Perl

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 37 years of development. It is best known for text processing, system administration, web development, and rapid scripting, supported by the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) with more than 25,000 open source extension modules and a global community of developers, blogs, and local user groups. The Perl Foundation supports ongoing development of Perl and its sister language Raku.

Perl is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Open Source, Programming Language, Scripting, and Text Processing.

Perl’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, product news, and 9 more developer resources.

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10.1/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Open SourceProgramming LanguageScriptingText Processing

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Composite quality — 10.1/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Learn

Learn

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Blog

News

Jobs

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Module Repository

Module Repository

Module Search

Module Search

Foundation

Foundation

Source (apis.yml)

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- Programming Language
- Scripting
- Text Processing
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- type: News
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- type: Module Repository
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- type: Module Search
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- type: Jobs
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