# Awesome Perl | Massive Resources & Collection ⭐ **URL:** \ **Category:** Give-Away and Freebies\ **Tags:** freebies\ **Created:** [July 3, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/awesome-perl-massive-resources-collection/192479 "2021-07-03T11:58:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
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![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/9/c/9c2bb5e5b7528258b32cef1b08b0b5524852fd07.png) A curated list of awesome Perl resources, including frameworks, libraries and software. Inspired by awesome-go. ### Another module list We also recommend these lists. - Task::Kensho - Perlres - A list of resources about Perl - [PerlMaven.com](http://PerlMaven.com) list of Perl Software - Slaven’s CPAN in a nutshell - Many Task::\*\* Modules. (ex. Task::Plack, Task::BeLike::…) ### Contents - Awesome Perl - Args - Audio - Digital Signal Processing - Benchmarks - Caches - Class Builder - CLI - Cloud - Cryptography - Commercial WebServices - Container - Data Format - Database - Database Drivers - Relational Databases - NoSQL Databases - Date & Time - Devices - DevOps - Email - Event Loops - Exception Handling - DOM Manipulation - File Manipulation - Form Frameworks - Images - List Manipulation - Logging - Module Development - Network - ORM - Package Management - Processes and Threads - Profiling - Protocol - Queueing - REST Frameworks - Science/Numerics - Stream Manipulation - Template Engines - Testing - Testing Frameworks - Test Double - Coverage - Tools - Type Checking - Video - Web Frameworks - Middlewares - Web Frameworks-Like - Web Scraping - Network Security - Digital Forensics - Reverse Engineering ## Args _Libraries for argument manifestation and validation._ - [Data::Validator](https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::Validator) - Rule based validator on type constraint system. - [Params::Util](https://metacpan.org/pod/Params::Util) - Simple, compact and correct param-checking functions. - [Params::ValidationCompiler](https://metacpan.org/pod/Params::ValidationCompiler) - Validate method/function parameters. - [Smart::Args](https://metacpan.org/pod/Smart::Args) ## Audio - [Audio::CD](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::CD) - Interface to libcdaudio (cd + cddb) - [Audio::Wav](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::Wav) - Modules for reading & writing Microsoft WAV files. - [Audio::SndFile](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::SndFile) - Perl library for reading and writing sound files - [Audio::Ao](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::Ao) - A Perl wrapper for the Ao audio library - [MIDI::ALSA](https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::ALSA) - the perl ALSA library, plus some interface functions ### DSP - [Audio::Analyzer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::Analyzer) - Demodulate Audio through FFT and perl! - [Audio::Analyzer::ToneDetect](https://metacpan.org/pod/Audio::Analyzer::ToneDetect) - Detect freq of tones in an audio file or stream ## Benchmarks _Libraries for benchmarking_ - [Benchmark](https://metacpan.org/pod/Benchmark) - [Dumbbench](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dumbbench) - [Parallel::Benchmark](https://metacpan.org/pod/Parallel::Benchmark) - Benchmark in multiprocesses ## Caches _Libraries to talk to Cache Softwares_ - [CHI](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI) - Unified cache handling interface, think DBI for caches - [CHI::Driver::DBI](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI::Driver::DBI) - DBI driver for CHI - [CHI::Driver::DBIC](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI::Driver::DBIC) - DBIx::Class driver for CHI - [CHI::Driver::Memcached](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI::Driver::Memcached) - Memcached driver for CHI - [CHI::Driver::MongoDB](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI::Driver::MongoDB) - MongoDB driver for CHI - [CHI::Driver::Redis](https://metacpan.org/pod/CHI::Driver::Redis) - Redis driver for CHI - [Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::CHI](https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::CHI) - Use CHI module to handle storage backend for session data - [CGI::Application::Plugin::CHI](https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI::Application::Plugin::CHI) - CGI-App plugin for CHI caching interface - [Mojolicious::Plugin::CHI](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Plugin::CHI) - Interact with CHI caches ## Class Builder _Libraries to support writing classes and meta programming_ - [Class::Accessor::Lite](https://metacpan.org/pod/Class::Accessor::Lite) - Simple accessor generator. - [Class::Accessor::Lite::Lazy](https://metacpan.org/pod/Class::Accessor::Lite::Lazy) - Generate lazy accessors. - [Homer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Homer) - Simple Prototype-based object system. - [Mo](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mo) - Micro Objects. Mo is less. - [Moo](https://metacpan.org/pod/Moo) - Class builder supporting meta programming. - [Moose](https://metacpan.org/pod/Moose) - The one and only, Moose. - [Mouse](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mouse) - Yet another class builder like Moo/Moose. - [Object::Pad](https://metacpan.org/pod/Object::Pad) - `class Example { has $x; method reader { return $x } }`, experimental proving-ground for [Cor](https://gist.github.com/Ovid/68b33259cb81c01f9a51612c7a294ede) - [Object::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Object::Tiny) - A class builder that is terse, fast, and tiny. ## CLI _Libraries for developing CLI applications_ - [App::Cmd](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Cmd) - Write command line apps with less suffering. - [Getopt::Long](https://metacpan.org/pod/Getopt::Long) - Extended processing of command line options. ## Cloud - [AWS::CloudFront](https://metacpan.org/pod/AWS::CloudFront) - Lightweight interface to Amazon CloudFront CDN - [AWS::S3](https://metacpan.org/pod/AWS::S3) - Lightweight interface to Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) - [Net::Amazon::EC2](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Amazon::EC2) - Interface to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. - [Net::AWS::SES](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::AWS::SES) - Perl extension that implements Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) client - [WebService::DigitalOcean](https://metacpan.org/pod/WebService::DigitalOcean) - Access the DigitalOcean RESTful API (v2) - [WebService::Dropbox](https://metacpan.org/pod/WebService::Dropbox) - Interface to Dropbox API ## Cryptography - [Bitcoin::Crypto](https://metacpan.org/pod/Bitcoin::Crypto) - Bitcoin cryptography in Perl - [CryptX](https://metacpan.org/pod/CryptX) - Cryptographic toolkit ## Commercial WebServices - [Net::Xero](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Xero) - Interface to Xero accounting - [PagerDuty::Agent](https://metacpan.org/pod/PagerDuty::Agent) - A perl PagerDuty client - [WebService::Spotify](https://metacpan.org/pod/WebService::Spotify) - A simple interface to the Spotify Web API - [WebService::Xero](https://metacpan.org/pod/WebService::Xero) - Access Xero Accounting Package Public and Private Application API - [WWW::Shopify](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Shopify) - object representing acess to a particular Shopify store - [WWW::Spotify](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Spotify) - Spotify Web API Wrapper ## Container _Libraries for Singleton Pattern implementation._ - [Object::Container](https://metacpan.org/pod/Object::Container) ## Data Format _Libraries for serializing, formatting and parsing_ - [BSON](https://metacpan.org/pod/BSON) - Binary JSON format - [CBOR::Free](https://metacpan.org/pod/CBOR::Free) - Support for (CBOR)[[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049)], IETF’s “binary JSON” - [Data::Dumper::Simple](https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::Dumper::Simple) - Reduce and faster Data::Dumper and eval() equivalent - [Data::MessagePack](https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::MessagePack) - [JSON::PP](https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON::PP) - [JSON::XS](https://metacpan.org/pod/JSON::XS) - [Sereal](https://metacpan.org/pod/Sereal) - [Storable](https://metacpan.org/pod/Storable) - [Text::CSV](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::CSV) - [Text::CSV\_XS](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::CSV_XS) - [Text::Markdown](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::Markdown) - [TOML](https://metacpan.org/pod/TOML) - [XML::LibXML](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::LibXML) - [XML::Compile::Schema](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::Compile::Schema) - Interpret schema elements and types: create processors for XML messages. - [XML::Compile::SOAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::Compile::SOAP) - Implements the SOAP 1.1 protocol, client side. - [XML::Compile::WSDL](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::Compile::WSDL) - Use SOAP with a WSDL version 1.1 communication specification file. - [YAML](https://metacpan.org/pod/YAML) ## Database _Libraries for dealing with relational databases_ - [DBI](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBI) - [DBIx::Connector](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Connector) - Fast, safe DBI connection and transaction management - [DBIx::Handler](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Handler) - Fork-safe DBI handler - [DBIx::Inspector](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Inspector) - [DBIx::QueryLog](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::QueryLog) - [DBIx::Sunny](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Sunny) - Useful DBI Wrapper - [DBIx::TransactionManager](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::TransactionManager) ## Database Drivers _Libraries for using specific database products_ ### Relational Databases - [DBD::CSV](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::CSV) - [DBD::Firebird](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Firebird) - [DBD::mysql](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::mysql) - [DBD::ODBC](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::ODBC) - Any ODBC Driver. MS-SQL w/ placeholders - [DBD::Oracle](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Oracle) - Oracle database driver for the DBI module - [DBD::Pg](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Pg) - PostgreSQL driver for DBI. - [DBD::SQLite](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::SQLite) - [DBD::Sybase](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Sybase) - Sybase and MS-SQL. No placeholders w/ MS-SQL though ### NoSQL Databases - [Cache::Memcached::Fast](https://metacpan.org/pod/Cache::Memcached::Fast) - [Mango](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mango) - Pure-Perl non-blocking I/O MongoDB driver - [Redis](https://metacpan.org/pod/Redis) - [Redis::Fast](https://metacpan.org/pod/Redis::Fast) - Perl wrapper around hiredis driver - [Search::Elasticsearch](https://metacpan.org/pod/Search::Elasticsearch) - Offical Elasticsearch client library - [UnQLite](https://metacpan.org/pod/UnQLite) ## Date & Time _Libraries for working with dates and times_ - [DateTime](https://metacpan.org/pod/DateTime) - [Time::Moment](https://metacpan.org/pod/Time::Moment) - [Time::Piece](https://metacpan.org/pod/Time::Piece) ## Devices _Libraries to talk to physical devices_ - [Device::SerialPort](https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::SerialPort) - Generic Serial Port library for serial line communication - [Device::Modem](https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::Modem) - Talk to modem devices conneted via serial port - [Device::Onkyo](https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::Onkyo) - Control Onkyo/Integra AV equipment via LAN or Serial - [Chipcard::PCSC::Card](https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/pcsc-perl/Card/Card.pod) - Control Smart card using perl and PCSC - [Device::XBee::API](https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::XBee::API) - Control XBee Device using pure perl code - [Device::Firmata](https://metacpan.org/pod/Device::Firmata) - module for controlling Firmata devices like Arduino ## DevOps Tools _Libraries that help when you want to deploy software across networks on several hosts/are working across computer networks_ - [Rex](https://metacpan.org/pod/Rex) - Remote Execution ## Email _Libraries that implement email creation and sending_ - [Email::Sender](https://metacpan.org/pod/Email::Sender) - [Email::Reply](https://metacpan.org/pod/Email::Reply) - [Email::Stuffer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Email::Stuffer) ## Event Loops _Libraries for various event loops. Asynchronous programming if you like_ - [AE](https://metacpan.org/pod/AE) - Simpler, faster, newer AnyEvent API - [AnyEvent](https://metacpan.org/pod/AnyEvent) - the DBI of event loop programming - [EV](https://metacpan.org/pod/EV) - Uses libev, very fast and popular. Default for AnyEvent if present - [Event](https://metacpan.org/pod/Event) - Works well, but older - [IO::Async](https://metacpan.org/pod/IO::Async) - Asynchronous event-driven programming - [POE](https://metacpan.org/pod/POE) - Common interface for several event loops - [Promise::XS](https://metacpan.org/pod/Promise::XS) - Promises in Perl ## Exception Handling _Libraries that assist with and/or provide alternatives to eval{ die() }_ - [autodie](https://metacpan.org/pod/autodie) - Replace functions with ones that succeed or die with lexical scope - [Exception::Class](https://metacpan.org/pod/Exception::Class) - A module that allows you to declare real exception classes in Perl - [Syntax::Keyword::Try](https://metacpan.org/pod/Syntax::Keyword::Try) - a try/catch/finally syntax for perl - [Throwable](https://metacpan.org/pod/Throwable) - a role for classes that can be thrown - [Try::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Try::Tiny) - minimal try/catch with proper preservation of $@ - [TryCatch](https://metacpan.org/pod/TryCatch) - first class try catch semantics for Perl, without source filters ## DOM Manipulation - [HTML5::DOM](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML5::DOM) - Super fast html5 DOM library with css selectors (based on Modest/MyHTML). ## File Manipulation - [File::Util](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::Util) - Easy, versatile, portable file handling. - [Path::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Path::Tiny) - Simple object-oriented file manipulation. ## Form Frameworks _Libraries that take the boredom & repetition out of (web and UI) forms_ - [Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu](https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu) - Use HTML::FormFu in Catalyst. - [CGI::FormBuilder](https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI::FormBuilder) - Easily generate and process stateful forms. - [Form::Sensible](https://metacpan.org/pod/Form::Sensible) - A sensible way to handle form based user interface. - [Form::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Form::Tiny) - Forms reusing Type::Tiny type constraints. - [Form::Toolkit](https://metacpan.org/pod/Form::Toolkit) - A toolkit to build Data centric Forms. - [HTML::FormFu](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML::FormFu) - HTML Form Creation, Rendering and Validation Framework. - [HTML::FormFu::ExtJS](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML::FormFu::ExtJS) - ExtJS form generation from HTML::FormFu config files. - [HTML::FormHandler](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML::FormHandler) - HTML forms using Moose. - [Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFields](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Plugin::FormFields) - Lightweight, flexible form builder with validation and filtering. - [WWW::Form](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Form) - Simple and extendable module that allows developers to handle HTML form input validation and display flexibly and consistently. ## Images _Libraries for manipulating images_ - [Image::Magick](https://metacpan.org/pod/Image::Magick) - An object-oriented interface to ImageMagick’s image composing libraries. - [Imager](https://metacpan.org/pod/Imager) - [GD](https://metacpan.org/pod/GD) - Interface to Gd Graphics Library - [Image::Info](https://metacpan.org/pod/Image::Info) - Get image informations - [Image::PNG::Libpng](https://metacpan.org/pod/release/BKB/Image-PNG-Libpng-0.52_03/lib/Image/PNG/Libpng.pm) - Perl interface for libpng - [Graphics::TIFF](https://metacpan.org/pod/Graphics::TIFF) - Perl wrapper for libtiff - [Image::BMP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Image::BMP) - Perl bitmap image parser and viewer ## List Manipulation _Libraries for manipulation lists (arrays)_ - [Array::Unique](https://metacpan.org/pod/Array::Unique) - Tie-able array that allows only unique values - [List::AllUtils](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::AllUtils) - Combines List::Util, List::SomeUtils and List::UtilsBy in one bite-sized package - [List::Compare](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::Compare) - Compare elements of two or more lists - [List::Gen](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::Gen) - Provides functions for generating lists - [List::MoreUtils](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::MoreUtils) - Provide the stuff missing in List::Util - [List::SomeUtils](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::SomeUtils) - Provide the stuff missing in List::Util - [List::Util](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::Util) - A selection of general-utility list subroutines - [List::UtilsBy](https://metacpan.org/pod/List::UtilsBy) - higher-order list utility functions ## Logging _Libraries for generating and working with log files_ - [Log::Dispatch](https://metacpan.org/pod/Log::Dispatch) - [Log::Log4perl](https://metacpan.org/pod/Log::Log4perl) - [Log::Minimal](https://metacpan.org/pod/Log::Minimal) ## Module Development _Libraries that simplify and improve Perl module development_ - [Dist::Zilla](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla) - [http://dzil.org/](http://dzil.org/) - [Minilla](https://metacpan.org/pod/Minilla) - CPAN module authoring tool ## Network _Libraries that help when you are dealing with computer networks_ - [DOCSIS::ConfigFile](https://metacpan.org/pod/DOCSIS::ConfigFile) - Decodes and encodes DOCSIS config files - [NetAddr::MAC](https://metacpan.org/pod/NetAddr::MAC) - Handle MAC addresses _Libraries that help when you are working across computer networks_ - [Net::SSH::Perl](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::SSH::Perl) - SSH client implemented in Perl. - [Net::SSH2](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::SSH2) - Wrapper for [libssh2](https://libssh2.org/). - [Net::OpenSSH](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::OpenSSH) - Run commands remotely using the [OpenSSH](http://www.openssh.com/) client. - [Net::OpenSSH::Parallel](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::OpenSSH::Parallel) - Run remote commands in parallel using the OpenSSH client. - [Net::SSH::Any](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::SSH::Any) - Run remote commands using any module or binary client available. - [Net::SFTP::Foreign](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::SFTP::Foreign) - SFTP client for remote file access. - [Object::Remote](https://metacpan.org/pod/Object::Remote) - Run Perl code on remote machines. - [Net::CLI::Interact](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::CLI::Interact) - Automates interactive programs. - [Net::Appliance::Session](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Appliance::Session) - Automates interaction with appliances. ## ORM _Libraries that implement Object-Relational Mapping or datamapping techniques_ - [DBIx::Class](https://metacpan.org/pod/DBIx::Class) - [Rose::DB](https://metacpan.org/pod/Rose::DB) - [Teng](https://metacpan.org/pod/Teng) ## Package Management _Libraries for package and dependency management_ - [App::cpanminus](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::cpanminus) - [Carton](https://metacpan.org/pod/Carton) - [Pinto](https://metacpan.org/pod/Pinto) - Powerful local CPAN repos ## Processes and Threads _Libraries for managing processes and threads_ - [Parallel::ForkManager](https://metacpan.org/pod/Parallel::ForkManager) - A simple parallel processing fork manager - [Parallel::Prefork](https://metacpan.org/pod/Parallel::Prefork) - A simple prefork server framework - [Proclet](https://metacpan.org/pod/Proclet) - Minimalistic supervisor, a Perl port of [foreman](https://github.com/ddollar/foreman) ## Profiling _Libraries for examining run-time activity of your program_ - [Devel::KYTProf](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::KYTProf) - Very light profiler for I/Os such as HTTP request-responses and SQL queries. - [Devel::NYTProf](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::NYTProf) - Code profiler. ## Protocol _Protocol clients and libraries_ - [Furl](https://metacpan.org/pod/Furl) - Faster HTTP(S) Client - [HTTP::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP::Tiny) - Minimal and fast client. Included in the standard packages. - [LWP::UserAgent](https://metacpan.org/pod/LWP::UserAgent) - Popular HTTP(S) Client - [Net::Curl](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Curl) - (libcurl)[[https://curl.se/libcurl/](https://curl.se/libcurl/)] integration - [Net::DHCP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::DHCP) - Send and receive DHCP packets - [Net::DNS](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::DNS) - Resolve DNS host names - [Protocol::DBus](https://metacpan.org/pod/Protocol::DBus) - D-Bus in (pure) Perl ## Queueing _Message Queue, Job Queue System.._ - [Gearman](https://metacpan.org/pod/Gearman) - [Minion](https://docs.mojolicious.org/Minion) - Pure-Perl job queue - [Net::RabbitMQ](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RabbitMQ) - [Net::Stomp](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Stomp) - [Qudo](https://metacpan.org/pod/Qudo) - [Resque](https://metacpan.org/pod/Resque) - [TheSchwartz](https://metacpan.org/pod/TheSchwartz) ## Science/Numerics _Hand-picked modules for research, science, numerics and hyper-computing_ - [BioPerl](https://metacpan.org/pod/BioPerl) - [Chart::Clicker](https://metacpan.org/pod/Chart::Clicker) - Powerful, extensible charting - [PDL](http://pdl.perl.org/) - [PDL (CPAN)](https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL) - [PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot](https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot) - [PDL::IO::\*](https://metacpan.org/search?q=PDL%3A%3AIO&size=20) - [PDL::LinearAlgebra](https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::LinearAlgebra) - [PDL::Stats](https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::Stats) - [Physics::\*](https://metacpan.org/search?q=physics%3A%3A&size=20) ## Stream Manipulation _Libraries for manipulating event streams_ - [RxPerl](https://metacpan.org/pod/RxPerl) - Perl implementation of [Reactive Extensions](http://reactivex.io/) / rxjs ## REST Frameworks _Libraries for developing REST applications_ - [Catalyst::Action::REST](https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst::Action::REST) - Automated REST Method Dispatching - [Dancer2::Plugin::REST](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2::Plugin::REST) - A plugin for writing RESTful apps with Dancer2 - [Dancer::Plugin::REST](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer::Plugin::REST) - A plugin for writing RESTful apps with Dancer - [Raisin](https://metacpan.org/pod/Raisin) - a REST API micro framework for Perl - [Squatting](https://metacpan.org/pod/Squatting) - A Camping-inspired Web Microframework for Perl ## Template Engines _Libraries and tools for templating_ - [HTML::Template](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML::Template) - Templates for web pages - [Template::Alloy](https://metacpan.org/pod/Template::Alloy) - TT2/3, HT, HTE, Tmpl, and Velocity Engine - [Template::Toolkit](https://metacpan.org/pod/Template::Toolkit) - Very Popular Template Processing System - [Text::MicroTemplate](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::MicroTemplate) - Fast, simple and safe template engine written in pure-Perl and core modules. - [Text::MicroTemplate::Extended](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::MicroTemplate::Extended) - Extended Text::MicroTemplate. - [Text::Template](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::Template) - Templates with embedded perl - [Text::Xslate](https://metacpan.org/pod/Text::Xslate) - Faster template engine with XS. Supports multiple syntaxes. - [Tiffany](https://metacpan.org/pod/Tiffany) - Generic interface for template engines. It makes it easy to use multiple template engines. - [Template::Magic](https://metacpan.org/pod/Template::Magic) - Magic merger of runtime values with templates. ## Testing _Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data._ ### Testing Frameworks - [Test::Base](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Base) - A Data Driven Testing Framework - [Test::Base::Less](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Base::Less) - Limited version of Test::Base - [Test::BDD::Cucumber](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::BDD::Cucumber) - Implementation of the popular Cucumber framework in Perl - [Test::Class](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Class) - Class-based testing. Support “setup” and “teardown”. - [Test::Deep](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Deep) - Test deep and complex data structures with great flexibility. - [Test::Deep::Matcher](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Deep::Matcher) - [Test::Harness](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Harness) - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics - [Test::Kantan](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Kantan) - simple, flexible, fun “Testing framework” - [Test::More](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::More) ### Test Double - [Test::Exception](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Exception) - [Test::Fatal](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Fatal) - Simple module for verifying exceptions. - [Test::Mock::Guard](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Mock::Guard) - Mocking package subroutines. - [Test::MockTime](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::MockTime) - [Test::mysqld](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::mysqld) - [Test::TCP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::TCP) - Launch temporary TCP Server - [Test::Time](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Time) - Simple module for faking system time. ### Coverage - [Devel::Cover](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Cover) - [Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Cover::Report::Coveralls) Report to Coveralls ## Tools _Some useful tools_ - [App::Ack](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Ack) - ack is a tool like grep, optimized for programmers. - [App::Nopaste](https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Nopaste) - Post to various pastebins from the CLI - [Daiku](https://metacpan.org/pod/Daiku) - Make for Perl. - [Data::Printer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::Printer) - Colored pretty-print of Perl data structures and objects. - [Reply](https://metacpan.org/pod/Reply) - Read-eval-print-loop(REPL) command-line tool. - [Riji](https://metacpan.org/pod/Riji) - Static site generator using markdown and git mainly for blogging. - [Smart::Comments](https://metacpan.org/pod/Smart::Comments) - Comments that do more than just sit there. _Libraries for developping command line applications_ - [Toolbox::Simple](https://metacpan.org/pod/Toolbox::Simple) - Simplfy some common tasks in Perl. - [Script::Toolbox](https://metacpan.org/pod/Script::Toolbox) - Framework for the daily business scripts. - [Devel::Kit](https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Kit)- Handy toolbox of things to ease development/debugging. _Libraries for handling configuration files_ - [Config::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Config::Tiny) - Read/Write .ini style files with as little code as possible ## Type checking - [MooseX::Types](https://metacpan.org/pod/MooseX::Types) - Moose types management tool - [Type::Tiny](https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny) - Tiny, yet comprehensive type library ## Video - [FFmpeg](https://metacpan.org/pod/FFmpeg) - Interface to FFmpeg, a video converter written in C - [Video::Info](https://metacpan.org/pod/Video::Info) - Retrieve video properties such as: height width codec fps - [Vlc::Engine](https://metacpan.org/pod/Vlc::Engine) - use Vlc media player with Perl - [VideoLAN::LibVLC](https://metacpan.org/pod/VideoLAN::LibVLC) - Perl bindings for libvlc.so - [Video::Generator](https://metacpan.org/pod/Video::Generator) - Perl class for video generation ## Web Frameworks _Libraries for developing Web applications_ - [Amon2](https://metacpan.org/pod/Amon2) - [Catalyst](https://metacpan.org/pod/Catalyst) - Overflowing with features. Very popular. - [Dancer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer) ([Official site](http://perldancer.org/)) - [Dancer2](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2) - [Gantry](https://metacpan.org/pod/Gantry) - Web application framework for mod\_perl, cgi, etc. - [Kelp](https://metacpan.org/pod/Kelp) - Plack-focused Perl web framework - [Kossy](https://metacpan.org/pod/Kossy) - A Web framework with simple interface. - [Mojolicious](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious) - An all in one framework. - [Poet](https://metacpan.org/pod/Poet) - a modern Perl web framework for Mason developers ### Middlewares _Libraries for creating HTTP middlewares_ - [Gazelle](https://metacpan.org/pod/Gazelle) - Preforked Plack Handler for performance freaks - [Plack](https://metacpan.org/pod/Plack) - PSGI server implementation and utilities for Web applications. - [Server::Starter](https://metacpan.org/pod/Server::Starter) - Process manager with the “graceful restart” feature. - [Starlet](https://metacpan.org/pod/Starlet) - High-performance PSGI Server - [Starman](https://metacpan.org/pod/Starman) - High-performance preforking PSGI/Plack web server - [Twiggy](https://metacpan.org/pod/Twiggy) - Event-driven PSGI application server ## Web Frameworks-Like _Somewhere between templates and full on frameworks_ - [Embperl](https://metacpan.org/pod/Embperl) - Building dynamic Websites with Perl (sort of like Perl crossed with PHP) - [Mason](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mason) - Powerful, high-performance templating for the web and beyond ## Web Scraping _Libraries for extracting some information from websites_ - [Web::Scraper](https://metacpan.org/pod/Web::Scraper) - [WWW::Mechanize](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize) - [WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize::PhantomJS) - automate the PhantomJS browser - [WWW::Scripter](https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/WWW-Scripter/lib/WWW/Scripter.pod) - For scripting web sites that have scripts - [WWW::Selenium](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Selenium) ## Network Security _Some great libraries for starting the world of Network security with Perl_ - [Net::Pcap](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Pcap) - Interface to the pcap LBL packet capture library - [Net::Ncap](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Ncap) - Perl binding to the ncap network data capture library - [Net::Frame](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Frame) - Perl framework for frame crafting - [NetPacket](https://metacpan.org/pod/NetPacket) - assemble/disassemble network packets at the protocol level - [Net::Write](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Write) - portable interface to open and send raw data to network - [Net::Analysis](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Analysis) - Perl library for analysing network traffic - [Net::Silk](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Silk) - Perl’s Interface to the SiLK network flow library - [Net::Inspect](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Inspect) - Perl library for inspection of data on various network layers - [Net::Tshark](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Tshark) - Perl interface for Tshark network capture utility - [Net::Sharktools](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Sharktools) - Wireshark’s packet inspection capabilities in Perl - [File::PCAP](https://metacpan.org/pod/File::PCAP) - Read, Write and manipulate PCAP file format through Perl - [Net::P0f](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::P0f) - Perl interface to p0f utility, usefull for finger-printing os - [Net::Pcap::Reassemble](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Pcap::Reassemble) - Perl IP fragment reassembly for Net::Pcap - [Nagios::NRPE](https://metacpan.org/pod/Nagios::NRPE) - Pure perl Nagios NRPE implementation - [Monitoring::Plugin](https://metacpan.org/pod/Monitoring::Plugin) - A family of perl modules to streamline writing Naemon, Nagios, Icinga or Shinken (and compatible) plugins - [Net::Connection::Sniffer](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Connection::Sniffer) - practical Perl library for MiTM connections - [Net::ARP](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::ARP) - Library for crafting ARP packets - [SNMPMonitor](https://metacpan.org/pod/SNMPMonitor) - Perl extension for writing SNMP Monitors - [Net::LibNIDS](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::LibNIDS) - Perl interface for the Network Intrusion Detection System library - [Parse::Snort](https://metacpan.org/pod/Parse::Snort) - Perl Snort rules parser - [Net:🛜:802\_11::WPA::CLI](https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Wireless::802_11::WPA::CLI) - Perl WPA\_CLI interface - [IO::Socket::SSL::Intercept](https://metacpan.org/IO::Socket::SSL::Intercept) - library for intercepting SSL connections through Perl ## Metadata Forensics _General Metadata files parser, usefull during forensics investigations_ - [Image::ExifTool](https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Image-ExifTool/exiftool) - General metadata parser and viewer framework ## Reverse Engineering _Libraries used for disassembly assembly operations, ELF files and bytecode_ - [Disassembly](https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/B-C/script/disassemble) - Decompiles binary bytecode to readable and recompilable bytecode assembler - [Python::Bytecode](https://metacpan.org/pod/Python::Bytecode) - Parse Python bytecode - [B::Bytecode](https://metacpan.org/pod/B::Bytecode) - Compiles a Perl script into a bytecode format that could be loaded later - [Perf::ARM](https://metacpan.org/pod/Perf::ARM) - Use ARM instructions in Perl - [Asm::Z80::Table](https://metacpan.org/pod/Asm::Z80::Table) - assemble / disassemble all Z80 CPU assembly instructions with Perl - [X86::Disasm](https://metacpan.org/pod/X86::Disasm) - Disassemble Intel x86 instructions with Perl - [Disassemble::X86](https://metacpan.org/pod/Disassemble::X86) - Another library for disassembe X86 instructions - [X86::Udis86](https://metacpan.org/pod/X86::Udis86) - Interface for the C Udis disassembler - [Asm::X86](https://metacpan.org/pod/Asm::X86) - List of instructions and registers of x86-compatible processors, validating and converting instructions and memory references - [ELF::Writer](https://metacpan.org/pod/ELF::Writer) - write and read executable ELF files Source: GitHub # ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! ❤ ![](https://i.ibb.co/rwpPJZy/Leechers.gif) Feedback and appreciate the share! ---
**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/awesome-perl-massive-resources-collection/192479/2 "2021-07-03T11:58:26Z")