CPAN navigation: CPAN/src/ CPAN/SITES Welcome to the CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. This document describes the CPAN itself, the Network. --- Network The master CPAN site is at FUNET, the Finnish University NETwork (Finland, Europe). Select the site nearest to you from the list below, 'Registered CPAN sites', or at http://mirror.cpan.org/ to get the best response time and bandwidth. NOTE: one way to select 'the nearest' is to use the CPAN Multiplexer; http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ or http://www.perl.com/CPAN the nearest site for you based on your host's Internet domain name. The list of the registered CPAN sites follows. Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields: Continent | |-->Country | |-->[state/province] | |-->ftp | |-->[http] and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the European and the South American sites. Registered CPAN sites [Africa] [Asia] [Australasia] [Central America] [Europe] [North America] [South America] Africa South Africa http://cpan.mirror.ac.za/ ftp://cpan.mirror.ac.za/ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ Asia China http://mirrors.xueron.com/CPAN/ http://cpan.modperl.cn/ Hong Kong http://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ Indonesia http://cpan.biz.net.id/ http://komo.vlsm.org/CPAN/ ftp://komo.vlsm.org/CPAN/ Israel http://mirror.mirimar.net/cpan/ Japan ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/CPAN/ http://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/pub/CPAN/ http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/lang/cpan/ ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/lang/cpan/ Korea http://ftp.daum.net/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.daum.net/CPAN/ Pakistan http://mirror.lums.edu.pk/CPAN/ Republic of Korea http://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/pub/CPAN http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN Russia http://cpan.tomsk.ru/ ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/ Saudi Arabia ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ Singapore http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN http://cpan.mirror.choon.net/ http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan Taiwan http://cpan.nctu.edu.tw/ ftp://cpan.nctu.edu.tw/ ftp://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/CPAN/ http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/Unix/Lang/CPAN/ http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN http://cpan.stu.edu.tw ftp://ftp.stu.edu.tw/CPAN http://ftp.stu.edu.tw/CPAN ftp://ftp.stu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN http://cpan.cs.pu.edu.tw/ ftp://cpan.cs.pu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN Thailand ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/ Turkey http://cpan.gazi.edu.tr/ http://cpan.ulak.net.tr ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/pub/CPAN Central America Costa Rica http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ Europe Austria http://cpan.inode.at/ ftp://cpan.inode.at http://cpan.serveroffice.at/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ Belgium http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/ftp.cpan.org/ http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.skynet.be ftp://cpan.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ http://cpan.fluoline.net/ Bosnia and Herzegovina http://cpan.blic.net/ Bulgaria http://cpan.cbox.biz/ ftp://cpan.cbox.biz/cpan/ http://cpan.online.bg ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan Croatia http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ http://ftp.carnet.hr/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.carnet.hr/pub/CPAN/ http://dl.iskon.hr/pub/CPAN/ ftp://dl.iskon.hr/pub/CPAN/ Czech Republic ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ http://archive.cpan.cz/ Denmark http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cpan ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cpan/ http://www.cpan.dk/ http://mirror.uni-c.dk/pub/CPAN/ Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN France http://cpan.enstimac.fr/ ftp://ftp.inria.fr/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.erasme.org/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/cpan/ ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/cpan/ http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org http://cpan.miroir-francais.fr/ ftp://miroir-francais.fr/pub/cpan/ ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.ebsd.net/ http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ Germany http://www.centervenus.com/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/languages/perl/ ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/ http://www.planet-elektronik.de/CPAN/ http://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.server-mirrors.com/ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ http://dl.ambiweb.de/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN http://netmirror.org/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://netmirror.org/CPAN/ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirror.iphh.net/ ftp://cpan.mirror.iphh.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirroring.de/ http://cpan.triplemind.com/ http://www.chemmedia.de/mirrors/CPAN/ http://ftp.cw.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cw.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.noris.de/ ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ Greece ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ http://cpan.cc.uoc.gr/ ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/CPAN/ Hungary http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ Iceland http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ Ireland http://cpan.oss-mirror.org/ http://ftp.esat.net/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN Italy http://bo.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CPAN/ http://cpan.panu.it/ ftp://ftp.panu.it/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/ ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ Latvia http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ Lithuania http://ftp.litnet.lt/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.litnet.lt/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.perl.lt/ Malta http://cpan.waldonet.net.mt/ Netherlands ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.wanadoo.nl/ ftp://cpan.wanadoo.nl/pub/CPAN http://mirror.hostfuss.com/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.hostfuss.com/CPAN/ ftp://download.ip2.net/pub/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.osmirror.nl/ ftp://ftp.osmirror.nl/pub/cpan/ http://cpan.mirror.versatel.nl/ ftp://ftp.mirror.versatel.nl/cpan/ ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/ ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ Norway ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ Poland http://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/CPAN/ http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.tpnet.pl/d4/CPAN/ Portugal ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN http://cpan.ip.pt/ ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ http://ftp.isr.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.isr.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.nfsi.pt/ ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/cpan/ http://cpan.dcc.fc.up.pt/ http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/CPAN/ ftp://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/CPAN/ Romania http://ftp.casaafacerilor.ro/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.casaafacerilor.ro/mirrors/CPAN/ http://ftp.astral.ro/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.astral.ro/pub/CPAN/ http://mirrors.evolva.ro/CPAN ftp://mirrors.evolva.ro/CPAN ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/ http://ftp.hostingromania.ro/Linux/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.hostingromania.ro/Linux/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN Russia ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.aha.ru/CPAN/ http://cpan.makeperl.org/ ftp://cpan.makeperl.org/pub/CPAN http://cpan.rinet.ru/ ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ http://ftp.silvernet.ru/CPAN/ http://ftp.spbu.ru/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.spbu.ru/CPAN/ Slovakia ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ Slovenia ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ http://www.wsection.com/cpan/ Spain http://ftp.udc.es/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.udc.es/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ Sweden http://ftp.port80.se/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.port80.se/pub/CPAN/ Switzerland http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/ http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ Ukraine http://cpan.org.ua/ http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/ ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.gafol.net/ ftp://ftp.gafol.net/pub/cpan/ United Kingdom http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://www.mirror.8086.net/sites/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mirror.8086.net/sites/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/ ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/ http://cpan.etla.org/ ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.m.flirble.org/ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/CPAN/ http://hurricane.hinasu.net/CPAN/ ftp://hurricane.hinasu.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.uk2.net/ ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/CPAN/ North America Bahamas http://www.securehost.com/mirror/CPAN/ Canada http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pub/CPAN/ Nova Scotia http://arwen.cs.dal.ca/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://arwen.cs.dal.ca/pub/mirror/CPAN/ Alberta http://cpan.arcticnetwork.ca ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/CPAN http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/ ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/ Manitoba http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ Ontario http://CPAN.mirror.rafal.ca/ ftp://CPAN.mirror.rafal.ca/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/ Mexico http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ United States California http://cpan.schatt.com/ http://cpan.mirror.facebook.com/ Florida http://mirrors.elitedigital.net/mirrors/CPAN/ Illinois http://www.stathy.com/CPAN/ ftp://www.stathy.com/CPAN/ Indiana http://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/perl/ ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/perl/ Lousiana http://bc1.hpc.lsu.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://bc1.hpc.lsu.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ Michigan http://ftp.wayne.edu/cpan/ ftp://ftp.wayne.edu/cpan/ New York http://mirrors.24-7-solutions.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.24-7-solutions.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.hexten.net/ ftp://cpan.hexten.net/ ftp://mirror.nyi.net/CPAN/ Oregon ftp://osl.uoregon.edu/CPAN/ South Carolina http://cpan.mirror.clemson.edu/ Texas http://cpan.glines.org/CPAN/ Alabama http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN http://cpan.mirrors.redwire.net/ ftp://cpan.mirrors.redwire.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/ ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ District of Columbia ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ http://mirror.candidhosting.com/pub/CPAN ftp://mirror.candidhosting.com/pub/CPAN http://cpan-2.mirrors.nks.net/ http://cpan.hoxt.com/ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ http://cpan.mirrors.hoobly.com/ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.netnitco.net/ ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN Massachusetts ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN New Jersey http://mirror.datapipe.net/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.datapipe.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.belfry.net/ http://cpan.erlbaum.net/ ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/CPAN/ North Carolina http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/ http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/CPAN/ Pennsylvania http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.pair.com/ ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ http://mirror.uta.edu/CPAN http://cpan.mirrorgeek.com http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ Utah http://cpan.cs.utah.edu ftp://cpan.cs.utah.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ Virginia http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/ ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ http://perl.secsup.org/ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ Washington http://cpan.llarian.net/ ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ Wisconsin http://cpan.mirrors.tds.net ftp://cpan.mirrors.tds.net/pub/CPAN http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.hostrack.net/ ftp://cpan.hostrack.net/pub/CPAN Oceania Australia http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/cpan/ ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/cpan/ http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au New Zealand ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.inspire.net.nz ftp://cpan.inspire.net.nz/cpan http://cpan.catalyst.net.nz/CPAN/ ftp://cpan.catalyst.net.nz/pub/CPAN/ South America Argentina http://cpan.localhost.net.ar ftp://mirrors.localhost.net.ar/pub/mirrors/CPAN Brazil ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ http://www.hemocentro.unicamp.br/CPAN/ http://cpan.kinghost.net/ ftp://cpan.kinghost.net/ Venezuela http://cpan.velug.org.ve/ Feedback You can send email to the CPAN administrators, cpan@perl.org. How You Can Help Inform If you know of some Perl resources that seem not to be in the CPAN (you did check the contents listings in indices/, didn't you?) please tell us. We will grab it (if it is small and/or stable) or set up regular mirroring (if it is not). Contribute If you have some modules/scripts/documentation yourself that you would like to contribute to CPAN, please read the file modules/04pause and let us know. Register If you have a reliable and well-connected ftp site where you can keep CPAN (about 700 MB currently), more mirror sites are welcome. Feel free to volunteer and contact the CPAN administrators describing your mirroring setup, please see the top of the file MIRRORED.BY Of course, first check (see from the above list) whether you area (network-connectivity-and-bandwidth-wise) is already well covered. Redundancy and fault-tolerance are good things for ftp archives like CPAN but virtues can be exaggerated. Mirroring software is available from the CPAN itself. Private/Local Mirroring If you want to set up a private/local mirror of CPAN but do not want to advertise it you do not need to contact the CPAN admistrators. You need to assess which of the public CPAN sites would give the best ftp bandwidth for you (during the nighttime, mind) and then contact the email address dst_contact given in the MIRRORED.BY file to learn the best time of the day to do your mirror. Mirroring software is available from the CPAN itself. Also, you might read our FAQ, http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html on how to mirror CPAN and see http://mirror.cpan.org/ for finding a mirror close to you and registering yours with CPAN.