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

Asked 8/3, 2011 at 1:13 Answered 5/2, 2017 at 10:28

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?

Genvieve answered 8/3, 2011 at 1:13 Comment(1)

I'm thinking probably no, at least not via CPAN; from the horse's mouth: cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#Plans_for_statistics – Treaty 8/3, 2011 at 1:25

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.

Event answered 8/3, 2011 at 9:14 Comment(0)

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Enfleurage answered 8/3, 2011 at 1:43 Comment(1)

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. – Inconformity 8/3, 2011 at 15:52

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

Supercolumnar answered 8/3, 2011 at 5:35 Comment(0)

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.

Event answered 8/3, 2011 at 9:14 Comment(0)

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.

Blocker answered 5/4, 2011 at 12:18 Comment(0)

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

Spindle answered 5/2, 2017 at 10:28 Comment(0)

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 ...

Heyduck answered 23/7, 2012 at 18:13 Comment(0)

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