DANCER2(1)

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version 2.2.1 · 5 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 DANCER2 💖

okay so bestie, listen — dancer2 is the Dancer2 command line interface, and this is literally its manual page. it's the CLI face of the whole thing. iykyk. ✨

✨ VERSION ✨

version 2.2.1 — yes, that exact one, don't @ me 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dancer2 <command> [options...]

that's the whole vibe. a command, some options, slay.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

(psst — if you're actually looking for the main Dancer2 module documentation through the CLI, go run perldoc Dancer2 instead. not me redirecting you 💀)

Dancer2 is the new generation lightweight web-framework for Perl. 🎀 This tool provides a nice, easily-extendable CLI interface for it. iconic behavior, honestly.

📚 Documentation Index 📚

The documentation for Dancer2 is split across several manpages, and below is the complete outline of where to go for help. buckle up bestie, we're going on a little tour 🧚

  • Dancer2 Tutorial If you're brand new to the Dancer approach, you should start by reading our Dancer2::Manual::Tutorial. this is your entry point, your origin story, your main character arc 🌈
  • Dancer2 Manual Dancer2::Manual is the reference for Dancer2. here you'll find info on the concepts of Dancer2 application development, plus a comprehensive reference to the Dancer2 domain specific language. it's giving encyclopedia but make it cute 📖
  • Dancer2 Keywords The keywords for Dancer2 can be found under DSL Keywords.
  • Dancer2 Deployment For configuration examples of different deployment solutions involving Dancer2 and Plack, refer to Dancer2::Manual::Deployment.
  • Dancer2 Cookbook Specific examples of code for real-life problems, plus some 'tricks' for applications in Dancer, can be found in Dancer2::Cookbook. recipes but for code, obsessed 🍓
  • Dancer2 Config For configuration file details refer to Dancer2::Config. it's a complete list of all the configuration options — every single one, no skips 💜
  • Dancer2 Plugins Refer to Dancer2::Plugins for a partial list of available Dancer2 plugins. note that although we try to keep this list up to date, we expect plugin authors to tell us about new modules. so like, tell us, okay?? 🫶
  • Dancer2 Migration guide Dancer2::Manual::Migration provides the most up-to-date instruction on how to convert a Dancer (1) based application to Dancer2. glow-up instructions fr fr ✨

💫 NAME 💫

dancer2 — Dancer2 command line interface. yes we said it twice. the page says it twice. i don't make the rules 💅

🔥 COMMANDS 🔥

  • gen — Create a new Dancer2 application. baby's first app, so proud 😭
  • version — Display the version of Dancer2 currently installed. for when you need to know exactly which one you're running 👑

To get a detailed description of each individual command, run:

dancer2 <command> --help

And the latest list of available commands can be displayed by running:

dancer2

just... dancer2. no args. raw. and it'll show you the menu 🌟

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Dancer Core Developers

This software is copyright (c) 2021 by Alexis Sukrieh.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. so like, go off, legally 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Dancer Core Developers

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Alexis Sukrieh.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

yes, the page really does list the author and the copyright/license twice. we kept both because facts are sacred, even when they're being extra 🙈

okay that's the whole page bestie 💖 this was perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-09-20, from the DANCER2(1) manual — go build something iconic, periodt ✨💅

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