# Dancer2

Lightweight web application framework written in Perl, built on Moo and running on PSGI.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/dancer2/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://perldancer.org/
- repository: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2
- docs: https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2%3A%3AManual
- plugins: https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2%3A%3APlugins
- forum: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dancer Core Developers
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: perl
- language: perl
- runtime: perl
- runtimeMin: perl 5.014
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: template-tiny, template-toolkit
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: cpanm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: perl_5

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 604
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 144
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://perldancer.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/PerlDancer/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/PerlDancer/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/main/lib/Dancer2/Manual/Tutorial.pod (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/main/lib/Dancer2/Manual/Tutorial.pod (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/main/lib/Dancer2/Manual/Deployment.pod (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/main/lib/Dancer2/Manual/Deployment.pod (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/main/lib/Dancer2/Manual/QuickStart.pod (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/_search?q=distribution:Dancer2&size=1&sort=date:asc (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/PerlDancer/Dancer2 (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/PerlDancer/Dancer2/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Dancer2 is a Perl web application framework that the project describes as the evolution of Dancer. The README says it is based on Moo, a lightweight object framework for Perl.

Dancer2 is installed from CPAN with cpanm. For production the deployment section of the manual says to use a PSGI-compatible web server such as the pre-forking Starman, and it also covers CGI and FastCGI under Apache. New applications use Dancer2::Template::Tiny for templates, and the tutorial shows how to switch to Template Toolkit. The project keeps a curated list of recommended plugins on MetaCPAN.

## Worth knowing

The project site at perldancer.org describes the framework under the name Dancer, and its examples use Dancer2.

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