAND
6. DBIx::Lite - Chained and minimal ORM
   • Version: 0.40 on 2026-09-07, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.39 was released 2 days before
   • Author: AAR
7. Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client - Google Ads API Client Library for Perl
   • Version: v35.0.0 on 2026-09-10, with 19 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v34.0.0 was released 22 days before
   • Author: MATTIAT
8. HTML::FormHandler - HTML forms using Moose
   • Version: 0.410002 on 2026-09-07, with 44 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.410001 was released 3 days before
   • Author: ABRAXXA
9. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
   • Version: 0.648 on 2026-09-09, with 22 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.647 was released 10 days before
   • Author: ETHER
10. lazy - Lazily install missing Perl modules
    • Version: 1.000003 on 2026-09-08, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000002 was released 3 months, 29 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
11. PGXN::API - Maintain and serve a REST API to search PGXN mirrors
    • Version: v0.22.1 on 2026-09-08, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.22.0 was released the same day
    • Author: DWHEELER
12. Pod::Weaver - weave together a Pod document from an outline
    • Version: 4.021 on 2026-09-10, with 35 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.020 was released 2 years, 5 months, 19 days before
    • Author: RJBS
13. Pod::Man - Convert POD data to various other formats
    • Version: v6.1.1 on 2026-09-10, with 15 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v6.1.0 was released 1 month, 20 days before
    • Author: RRA
14. Prima - a Perl graphic toolkit
    • Version: 1.78 on 2026-09-09, with 116 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.77 was released 1 year, 27 days before
    • Author: KARASIK
15. Sidef - The Sidef Programming Language - A modern, high-level programming language
    • Version: 26.09 on 2026-09-09, with 126 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 26.08 was released 1 month, 2 days before
    • Author: TRIZEN
16. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990199 on 2026-09-11, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990198 was released 9 days before
    • Author: KIMOTO
17. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000179 on 2026-09-08, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000178 was released 4 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
18. WWW::Mechanize::Chrome - automate the Chrome browser
    • Version: 0.80 on 2026-09-07, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.79 was released 2 months, 29 days before
    • Author: CORION
19. XML::Feed - Syndication feed parser and auto-discovery
    • Version: v1.0.1 on 2026-09-08, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v1.0.0 was released 9 months, 20 days before
    • Author: DAVECROSS
20. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.21 on 2026-09-08, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.20 was released 2 days before
    • Author: INGY

(dcxxxii) metacpan weekly report - Hyperman

This is the weekly favourites list of CPAN distributions. Votes count: 41

Week's winner: Hyperman (+2)

Build date: 2026/09/12 14:25:26 GMT

Clicked for first time:

• App::CPANModuleSite - Automatically create a web site for a CPAN module.
• Fetch - HTTP/3, HTTP/2 and HTTP/1.1 Future-based user agent
• Geo::Elevation::HGT - Elevation service with terrain data provided by Mapzen and Amazon AWS S3
• Loop - Smart, Simple, Recursive Iterators for Perl programming.
• OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Mojo::UserAgent - OpenTelemetry instrumentation for Mojo::UserAgent
• Perl::Unix::Keywords - Prototype-based Unix-shaped verbs for Perl lists, trees, and subprocesses
• PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
• Punk::APIKey - API keys for Punk applications
• Signature::Attribute::Checked - apply value constraint checks to subroutine parameters

Increasing its reputation:

• B::C (+1=24)
• Crypt::CBC (+1=13)
• Crypt::LE (+1=13)
• DBD::Excel (+1=4)
• Device::SerialPort (+1=4)
• Dist::Zilla::Plugin::SecurityPolicy (+1=2)
• HTTP::Message (+1=72)
• Hyperman (+2=5)
• IPC::Run (+1=40)
• libwww::perl (+1=176)
• Linux::Event (+1=2)
• Math::NumSeq (+1=5)
• Mojolicious (+1=515)
• Mojolicious::Plugin::OpenTelemetry (+1=3)
• Nmap::Scanner (+1=2)
• Object::Pad (+1=51)
• PAGI::FastAPI (+1=2)
• PAR::Packer (+1=46)
• Path::Iterator::Rule (+1=27)
• perl (+1=446)
• Perl::Tags (+1=3)
• PPI (+1=65)
• Punk (+1=7)
• Software::Security::Policy (+1=7)
• Syntax::Keyword::Dynamically (+1=8)
• Term::ANSIColor (+1=71)
• Term::Drawille (+1=3)
• Term::ProgressSpinner (+1=2)
• Wasm (+1=8)
• Weather::NHC::TropicalCyclone (+1=2)
• WebDyne (+1=2)

(dcxvi) 26 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. Alien::ImageMagick - cpanm compatible Image::Magick packaging.
   • Version: 0.11 on 2026-09-04, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.10 was released 2 years, 4 months, 15 days before
   • Author: AMBS
2. App::Netdisco - An open source web-based network management tool.
   • Version: 2.107000 on 2026-09-04, with 905 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.106000 was released 2 days before
   • Author: OLIVER
3. App::sbozyp - a package manager for Slackware's SlackBuilds.org
   • Version: v1.10.1 on 2026-09-04, with 13 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: v1.10.0 was released the same day
   • Author: NHUBBARD
4. CPAN::Meta - the distribution metadata for a CPAN dist
   • Version: 2.150015 on 2026-08-31, with 41 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 2.150014 was released the same day
   • Author: ETHER
5. Cpanel::JSON::XS - cPanel fork of JSON::XS, fast and correct serializing
   • Version: 4.44 on 2026-09-02, with 50 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 4.43 was released 1 month, 15 days before
   • Author: RURBAN
6. CPANSA::DB - the CPAN Security Advisory data as a Perl data structure, mostly for CPAN::Audit
   • Version: 20260903.001 on 2026-09-03, with 29 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 20260830.001 was released 4 days before
   • Author: BRIANDFOY
7. Date::Manip - Date manipulation routines
   • Version: 7.00 on 2026-09-01, with 20 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 6.99 was released 5 months, 29 days before
   • Author: SBECK
8. DateTime - A date and time object for Perl
   • Version: 1.67 on 2026-08-30, with 223 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 1.66 was released 1 year, 6 months, 11 days before
   • Author: DROLSKY
9. DBIx::Lite - Chained and minimal ORM
   • Version: 0.39 on 2026-09-04, with 30 votes
   • Previous CPAN version: 0.38 was released 3 months, 30 days before
   • Author: AAR
10. Dist::Zilla - distribution builder; installer not included!
    • Version: 6.038 on 2026-09-05, with 189 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 6.037 was released 7 months, 10 days before
    • Author: RJBS
11. Finance::Quote - Get stock and mutual fund quotes from various exchanges
    • Version: 1.71 on 2026-08-30, with 150 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.71 was released 2 days before
    • Author: BPSCHUCK
12. HTML::FormHandler - HTML forms using Moose
    • Version: 0.410001 on 2026-09-03, with 44 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.410000 was released the same day
    • Author: ABRAXXA
13. JSON::Schema::Modern - Validate data against a schema using a JSON Schema
    • Version: 0.647 on 2026-08-30, with 22 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.646 was released the same day
    • Author: ETHER
14. Lucy - Lucy search engine library.
    • Version: v0.8.0 on 2026-09-02, with 16 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.8.0_1 was released the same day
    • Author: KARMAN
15. Net::DNS - Perl Interface to the Domain Name System
    • Version: 1.57 on 2026-09-01, with 29 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.56 was released 1 month, 14 days before
    • Author: NLNETLABS
16. Number::Phone - base class for Number::Phone::* modules
    • Version: 4.0012 on 2026-09-04, with 24 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 4.0011 was released 2 months, 23 days before
    • Author: DCANTRELL
17. Protocol::HTTP2 - HTTP/2 protocol implementation (RFC 7540)
    • Version: 1.14 on 2026-09-03, with 27 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.13 was released 2 months, 26 days before
    • Author: CRUX
18. Sisimai - Mail Analyzing Interface for bounce mails.
    • Version: v5.7.2 on 2026-08-31, with 83 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v5.7.1 was released 1 month, 14 days before
    • Author: AKXLIX
19. SPVM - The SPVM Language
    • Version: 0.990198 on 2026-09-02, with 36 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.990197001_000 was released the same day
    • Author: KIMOTO
20. Sub::Exporter - a sophisticated exporter for custom-built routines
    • Version: 0.992 on 2026-09-05, with 38 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.991 was released 2 years, 9 months, 11 days before
    • Author: RJBS
21. Sys::Virt - libvirt Perl API
    • Version: v12.7.0 on 2026-09-03, with 17 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v12.6.0 was released 28 days before
    • Author: DANBERR
22. Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
    • Version: 1.302225 on 2026-09-03, with 201 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.302224 was released 9 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
23. Test2::Harness - A new and improved test harness with better Test2 integration.
    • Version: 1.000178 on 2026-09-04, with 28 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 1.000177 was released 9 days before
    • Author: EXODIST
24. URI - Uniform Resource Identifiers (absolute and relative)
    • Version: 5.37 on 2026-09-03, with 121 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 5.36 was released 15 days before
    • Author: OALDERS
25. Wasm - Write Perl extensions using Wasm
    • Version: 0.24 on 2026-09-03, with 14 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: 0.23 was released 3 years, 9 months, 29 days before
    • Author: PLICEASE
26. YAMLStar - YAML 1.2 loader via FFI
    • Version: v0.1.19 on 2026-09-02, with 19 votes
    • Previous CPAN version: v0.1.18 was released 1 month, 4 days before
    • Author: INGY