perl
brew install perlAlso known as: perl@5.44
Highly capable, feature-rich programming language
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/perl.json
Formula code: perl.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 5.44.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| gdbm | 1.26 | GNU database manager |
Uses from macOS: libxcrypt
Binaries:
corelist,
cpan,
enc2xs,
encguess,
h2ph,
h2xs,
instmodsh,
json_pp,
libnetcfg,
perl,
perl5.44.0,
perlbug,
perldoc,
perlivp,
perlthanks,
piconv,
pl2pm,
pod2html,
pod2man,
pod2text,
pod2usage,
podchecker,
prove,
ptar,
ptardiff,
ptargrep,
shasum,
splain,
streamzip,
xsubpp,
zipdetails
| By default non-brewed cpan modules are installed to the Cellar. If you wish for your modules to persist across updates we recommend using `local::lib`. You can set that up like this: PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5" cpan local::lib And add the following to your shell profile e.g. ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc eval "$(perl -I$HOME/perl5/lib/perl5 -Mlocal::lib=$HOME/perl5)" |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 74,173 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 6,170,682 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 16,073 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 4.6× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-13T00:51:18Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-14 to 2026-11-13. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 16,066 | 41,377 | 236,587 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 7 | 34 | 125 |
| Installs on Request | 2,326 | 6,818 | 39,461 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 7 | 34 | 124 |
| Build Errors | 27 |