diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/Makefile.PL b/src/HydraFrontend/Makefile.PL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e560d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/Makefile.PL
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# IMPORTANT: if you delete this file your app will not work as
+# expected.  you have been warned
+use inc::Module::Install;
+
+name 'HydraFrontend';
+all_from 'lib/HydraFrontend.pm';
+
+requires 'Catalyst::Runtime' => '5.7015';
+requires 'Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader';
+requires 'Catalyst::Plugin::Static::Simple';
+requires 'Catalyst::Action::RenderView';
+requires 'parent';
+requires 'Config::General'; # This should reflect the config file format you've chosen
+                 # See Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader for supported formats
+catalyst;
+
+install_script glob('script/*.pl');
+auto_install;
+WriteAll;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/hydrafrontend.conf b/src/HydraFrontend/hydrafrontend.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c4a29dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/hydrafrontend.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name HydraFrontend
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68688a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package HydraFrontend;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Catalyst::Runtime '5.70';
+
+use parent qw/Catalyst/;
+use Catalyst qw/-Debug
+                ConfigLoader
+                Static::Simple
+                StackTrace
+               /;
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+
+__PACKAGE__->config( name => 'HydraFrontend' );
+
+__PACKAGE__->setup();
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Controller/Root.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Controller/Root.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c712a696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Controller/Root.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Controller::Root;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use parent 'Catalyst::Controller';
+
+#
+# Sets the actions in this controller to be registered with no prefix
+# so they function identically to actions created in MyApp.pm
+#
+__PACKAGE__->config->{namespace} = '';
+
+
+sub error {
+    my ($c, $msg) = @_;
+    $c->stash->{template} = 'error.tt';
+    $c->stash->{error} = $msg;
+    $c->response->status(404);
+}
+
+
+sub getBuild {
+    my ($c, $id) = @_;
+    (my $build) = $c->model('DB::Builds')->search({ id => $id });
+    return $build;
+}
+
+
+sub index :Path :Args(0) {
+    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+    $c->stash->{template} = 'index.tt';
+    $c->stash->{builds} = [$c->model('DB::Builds')->all];
+}
+
+
+sub default :Path {
+    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+    error($c, "Page not found.");
+}
+
+
+sub build :Local {
+    my ( $self, $c, $id ) = @_;
+
+    my $build = getBuild($c, $id);
+    return error($c, "Build with ID $id doesn't exist.") if !defined $build;
+    
+    $c->stash->{template} = 'build.tt';
+    $c->stash->{build} = $build;
+    $c->stash->{id} = $id;
+}
+
+
+sub log :Local {
+    my ( $self, $c, $id, $logPhase ) = @_;
+
+    my $build = getBuild($c, $id);
+    return error($c, "Build with ID $id doesn't exist.") if !defined $build;
+
+    my $log = $build->buildlogs->find({logphase => $logPhase});
+    return error($c, "Build $id doesn't have a log phase named <tt>$logPhase</tt>.") if !defined $log;
+    
+    $c->stash->{template} = 'log.tt';
+    $c->stash->{id} = $id;
+    $c->stash->{log} = $log;
+
+    # !!! should be done in the view (as a TT plugin).
+    $c->stash->{logtext} = loadLog($log->path);
+}
+
+
+sub loadLog {
+    my ($path) = @_;
+    # !!! all a quick hack
+    if ($path =~ /.bz2$/) {
+        return `cat $path | bzip2 -d`;
+    } else {
+        return `cat $path`;
+    }
+}
+
+
+sub end : ActionClass('RenderView') {}
+
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Model/DB.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Model/DB.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f856eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Model/DB.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Model::DB;
+
+use strict;
+use base 'Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema';
+
+__PACKAGE__->config(
+    schema_class => 'HydraFrontend::Schema',
+    connect_info => [
+        'dbi:SQLite:../hydra.sqlite',
+        
+    ],
+);
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+HydraFrontend::Model::DB - Catalyst DBIC Schema Model
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+See L<HydraFrontend>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+L<Catalyst::Model::DBIC::Schema> Model using schema L<HydraFrontend::Schema>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Eelco Dolstra
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab88c044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Schema;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base 'DBIx::Class::Schema';
+
+__PACKAGE__->load_classes;
+
+
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.04005 @ 2008-10-25 22:23:27
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:iW1lrJQVyiDiAYhJBy9/iQ
+
+
+# You can replace this text with custom content, and it will be preserved on regeneration
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildlogs.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildlogs.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35bcbf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildlogs.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Schema::Buildlogs;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base 'DBIx::Class';
+
+__PACKAGE__->load_components("Core");
+__PACKAGE__->table("buildLogs");
+__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+  "buildid",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "logphase",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "path",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "type",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+);
+__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("buildid", "logphase");
+__PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
+  "buildid",
+  "HydraFrontend::Schema::Builds",
+  { id => "buildid" },
+);
+
+
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.04005 @ 2008-10-25 22:23:27
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:01Br5qFsV84USpzqnjk7cw
+
+
+# You can replace this text with custom content, and it will be preserved on regeneration
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildproducts.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildproducts.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfc63dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Buildproducts.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Schema::Buildproducts;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base 'DBIx::Class';
+
+__PACKAGE__->load_components("Core");
+__PACKAGE__->table("buildProducts");
+__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+  "buildid",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "type",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "subtype",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "path",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+);
+__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("buildid", "type", "subtype");
+__PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
+  "buildid",
+  "HydraFrontend::Schema::Builds",
+  { id => "buildid" },
+);
+
+
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.04005 @ 2008-10-25 22:23:27
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:jYe9p4xG2Ujnf6TsfeE7tA
+
+
+# You can replace this text with custom content, and it will be preserved on regeneration
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Builds.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Builds.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b2bb07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/Schema/Builds.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package HydraFrontend::Schema::Builds;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base 'DBIx::Class';
+
+__PACKAGE__->load_components("Core");
+__PACKAGE__->table("builds");
+__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
+  "id",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "timestamp",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "name",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "description",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "drvpath",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "outpath",
+  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+  "buildstatus",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0, size => undef },
+);
+__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("id");
+__PACKAGE__->has_many(
+  "buildlogs",
+  "HydraFrontend::Schema::Buildlogs",
+  { "foreign.buildid" => "self.id" },
+);
+__PACKAGE__->has_many(
+  "buildproducts",
+  "HydraFrontend::Schema::Buildproducts",
+  { "foreign.buildid" => "self.id" },
+);
+
+
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.04005 @ 2008-10-25 22:23:27
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:gxVH+2KWcgU41JOl9BbHFA
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/View/TT.pm b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/View/TT.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7e2747f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/lib/HydraFrontend/View/TT.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package HydraFrontend::View::TT;
+
+use strict;
+use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+
+__PACKAGE__->config(TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '.tt');
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/build.tt b/src/HydraFrontend/root/build.tt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d6f4beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/build.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+[% WRAPPER layout.tt title="Hydra Overview" %]
+[% USE date %]
+
+<h1>Build [% id %]</h1>
+
+<h2>Information</h2>
+
+<table>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Build ID:</th>
+    <td>[% build.id %]</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Job name:</th>
+    <td>[% build.name %]</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Description:</th>
+    <td>[% build.description %]</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Time added:</th>
+    <td>[% date.format(build.timestamp, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') %]</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Derivation store path:</th>
+    <td><tt>[% build.drvpath %]</tt></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <th>Output store path:</th>
+    <td><tt>[% build.outpath %]</tt></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+
+<h2>Build products</h2>
+
+<ul>
+
+  [% FOREACH product IN build.buildproducts -%]
+  <li>
+    [% SWITCH product.type %]
+    [% CASE "nix-build" %]
+      Nix build of path <tt>[% product.path %]</tt>
+    [% END %]
+  </li>
+  [% END -%]
+  
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2>Logs</h2>
+
+<table>
+  <tr><th>Phase</th></tr>
+  [% FOREACH log IN build.buildlogs -%]
+  <tr>
+    <td><a href="[% c.uri_for('/log' build.id log.logphase) %]">[% log.logphase %]</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  [% END -%]
+</table>
+
+
+[% END %]
+
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/error.tt b/src/HydraFrontend/root/error.tt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d8e61ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/error.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[% WRAPPER layout.tt title="Hydra Overview" %]
+
+<h1>Error</h1>
+
+<p>I'm very sorry, but an error occurred:  <span class="error-msg">[% error %]</span></p>
+
+[% END %]
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/hydra.css b/src/HydraFrontend/root/hydra.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca2e6948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/hydra.css
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+body
+{
+    font-family: sans-serif;
+    background: white;
+    margin: 2em 1em 2em 1em;
+}
+
+h1, h2, h3 {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #005aa0;
+}
+
+h1 {
+    font-size: 220%;
+}
+
+h2 {
+    font-size: 130%;
+}
+
+h3 {
+    font-size: 100%;
+}
+
+table {
+    empty-cells: show;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    border-spacing: 0px;
+}
+
+th {
+    text-align: center;
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+td, th {
+    padding: 2px 5px;
+    border: solid black 1px;
+}
+
+th {
+    background: #ffffc0;
+}
+
+td.pkgname {
+    font-size: 140%;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #005aa0;
+    background: #ffffe0;
+}
+
+td.pkgname table {
+    border: none;
+    border-spacing: 0px;
+}
+
+td.pkgname table td {
+    border: none;
+}
+
+td.pkgname td.pkgname {
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+td.reltype {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #400000;
+}
+
+td.date, span.date, span.svnrev {
+    color: #400000;
+}
+
+a:link { color: #0048b3; }
+a:visited { color: #002a6a; }
+a:hover { background: #ffffcd; }
+
+span.relname {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+span.filename, span.command {
+    font-family: monospace;
+}
+
+span.md5 {
+    font-family: monospace;
+    color: #400000;
+}
+
+.failurewarning {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: red;
+}
+
+p.failurewarning {
+    font-size: 120%;
+}
+
+span.system {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
+table.derivationList {
+    margin-left: 2em;
+    margin-right: 2em;
+}
+
+table.derivationList, table.derivationList td, table.derivationList th {
+    border: 1px solid #808080;
+}
+
+table.derivationList tr.odd {
+    background: #f0f0f0;
+}
+
+table.derivationList td {
+    vertical-align: top;
+}
+
+table.derivationList td.system {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
+a {
+    text-decoration: none; 
+}
+
+a:hover, a:visited:hover {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+img {
+    border-style: none;
+}
+
+table.buildfarmResults td, table.buildfarmResults th {
+    border: none;
+}
+
+td.buildfarmMainColumn {
+    background-color: #E0E0E0;
+    border: solid;
+}
+
+span.error-msg {
+    color: red;
+}
+
+pre.buildlog {
+    border: 1px solid black;
+    padding: 0.3em;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/index.tt b/src/HydraFrontend/root/index.tt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c63ba4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/index.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[% WRAPPER layout.tt title="Hydra Overview" %]
+[% USE date %]
+
+<h1>All builds</h1>
+
+<table>
+  <tr><th>Id</th><th>Attribute name</th><th>Timestamp</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+  [% FOREACH build IN builds -%]
+  <tr>
+    <td><a href="[% c.uri_for('/build' build.id) %]">[% build.id %]</a></td>
+    <td>[% build.name %]</td>
+    <td>[% date.format(build.timestamp, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') %]</td>
+    <td>[% build.description %]</td>
+  </tr>
+  [% END -%]
+</table>
+
+[% END %]
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/layout.tt b/src/HydraFrontend/root/layout.tt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8197c94f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/layout.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[% USE date -%]
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+  
+  <head>
+    <title>[% title %]</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/hydra.css" type="text/css" />
+  </head>
+  
+  <body>
+    <div class="content">
+      [% content %]
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="footer">
+      <hr />
+      Generated at [% date.format %].
+    </div>
+  </body>
+
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/root/log.tt b/src/HydraFrontend/root/log.tt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e788730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/root/log.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[% WRAPPER layout.tt title="Hydra Overview" %]
+
+<h1>Build log <tt>[% log.logphase %] of build ID [% id %]</h1>
+
+<!-- !!! escaping -->
+<pre class="buildlog">
+[% logtext -%]
+</pre>
+
+[% END %]
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_cgi.pl b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_cgi.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1fd5c26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_cgi.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/var/run/current-system/sw/bin/perl -w
+
+BEGIN { $ENV{CATALYST_ENGINE} ||= 'CGI' }
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use HydraFrontend;
+
+HydraFrontend->run;
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+hydrafrontend_cgi.pl - Catalyst CGI
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+See L<Catalyst::Manual>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Run a Catalyst application as a cgi script.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_create.pl b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_create.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..049a912f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_create.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/var/run/current-system/sw/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use Catalyst::Helper;
+
+my $force = 0;
+my $mech  = 0;
+my $help  = 0;
+
+GetOptions(
+    'nonew|force'    => \$force,
+    'mech|mechanize' => \$mech,
+    'help|?'         => \$help
+ );
+
+pod2usage(1) if ( $help || !$ARGV[0] );
+
+my $helper = Catalyst::Helper->new( { '.newfiles' => !$force, mech => $mech } );
+
+pod2usage(1) unless $helper->mk_component( 'HydraFrontend', @ARGV );
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+hydrafrontend_create.pl - Create a new Catalyst Component
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+hydrafrontend_create.pl [options] model|view|controller name [helper] [options]
+
+ Options:
+   -force        don't create a .new file where a file to be created exists
+   -mechanize    use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst for tests if available
+   -help         display this help and exits
+
+ Examples:
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl controller My::Controller
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl controller My::Controller BindLex
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl -mechanize controller My::Controller
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl view My::View
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl view MyView TT
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl view TT TT
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl model My::Model
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl model SomeDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema create=dynamic\
+   dbi:SQLite:/tmp/my.db
+   hydrafrontend_create.pl model AnotherDB DBIC::Schema MyApp::Schema create=static\
+   dbi:Pg:dbname=foo root 4321
+
+ See also:
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual::Intro
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Create a new Catalyst Component.
+
+Existing component files are not overwritten.  If any of the component files
+to be created already exist the file will be written with a '.new' suffix.
+This behavior can be suppressed with the C<-force> option.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_fastcgi.pl b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_fastcgi.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a917f690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_fastcgi.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/var/run/current-system/sw/bin/perl -w
+
+BEGIN { $ENV{CATALYST_ENGINE} ||= 'FastCGI' }
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use HydraFrontend;
+
+my $help = 0;
+my ( $listen, $nproc, $pidfile, $manager, $detach, $keep_stderr );
+ 
+GetOptions(
+    'help|?'      => \$help,
+    'listen|l=s'  => \$listen,
+    'nproc|n=i'   => \$nproc,
+    'pidfile|p=s' => \$pidfile,
+    'manager|M=s' => \$manager,
+    'daemon|d'    => \$detach,
+    'keeperr|e'   => \$keep_stderr,
+);
+
+pod2usage(1) if $help;
+
+HydraFrontend->run( 
+    $listen, 
+    {   nproc   => $nproc,
+        pidfile => $pidfile, 
+        manager => $manager,
+        detach  => $detach,
+	keep_stderr => $keep_stderr,
+    }
+);
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+hydrafrontend_fastcgi.pl - Catalyst FastCGI
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+hydrafrontend_fastcgi.pl [options]
+ 
+ Options:
+   -? -help      display this help and exits
+   -l -listen    Socket path to listen on
+                 (defaults to standard input)
+                 can be HOST:PORT, :PORT or a
+                 filesystem path
+   -n -nproc     specify number of processes to keep
+                 to serve requests (defaults to 1,
+                 requires -listen)
+   -p -pidfile   specify filename for pid file
+                 (requires -listen)
+   -d -daemon    daemonize (requires -listen)
+   -M -manager   specify alternate process manager
+                 (FCGI::ProcManager sub-class)
+                 or empty string to disable
+   -e -keeperr   send error messages to STDOUT, not
+                 to the webserver
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Run a Catalyst application as fastcgi.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_server.pl b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_server.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eea64af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_server.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/var/run/current-system/sw/bin/perl -w
+
+BEGIN { 
+    $ENV{CATALYST_ENGINE} ||= 'HTTP';
+    $ENV{CATALYST_SCRIPT_GEN} = 31;
+    require Catalyst::Engine::HTTP;
+}  
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+
+my $debug             = 0;
+my $fork              = 0;
+my $help              = 0;
+my $host              = undef;
+my $port              = $ENV{HYDRAFRONTEND_PORT} || $ENV{CATALYST_PORT} || 3000;
+my $keepalive         = 0;
+my $restart           = $ENV{HYDRAFRONTEND_RELOAD} || $ENV{CATALYST_RELOAD} || 0;
+my $restart_delay     = 1;
+my $restart_regex     = '(?:/|^)(?!\.#).+(?:\.yml$|\.yaml$|\.conf|\.pm)$';
+my $restart_directory = undef;
+my $follow_symlinks   = 0;
+
+my @argv = @ARGV;
+
+GetOptions(
+    'debug|d'             => \$debug,
+    'fork'                => \$fork,
+    'help|?'              => \$help,
+    'host=s'              => \$host,
+    'port=s'              => \$port,
+    'keepalive|k'         => \$keepalive,
+    'restart|r'           => \$restart,
+    'restartdelay|rd=s'   => \$restart_delay,
+    'restartregex|rr=s'   => \$restart_regex,
+    'restartdirectory=s@' => \$restart_directory,
+    'followsymlinks'      => \$follow_symlinks,
+);
+
+pod2usage(1) if $help;
+
+if ( $restart && $ENV{CATALYST_ENGINE} eq 'HTTP' ) {
+    $ENV{CATALYST_ENGINE} = 'HTTP::Restarter';
+}
+if ( $debug ) {
+    $ENV{CATALYST_DEBUG} = 1;
+}
+
+# This is require instead of use so that the above environment
+# variables can be set at runtime.
+require HydraFrontend;
+
+HydraFrontend->run( $port, $host, {
+    argv              => \@argv,
+    'fork'            => $fork,
+    keepalive         => $keepalive,
+    restart           => $restart,
+    restart_delay     => $restart_delay,
+    restart_regex     => qr/$restart_regex/,
+    restart_directory => $restart_directory,
+    follow_symlinks   => $follow_symlinks,
+} );
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+hydrafrontend_server.pl - Catalyst Testserver
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+hydrafrontend_server.pl [options]
+
+ Options:
+   -d -debug          force debug mode
+   -f -fork           handle each request in a new process
+                      (defaults to false)
+   -? -help           display this help and exits
+      -host           host (defaults to all)
+   -p -port           port (defaults to 3000)
+   -k -keepalive      enable keep-alive connections
+   -r -restart        restart when files get modified
+                      (defaults to false)
+   -rd -restartdelay  delay between file checks
+   -rr -restartregex  regex match files that trigger
+                      a restart when modified
+                      (defaults to '\.yml$|\.yaml$|\.conf|\.pm$')
+   -restartdirectory  the directory to search for
+                      modified files, can be set mulitple times
+                      (defaults to '[SCRIPT_DIR]/..')
+   -follow_symlinks   follow symlinks in search directories
+                      (defaults to false. this is a no-op on Win32)
+ See also:
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual::Intro
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Run a Catalyst Testserver for this application.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
diff --git a/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_test.pl b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_test.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b139bd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HydraFrontend/script/hydrafrontend_test.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/var/run/current-system/sw/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use Catalyst::Test 'HydraFrontend';
+
+my $help = 0;
+
+GetOptions( 'help|?' => \$help );
+
+pod2usage(1) if ( $help || !$ARGV[0] );
+
+print request($ARGV[0])->content . "\n";
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+hydrafrontend_test.pl - Catalyst Test
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+hydrafrontend_test.pl [options] uri
+
+ Options:
+   -help    display this help and exits
+
+ Examples:
+   hydrafrontend_test.pl http://localhost/some_action
+   hydrafrontend_test.pl /some_action
+
+ See also:
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual
+   perldoc Catalyst::Manual::Intro
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Run a Catalyst action from the command line.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut