Is perl5 safe to use?

perl5 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.21). DepScope rates its health at 27/100 (critical risk).

What is the latest version of perl5?

The latest version of perl5 is 0.21, released 2014-08-22.

Does perl5 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of perl5.

No, perl5 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.21 (2014-08-22).

What are alternatives to perl5?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for perl5 at this time.

What license does perl5 use?

perl5 is licensed under perl_5.

perl5

cpanv0.21

Use a Perl 5 group of modules/features

License perl_51 versions1 maintainers6 deps

ingydotnet/perl5-pm

/ 100

Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (27/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (27/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

0/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

0/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

⚠ Possible typosquat

Name is close to a popular package. Targets:

perl (missing_or_extra_char dist 1)

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (6)

Module::Runtime Test::Exception Sub::Exporter version Test::Pod ExtUtils::MakeMaker

API access

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curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/cpan/perl5

Last updated · 2014-08-22T16:28:18