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🐪 The Perl programming language

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How fast Perl/perl5 is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 22 – Oct 21, 2026

Stars +36 in 61 days

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Forks +13 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 157 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

Top 25 in Perl

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRsPerl
Sat, Aug 22, 2026+0+01#22
Sun, Aug 23, 2026+0+02Not trending
Mon, Aug 24, 2026+1+06#13
Tue, Aug 25, 2026+2+06#4
Wed, Aug 26, 2026+0+03Not trending
Thu, Aug 27, 2026+0+02Not trending
Fri, Aug 28, 2026+0+00Not trending
Sat, Aug 29, 2026+0+01Not trending
Sun, Aug 30, 2026+0+01Not trending
Mon, Aug 31, 2026+0+08Not trending
Tue, Sep 1, 2026+0+02Not trending
Wed, Sep 2, 2026+1+04#19
Thu, Sep 3, 2026+1+01#10
Fri, Sep 4, 2026+1+01#6
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+1+11#6
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+0+00Not trending
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+1+02#23
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+0+02Not trending
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+0+00Not trending
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+0+01Not trending
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+0+01Not trending
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+0+01Not trending
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+0+11Not trending
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+0+14Not trending
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+0+04Not trending
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+1+27#10
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+0+11Not trending
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+1+12#9
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+1+01#9
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+0+02Not trending
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+0+08Not trending
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+1+07#6
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+0+02Not trending
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+1+01#13
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+0+02Not trending
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+0+00Not trending
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+0+02Not trending
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+2+00#7
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+1+05#18
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+1+13#8
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+0+08Not trending
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+1+10#14
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+2+11#1
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+2+05#5
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+04Not trending
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+0+06Not trending
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+0+01Not trending
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+2+04#4
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1+02Not trending
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+1+11#17
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+1+05#21
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+1+14#13
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+0+01Not trending
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+3+02#3
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+14Not trending
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+2+04#9
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+0+00Not trending
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+04Not trending
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+0+01Not trending
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+1+02Not trending
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+2+00Not trending
Total+36+13157
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