CPAN
Software DevelopmentUusimaa, Finland51-200 Employees
CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, is a centralized archive of Perl software that includes a substantial collection of modules and distributions, together with their documentation. The archive comprises hundreds of thousands of modules across tens of thousands of distributions, contributed by thousands of authors. It maintains a web presence at cpan.org and is mirrored on 253 servers, enabling broad access. Based in Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland, CPAN operates within the software development industry as a long-standing resource for the Perl community. By providing a centralized, well-documented repository, it supports developers and users who rely on Perl modules to build and maintain software. The scale of its archive and the breadth of its mirrored infrastructure underscore its role as a foundational component of the Perl ecosystem.