Alternatives and competitors
Sites like CPAN
The 20 closest software package repository alternatives to CPAN, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to CPAN? The closest matches are Perl, getcomposer.org and Linux kernel. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
01 · Entity
About CPAN
CPAN cpan.org
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org
Wikidata: Perl package repository
Summary by Claude
CPAN is a public archive of open-source Perl modules and their documentation, mirrored worldwide, along with a command-line client for installing them.
- Who it’s for
- Perl developers
- Business model
- Nonprofit, community-run
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to CPAN’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to CPAN
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to CPAN, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
The Perl Programming Language - www.perl.org
The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.
Very close cos 0.926 - 02
Composer
A Dependency Manager for PHP
Very close cos 0.897 - 03
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.889 - 04
PHP
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
Close cos 0.889 - 05
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.888 - 06
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.885 - 07
Web Hosting Control Panel & Server Management Tools | cPanel
Powerful, reliable web hosting with cPanel & WHM. 20+ years of trust, top-tier support, and key partners like WordPress, CloudLinux, and more.
Close cos 0.885 - 08
PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database
The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database
Close cos 0.881 - 09
Snapcraft - Snaps are universal Linux packages
Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.
Close cos 0.876 - 10
Building tools for shared knowledge - Creative Commons
family of public copyright licenses for allowing free use of a work
Close cos 0.877 - 11 Close cos 0.876
- 12
XAMPP Installers and Downloads for Apache Friends
XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl.
Close cos 0.874 - 13
Debian -- The Universal Operating System
Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort.
Close cos 0.875 - 14
open-source Internet forum package written in PHP
Close cos 0.874 - 15
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Close cos 0.874 - 16
Kubernetes
Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.
Close cos 0.872 - 17 Close cos 0.871
- 18
Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud
Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Close cos 0.872 - 19
curl
command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax
Close cos 0.870 - 20
Moodle challenge
e-learning platform
Close cos 0.872
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cpan.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones CPAN uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What CPAN is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-dfw-kdfw8210133-DFW, cache-ber1080021-BER
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.69 (Unix)
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=B57sRQpmte4G4w-gavZbVNmmNsMxGp5kcL19U…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=_HYFt4dtzZfpLzGO-PGAl1yCPvERNFbf3zdRKjC09AM
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what CPAN adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- nginx · not on cpan.org 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on cpan.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on cpan.org 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on cpan.org 5/20
- Fastly 4/20
- Google Analytics 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on cpan.org 4/20
- jQuery · not on cpan.org 4/20
- GlobalSign 3/20
- Bootstrap · not on cpan.org 2/20
- Amazon SES · not on cpan.org 2/20
- Atlassian · not on cpan.org 2/20
- Apple Business · not on cpan.org 2/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on cpan.org 2/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on cpan.org 2/20