PAGI Distribution Split
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Posted on Jun 27
# PAGI Distribution Split
[#perl](https://dev.to/t/perl)[#webdev](https://dev.to/t/webdev)[#pagi](https://dev.to/t/pagi)
The news: PAGI is now **three CPAN distributions** instead of one.
* **[PAGI-Server](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI-Server)** — the reference server
* **[PAGI-Tools](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI-Tools)** — the application toolkit
* **[PAGI](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI)** — the specification
## [](https://dev.to/jjn1056/pagi-distribution-split-1kdo#install-what-you-actually-run) Install what you actually run
In practice, almost everyone starts the same way: `cpanm PAGI::Server` to get a
server that runs PAGI apps, and probably `PAGI::Tools` for the request/response
helpers, router, and middleware you'll want while building one. That's the
common case, and the split is built around it — **you install the pieces you
use** instead of swallowing one monolith that bundled the server, the toolkit,
and the spec together.
Underneath both sits the **specification**: a small, deliberately stable
contract — the shape of `$scope`, `$receive`, `$send`, and the event types —
that the server and the toolkit both implement. Keeping it in its own
distribution is the real reas
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# PAGI Distribution Split
[#perl](https://dev.to/t/perl)[#webdev](https://dev.to/t/webdev)[#pagi](https://dev.to/t/pagi)
The news: PAGI is now **three CPAN distributions** instead of one.
* **[PAGI-Server](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI-Server)** — the reference server
* **[PAGI-Tools](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI-Tools)** — the application toolkit
* **[PAGI](https://metacpan.org/dist/PAGI)** — the specification
## [](https://dev.to/jjn1056/pagi-distribution-split-1kdo#install-what-you-actually-run) Install what you actually run
In practice, almost everyone starts the same way: `cpanm PAGI::Server` to get a
server that runs PAGI apps, and probably `PAGI::Tools` for the request/response
helpers, router, and middleware you'll want while building one. That's the
common case, and the split is built around it — **you install the pieces you
use** instead of swallowing one monolith that bundled the server, the toolkit,
and the spec together.
Underneath both sits the **specification**: a small, deliberately stable
contract — the shape of `$scope`, `$receive`, `$send`, and the event types —
that the server and the toolkit both implement. Keeping it in its own
distribution is the real reas
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