Software and developer tools · ranked by Stars
Most-starred Perl repositories
| # | Name | Stars | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23.6k stars | new | |
| 2 | 19.8k stars | new | |
| 3 | 18.1k stars | new | |
| 4 | 10.8k stars | new | |
| 5 | 9,476 stars | new | |
| 6 | 8,598 stars | new | |
| 7 | 7,451 stars | new | |
| 8 | 5,216 stars | new | |
| 9 | 4,888 stars | new | |
| 10 | 4,428 stars | new |
Show positions 11–50
| 11 | 4,410 stars | new | |
| 12 | 4,204 stars | new | |
| 13 | 4,073 stars | new | |
| 14 | 3,989 stars | new | |
| 15 | 3,897 stars | new | |
| 16 | 3,689 stars | new | |
| 17 | 3,576 stars | new | |
| 18 | 3,475 stars | new | |
| 19 | 3,454 stars | new | |
| 20 | 3,366 stars | new | |
| 21 | 3,268 stars | new | |
| 22 | 3,238 stars | new | |
| 23 | 3,179 stars | new | |
| 24 | 3,141 stars | new | |
| 25 | 2,866 stars | new | |
| 26 | 2,757 stars | new | |
| 27 | 2,703 stars | new | |
| 28 | 2,676 stars | new | |
| 29 | 2,559 stars | new | |
| 30 | 2,488 stars | new | |
| 31 | 2,405 stars | new | |
| 32 | 2,352 stars | new | |
| 33 | 2,347 stars | new | |
| 34 | 2,274 stars | new | |
| 35 | 2,200 stars | new | |
| 36 | 2,165 stars | new | |
| 37 | 2,150 stars | new | |
| 38 | 2,084 stars | new | |
| 39 | 1,985 stars | new | |
| 40 | 1,981 stars | new | |
| 41 | 1,973 stars | new | |
| 42 | 1,962 stars | new | |
| 43 | 1,860 stars | new | |
| 44 | 1,815 stars | new | |
| 45 | 1,813 stars | new | |
| 46 | 1,800 stars | new | |
| 47 | 1,790 stars | new | |
| 48 | 1,769 stars | new | |
| 49 | 1,707 stars | new | |
| 50 | 1,706 stars | new |
History
How the top 10 has moved
Positions of today's top 10 across every published snapshot.
About this ranking
Most-starred Perl repositories, explained
Most-starred Perl repositories is a live ranking of the top 50 entries in software and developer tools by Stars, built from public data published by GitHub. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-29. This is the first published snapshot; from the next refresh onwards the page will also show movers, new entries and a rank history chart.
AlDanial/cloc currently holds #1 with 23.6k stars. brendangregg/FlameGraph is second with 19.8k stars, which puts the leader 19% ahead. so-fancy/diff-so-fancy completes the top three with 18.1k stars. Together the top three account for about 55% of the combined top-10 total, which gives a quick sense of how concentrated this ranking is.
How it is measured: Total GitHub stars on repositories whose primary language GitHub detects as Perl, from the GitHub search API sorted by stars. Caveat: Stars measure popularity among GitHub users, not code quality or usage. Star counts from the GitHub API. The full top 50 is on this page, with positions 11 to 50 one click away, and each entry links to its own profile showing every ranking it appears in.
Use this page to check who is number one right now, compare any two entries head to head, or test yourself with the quiz, which asks you to name all ten in three minutes. Year-end archives are available for 2026, freezing the ranking as it stood at the close of each year. Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value: each number is fetched from its source, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails the gate, the previous snapshot stays live and the problem is reviewed by a person.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is #1 in Most-starred Perl repositories?
- AlDanial/cloc is #1 with 23.6k stars, as of 2026-10-29. brendangregg/FlameGraph is #2.
- How is Most-starred Perl repositories ranked?
- By Stars. Total GitHub stars on repositories whose primary language GitHub detects as Perl, from the GitHub search API sorted by stars.
- How often is this ranking updated?
- It refreshes on a fixed schedule from GitHub. The latest snapshot was captured on 2026-10-29.
- Where does the data come from?
- GitHub. Star counts from the GitHub API. The raw payload for every refresh is stored unchanged so any number can be traced back.