Perl

Most starred today

1. 1 AlDanial/cloc cloc counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages. 24k +16 / 7d
2. 2 brendangregg/FlameGraph Stack trace visualizer 20k +11 / 7d
3. 3 so-fancy/diff-so-fancy Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada: 18k +3 / 7d
4. 4 sullo/nikto Nikto web server scanner 11k +5 / 7d
5. 5 major/MySQLTuner-perl MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. 9.5k +1 / 7d
6. 6 sitaramc/gitolite Hosting git repositories -- Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with very fine-grained access control and many (many!) more powerful features. 8.6k
7. 7 astrid-runtime/book The canonical reference for Astrid: kernel, capsules, host ABI, IPC, and the security model. 7.5k
8. 8 exiftool/exiftool ExifTool meta information reader/writer 5.1k +30 / 7d
9. 9 jlord/git-it-electron :computer: :mortar_board: Git-it is a (Mac, Win, Linux) Desktop App for Learning Git and GitHub 4.9k
10. 10 Jack000/Expose A simple static site generator for photoessays 4.4k
11. 11 sarabander/sicp-pdf SICP PDF with Texinfo and LaTeX source 4.4k +2 / 7d
12. 12 x0rz/EQGRP Decrypted content of eqgrp-auction-file.tar.xz 4.2k
13. 13 darold/pgbadger A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer 4.1k +3 / 7d
14. 14 holzschu/a-shell A terminal for iOS, with multiple windows 4.0k +11 / 7d
15. 15 jimsalterjrs/sanoid These are policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools which use OpenZFS for underlying next-gen storage. (Btrfs support plans are shelved unless and until btrfs becomes reliable.) 3.9k +8 / 7d
16. 16 rsnapshot/rsnapshot a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss) 3.7k +2 / 7d
17. 17 ddclient/ddclient ddclient updates dynamic DNS entries for accounts on a wide range of dynamic DNS services. 3.6k +6 / 7d
18. 18 ThePrimeagen/.dotfiles 3.5k
19. 19 adrienverge/openfortivpn Client for PPP+TLS VPN tunnel services 3.4k +3 / 7d
20. 20 curl/trurl a command line tool for URL parsing and manipulation. 3.4k
21. 21 thoughtbot/rcm rc file (dotfile) management 3.3k +4 / 7d
22. 22 GuidoBartoli/sherloq An open-source digital image forensic toolset 3.2k +6 / 7d
23. 23 sqitchers/sqitch Sensible database change management 3.2k +1 / 7d
24. 24 Difegue/LANraragi Web application for archival and reading of manga/doujinshi. Lightweight and Docker-ready for NAS/servers. 3.1k +7 / 7d
25. 25 openresty/nginx-tutorials Nginx Tutorials 2.9k

A year ago today

The same leaderboard on 4 October 2025. 2 of today's top ten were not in it.

1. 1 AlDanial/cloc 22k
2. 2 brendangregg/FlameGraph 19k
3. 3 so-fancy/diff-so-fancy 18k
4. 4 sullo/nikto 9.7k
5. 5 major/MySQLTuner-perl 9.3k
6. 6 sitaramc/gitolite 8.5k
7. 7 jlord/git-it-electron 4.8k
8. 8 Jack000/Expose 4.4k
9. 9 sarabander/sicp-pdf 4.3k
10. 10 x0rz/EQGRP 4.2k