Welcoming Repositories Index Perl Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Perl Repositories
Top welcoming Perl repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Sat, 10 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
416
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
81%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
3
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
28
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Perl Repositories
Showing top 50 of 416 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nagios remote agent | S•Elite | 74.2 | 89.5% | - |
| #2 | Knowledge base for The Weekly Challenge club members using Perl, Raku, Ada, APL, Awk, Bash, BASIC, Bc, Befunge-93, Bourne Shell, BQN, Brainfuck, C3, C, CESIL, C++, C#, Clojure, COBOL, Coconut, Crystal, D, Dart, Dc, Elm, Emacs Lisp, Erlang, Excel VBA, Fennel, Fish, Forth, Fortran, Gembase, GNAT, Go, Haskell, Haxe, HTML, Idris, IO, J, Janet, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Kotlin, Lisp, Lua, M4, Miranda, Modula 3, MMIX, Mumps, Myrddin, Nim, Nix, Node.js, Nuweb, OCaml, Odin, Ook, Pascal, PHP, Python, Postscript, Prolog, R, Ring, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Scheme, Sed, Smalltalk, SQL, Swift, Tcl, TypeScript, Visual BASIC, WebAssembly, Wolfram, XSLT and Zig. | S•Elite | 71.3 | 92.3% | - |
| #3 | OTOBO is one of the most flexible web-based ticketing systems used for Customer Service, Help Desk, IT Service Management. https://otobo.io/ | S•Elite | 71.3 | 66.2% | 1 |
| #4 | Code repo for xCAT core packages | S•Elite | 70.7 | 89.8% | - |
| #5 | Double-entry accounting & ERP for the web | S•Elite | 70.4 | 90.9% | - |
| #6 | This is mySociety's popular map-based reporting platform: easy to install in new countries and regions | A•Welcoming | 66.1 | 63.5% | - |
| #7 | trizen/sidef126 Sidef is a modern, expressive programming language that combines the elegance of Ruby, the versatility of Raku, and the mathematical power of a built-in computer algebra system. | A•Welcoming | 64.3 | 94.4% | - |
| #8 | LCOV | A•Welcoming | 64.0 | 96.0% | - |
| #9 | Setup Perl environment Action | A•Welcoming | 64.0 | 90.2% | - |
| #10 | bugzilla.mozilla.org source - report issues here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=bugzilla.mozilla.org | A•Welcoming | 63.5 | 79.2% | - |
| #11 | UPC/ravada652 Remote Virtual Desktops Manager | A•Welcoming | 63.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #12 | Server for Squeezebox and compatible players. This server is also called Lyrion Music Server. | A•Welcoming | 63.2 | 60.0% | - |
| #13 | Framework for rapid development of offensive security tools | A•Welcoming | 62.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #14 | TrueNAS over iSCSI for Proxmox VE | B•Solid | 62.4 | 83.3% | - |
| #15 | Query Performance Monitoring Tool for PostgreSQL | A•Welcoming | 61.9 | 85.7% | - |
| #16 | Course management front end for WeBWorK | A•Welcoming | 61.9 | 78.9% | - |
| #17 | openQA web-frontend, scheduler and tools. | A•Welcoming | 61.5 | 58.8% | - |
| #18 | Web-based ERP system for the German market | A•Welcoming | 61.3 | 66.7% | - |
| #19 | MySQLTuner is a script written in Perl that will assist you with your MySQL configuration and make recommendations for increased performance and stability. | A•Welcoming | 61.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #20 | Percona Toolkit: a collection of advanced open source command-line tools. | B•Solid | 60.1 | 80.0% | - |
| #21 | htrgouvea/nipe2,399 An engine to make Tor network your default gateway | A•Welcoming | 59.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #22 | The Zonemaster Project | B•Solid | 59.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #23 | Finance::Quote module for Perl | A•Welcoming | 59.6 | 90.0% | - |
| #24 | Server for the MusicBrainz project (website, API, database tools) | A•Welcoming | 59.6 | 44.8% | - |
| #25 | PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set including a captive-portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, powerful BYOD management options, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices; PacketFence can be used to effectively secure networks small to very large heterogeneous networks. | A•Welcoming | 59.6 | 45.8% | - |
| #26 | Perl/perl52,339 🐪 The Perl programming language | A•Welcoming | 59.2 | 59.7% | - |
| #27 | OS-level test automation | A•Welcoming | 59.2 | 61.1% | - |
| #28 | A web-based network management tool. | A•Welcoming | 59.1 | 69.6% | - |
| #29 | LibreNMS Agent & Scripts | B•Solid | 58.3 | 33.3% | - |
| #30 | 💸 Calculate estimated monthly costs of Google Cloud Platform products and resources via YAML files and CLI program (Linux, macOS, Windows) | A•Welcoming | 58.0 | 97.8% | - |
| #31 | Contributed stuff for munin (plugins, tools, etc...) | B•Solid | 57.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #32 | Collection of standard plugins to discover and gather cloud-to-edge metrics and status across your whole IT infrastructure. | A•Welcoming | 57.8 | 46.8% | - |
| #33 | A free, open API for everything you want to know about CPAN | B•Solid | 57.6 | 80.0% | - |
| #34 | Web interface for MetaCPAN | B•Solid | 57.5 | 66.7% | - |
| #35 | ubccpsc/310223 Main course webpage for CPSC 310. | B•Solid | 56.8 | 85.7% | - |
| #36 | so-fancy/diff-so-fancy18,102 Make your diffs human readable for improved code quality and faster defect detection. :tada: | B•Solid | 56.5 | 42.9% | - |
| #37 | Perl Dancer Next Generation (rewrite of Perl Dancer) | B•Solid | 56.5 | 71.4% | - |
| #38 | Dwarf Fortress data structure descriptions | A•Welcoming | 55.5 | 91.7% | - |
| #39 | Manage perl installations in your $HOME | B•Solid | 55.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #40 | The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor predicts the functional effects of genomic variants | B•Solid | 54.1 | 90.9% | - |
| #41 | Open control of Carrier/Bryant thermostats | B•Solid | 54.0 | 75.0% | - |
| #42 | Traewelling-inspired journey logger with realtime data | B•Solid | 53.9 | 88.9% | - |
| #43 | The libwww-perl collection is a set of Perl modules that provides a simple, consistent application programming interface to the World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is providing classes and functions allowing to write WWW clients. It also contains modules that are of more general use and even classes to help implement simple HTTP servers. | B•Solid | 53.8 | 100.0% | - |
| #44 | holzschu/a-shell3,955 A terminal for iOS, with multiple windows | B•Solid | 53.8 | 77.8% | 1 |
| #45 | Plugin for Lightroom to show which focus point was active in the camera when a photo was taken | B•Solid | 53.5 | 100.0% | - |
| #46 | User guide for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). | B•Solid | 53.1 | 100.0% | - |
| #47 | qpsmtpd is a flexible smtpd daemon written in Perl | B•Solid | 52.1 | 75.0% | - |
| #48 | Tooling to build and package releases for Perl on Windows. | B•Solid | 51.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #49 | Reference implementation of the ChordPro standard for musical lead sheets. | B•Solid | 51.1 | 100.0% | 1 |
| #50 | Converts LaTeX documents to HTML | B•Solid | 50.8 | 90.0% | - |
How to Get Your Perl PR Merged
1
Check C-Rank™ First: Pick projects with S or A tiers to avoid maintainer ghosts and slow review cycles.
2
Run Local Verification: Ensure test suites and formatting linters pass before opening a pull request.
3
Submit in Maintainer Windows: Check the repository report card to submit when maintainers are most active.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Perl Open Source
What is the most welcoming Perl open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Perl repository on GetMerged is currently OPMDG/check_pgactivity, with a C-Rank score of 74.2/100 and a 89.5% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Perl?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Perl by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/perl.
What makes a Perl repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Perl repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.