The Trusted Perl Distribution, Backed by Enterprise Support

‍ActiveState builds and maintains ActivePerl for Windows and Linux. Existing customers can log into download current builds. New to ActiveState? Talk to our team to get access, whether you need a specific version (Perl 5.32 and above) or an enterprise deployment.

Existing customers: Log in to download your current ActivePerl build.

New to ActiveState? ActivePerl access is provided through our team, not a public download. Contact us to get set up, whether that's a standard Windows/Linux/macOS build, or an enterprise support agreement.

The ActivePerl distribution includes:

Core Perl interpreter

Pre-verified third-party modules

Comprehensive documentation

PerlScript & ISAPI (Windows only)

The language isn't the risk. Running it unsupported is. Outdated interpreters, unpatched CVEs in CPAN dependencies, and no clear path forward when something breaks in a system nobody currently on staff originally built, that's what turns a stable legacy system into a liability.

ActiveState offers commercial support, core language remediations, and custom builds for teams that can't afford downtime or an unanswered vulnerability.

Talk to our team.

Existing customers can log in to access current ActivePerl builds. If you're new to ActiveState, contact our team to get set up with the right build for your environment.

Yes. ActiveState has supported Perl continuously since 1997, and continues to build and maintain current releases.

Community-tier runtime builds are available at no cost for existing customers. Enterprise-level commercial support, custom builds, and indemnification are available on a paid basis.

Windows and Linux for standard builds.

ActivePerl is ActiveState's built, tested Perl distribution. The Curated Catalog extends the same model of vetted, continuously remediated builds across every open source language your organization runs, not just Perl.

Yes. Our team supports both paths keeping an existing Perl deployment secure and current, or planning a migration if you're moving workloads to another language.

Use the Contact Us form on this page. A member of our team will follow up directly.

If Perl is one piece of a larger open source footprint, the Curated Catalog extends the same model, vetted, continuously remediated builds, delivered through the artifact repositories and package managers your teams already use, across nine modern ecosystems: Python, JavaScript, Java, .NET, C, C++, R, Go, and Rust.

Same standard your Perl deployment gets. Same governance, applied everywhere your developers are pulling packages from.