(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