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Strawberry PerlPerl
Free

Free of charge.

 Free

Free and open source.

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Includes gcc so CPAN modules with C code build on Windows
  • Bundles common libraries and database clients
  • Very strong text processing and regular expressions
  • Over 42,000 CPAN distributions
  • Windows only
  • Large download compared with a bare Perl interpreter
  • Terse syntax can be hard to read
  • Less common in new projects than Python
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later License: Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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