Is there anywhere I can find information on the relative popularity of Perl modules?

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One of the problems of using CPAN is that "there's more than one module to do it". I often wonder what everyone else is using.

Is there any information on the relative popularity of CPAN modules anywhere?

I'm thinking probably no, at least not via CPAN; from the horse's mouth: http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#Plans_for_statistics — Carl, Mar 08 '11 at 01:25

toolic · Answer 1 · 2011-03-08T03:03:50.737

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Recommended CPAN Modules

Update: Here are other discussions on the topic from PerlMonks:

Social CPAN : Finding the best and most popular modules

cpan module; download count

How to pick a CPAN module

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answered Mar 08 '11 at 01:43

toolic

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http://search.cpan.org/~apeiron/Task-Kensho-0.28/lib/Task/Kensho.pm is a good recommended list, if you want to go that way, with some sound policy/philosophy behind it. – Penfold Mar 08 '11 at 15:52

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '11 at 05:35

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When it works, CPANTS has a feature that counts the number of times a module on CPAN is used by other modules on CPAN.

answered Mar 08 '11 at 05:35

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '11 at 09:14

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If you are interested in download counts, some numbers are available on PPM Index - look for popular modules. Data are a bit skewed, since it is Windows only, but you can get an idea.

answered Mar 08 '11 at 09:14

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '17 at 10:28

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MetaCPAN has a favorite database for CPAN distributions.

The list of the most popular CPAN modules according to this database can be seen here: https://metacpan.org/favorite/leaderboard

answered Feb 05 '17 at 10:28

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 12:18

Task::Kensho is usually where I start. Its an actively maintained list of recommended modules and its on a monthly release schedule. The group of people maintaining it seem fairly organized and are very active in the community so I think it is a pretty accurate reflection of whats currently considered "good" in the Perl community.

Obviously it doesn't cover every possible topic and the whole thing is at least somewhat subjective, but I still think its useful.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:13

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I use to perform google site search on the stackoverflow several times : site:http://stackoverflow.com perl <> ... quick browse of the first 10 results gives me an idea on whether or not the module would be worth enough to try ...

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Is there anywhere I can find information on the relative popularity of Perl modules?

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